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The Torso Murders Part 3: Fort Bend County & Room 636
In June 1964, a Fort Bend County farmer discovered a headless, handless torso in a roadside ditch — a killing so cleanly done that investigators said only someone trained in anatomy could have done i…
Published on 7 hours ago
The Torso Murders Part 2: San Jacinto County
Three years after a suitcase containing a man’s torso surfaced in the Rio Grande near El Paso, another horror emerged—this time in the pine woods of East Texas. On February 3, 1962, two brothers sein…
Published on 1 week ago
The Torso Murders Part 1: El Paso County
In June of 1959, a fisherman on the Rio Grande west of El Paso pulled a black suitcase from the slow, muddy current near Montoya, Texas. Inside was a headless, handless torso — mutilated, skinned, an…
Published on 2 weeks ago
The Disappearance of Kathleen Ranft
On April 5, 1985, 29-year-old Kathleen “Kathy” Ranft finished her shift at Lippe Tire Center in Seguin, Texas, and headed into the weekend. She was in the middle of a separation, moving into a new ap…
Published on 3 weeks ago
Brush Girl: The Murder of April Dawn Lacy
In October 1996, a rancher in rural Wise County, Texas, stumbled on a body hidden in a brush pile. For over two years she was known only as “Brush Girl,” a Jane Doe with no name, no identity, and no …
Published on 4 weeks ago
The Murders of Mary Hooper and Emmett Lynch
In October 1987, a visiting nurse walked into a Tyler, Texas duplex and discovered a scene of unimaginable violence. Fifty-seven-year-old Mary Hooper, confined to a wheelchair after a long battle wit…
Published on 1 month ago
The Disappearance of Jimmy Farenthold Part 3: Running Out of Road
Most disappearances leave echoes—missing persons flyers, TV reports, police pleas for tips. But when James Robert “Jimmy” Farenthold vanished in the spring of 1989, there was only silence. No bulleti…
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
The Disappearance of Jimmy Farenthold Part 2: The Death of Randy
On June 6, 1972, the Gulf of Mexico gave back one of its secrets. The body of Randolph “Randy” Farenthold, 32 years old, oil money in his veins, and gambling smoke in his lungs, washed ashore on Must…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
The Disappearance of Jimmy Farenthold Part 1: Oil, Power, and Secrets
Texas dynasties are remembered for oil, ranching, and politics. Their names are carved into courthouses and campuses—but behind the polished legacy of the Farenthold family lies a darker story. In th…
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The Murder of Sheila Renae Finch
In October of 1989, ten-year-old Sheila Renae Finch left her grandmother’s home in South Waco, Texas, for what should have been a quick trip. She rode her pink-and-white bicycle to a corner grocery s…
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago