This story has everything- olden timey Texas, alligator pits, missing women, a love triangle, bootlegging, a saloon, a body in a barrel, barmaids, lots of nicknames, and a drunken serial killer. This is the harrowing story of The Alligator Man: Joe Ball. 

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The Alligator Man: The True Story of Joe Ball by Pete Dove

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