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Late at night, six-year-old Isaiah Torres stopped breathing and was rushed to the hospital. His adopted parents said that they had no idea why this had happened. Isaiah would die later that night and it became clear that his parents knew far more than they were letting on.

Afterwards we talk about Tony Alamo (and pronounce his name right!), along with wrasslin, Throne of Glass, and Falcon and the Winter Soldier.

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In 1995, Jack Harold Jones Jr. robbed, raped, and murdered Mary Phillips and attempted to murder her 11-year-old daughter, Lacy. Lacy would somehow survive and be able to identify Jones as the killer. 1995 wasn't the first time Jones had done something like this though.

Afterwards, Andrew watched all of those newer Godzilla and Kong movies like a lunatic, and Caitlin is bad at gardening.

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This week we have a pair of stories. To kick things off, we go to southern Arkansas to talk about Nena Bolton, who was the granddaughter of a prominent figure in McNeil, Arkansas named Ralph Ward. He supported Nena financially throughout her life, but the risk of being cut off from the money train threatened to change their relationship.

Then Caitlin tells us about the unsolved murder of Leslie Haag. If you have any information on this case, call the Ft. Smith Police at (479) 709-5100.

In the aftershow, Andrew talks about why Mortal Kombat is the ultimate video game, Caitlin is reading a book series called Throne of Glass, and then we get into our thoughts on the first two episodes of Falcon and the Winter Soldier.

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Wayne Eugene DuMond spent years just barely avoiding jail. From participating in a murder, being charged with sexual assault and rape, and still getting away with it. He was finally caught and charged with kidnapping and rape. And that's just the prelude to this truly bizarre and controversial tale.

Caitlin has begun her transition into an old lady by planting a garden. How cute! Andrew has way too many thoughts on the new Justice League, which is appropriate since that movie is FOUR HOURS LONG! There's also more cult and Scientology talk.

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We travel back to 1976 in this week's episode of Paint the Town Dead! A single mother of three, Linda Edwards found work with the Garland County Sheriff's Department. Around this time she had also began an affair with a Hot Springs police officer named Thurman Abernathy. The two had many heated arguments and he was the last person to see Edwards before she disappeared. Abernathy was the prime suspect, but did he make her vanish? Yeah, probably.

There's not a Marvel show for us to yak about this week but we found something even better: Cults! Mostly, it's about Scientology. Andrew has continued down the rabbit hole from last week and he and Caitlin have just so much and so many words to share on the subject.

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Maurice Clemmons began his run-ins with the law from a young age, bringing a gun to school. He was sentenced to 108 years for his many crimes. He would have his sentence reduced and be let out on parole, hoping to turn his life around, but old habits die hard.

Andrew demands that chili be considered a soup, Caitlin is listening to a book that is definitely not sexy, and the amount of Star Wars talk is shockingly light this week. The crew discusses the WandaVision finale.

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A path to murder: The story of Maurice Clemmons

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/a-path-to-murder-the-story-of-maurice-clemmons/

Maurice Clemmons, Alleged Cop Killer, Dead

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/maurice-clemmons-alleged-cop-killer-dead/

Maurice Clemmons’ associates sentenced

https://www.theolympian.com/news/local/article25278712.html

Police fatally shoot suspect in officer deaths

https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2009/dec/01/police-fatally-shoot-ex-arkansan-suspected-killing/

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This week's episode marks one full year's worth of Paint the Town Dead, so we decided to do something weird. We take a look at some cases from Turkey, Japan, and South Korea as well as sampling some of their snacks.

The 1980s Crime Ring That Poisoned Japan’s Candy And Never Got Caught: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-1980s-crime-ring-that-poisoned-japans-candy-and-never-got-caught

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Dawna Natzke was going through a divorce and looking for a new start. Things were looking up as she had just started a new job and began dating again. After a Christmas party, Dawna disappeared and a frantic search began with all eyes on her new man.

How many Star Warses is Andrew watching? How did Caitlin and company deal with the insane snow we got? How cool is that Mortal Kombat movie going to be?

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https://truecrimedaily.com/2018/03/23/unidentified-dna-complicates-investigation-of-murdered-police-dispatcher-dawna-natzke/

https://www.hsvvoice.com/news/20170404/duck-receives-life-sentence-for-natzke-murder

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It's a special Black History Month episode, in which Caitlin recounts one of the darkest moments in race relations to take place in Little Rock.

https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/john-carter-2289/

https://www.abhmuseum.org/the-lynching-of-john-carter/

https://honors.uca.edu/wiki/index.php/John_Carter

https://www.ualrpublicradio.org/post/lynching-john-carter

https://blackthen.com/john-carter-lynching-that-rocked-the-heart-of-little-rock-arkansas/

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In the rural Arkansas Delta, Helen Ruth Spence grew up living in a houseboat on the White River during the Great Depression. Helen’s father was murdered right before her eyes, and her mother taken and beaten. Helen Ruth Spence then decided to take matters into her own hands.

It’s a lengthy, wild story, so there’s not a whole lot of discussion after the fact. We do get clarification on the difference between Awana and Kiwanis, and then discuss the fifth episode of WandaVision.

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Daughter of the White River: Depression-Era Treachery and Vengeance in the Arkansas Delta by Denise Parkinson

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00XR9NYRC/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

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