The salacious and scandalous murders of a series of couples on Texarkana's lovers' lanes created a media maelstrom and cast a pall of fear over an entire region. What is even more surprising is that the case has remained cold for decades. Combining archival research and investigative journalism, Pulitzer Prize-minated historian James Presley reveals evidence that provides crucial keys to unlocking this decades-old puzzle. Although the case lives on today through television, the Internet, a revived fictional movie, and even an off-Broadway play, with so much of the investigation shrouded in mystery since 1946, rumors and fractured facts have distorted reality. Now, for the first time, a careful examination of the archival record, personal interviews, and stubborn fact checking come together to produce new insights and revelations on the old slayings.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
ISBN-10
1494509903
ISBN-13
9781494509903
eBay Product ID (ePID)
209093341
Product Key Features
Author
James Presley
Format
CD-Audio, CD Standard Audio Format
Language
English
Topic
True Crime
Additional Product Features
Place of Publication
Old Saybrook, Ct
Running Time
813
Narrator(s)
Michael Kramer
Author Biography
James Presley has a PhD in history from the University of Texas and has won numerous awards for his journalism, including the Anson Jones Award and the John H. McGinnis Memorial Award. He is the author of A Saga of Wealth: The Rise of the Texas Oilmen, which was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. He lives in Texarkana, Texas. Audiobook veteran Michael Kramer has recorded more than two hundred audiobooks for trade publishers and many more for the Library of Congress Talking Books program. An AudioFile Earphones Award winner and an Audie Award nominee, he earned a Publishers Weekly Listen-Up Award for his reading of Savages by Don Winslow.