1986 – Freeport/Clute Rebecca Beard’s Murder ~~ Part 2 – And She Never Came Home
1986 – Freeport/Clute Rebecca Beard’s Story Part 2 – And She Never Came Home (Part 1 is here.) Hi friends, it’s Brenda with Vintage Texas Crimes, and I’ve got the next part of this story for you. This isn’t going to be one we can wrap up quickly. It’s going to…
1986 Finding Becky Beard (Freeport & Clute, Texas) – Part 1 – The Disappearance of Becky Beard
~~~~ 1986 – Part 1 Intro – Freeport & Clute, Texas – The Disappearance of Becky Beard ~~~~~ This story purportedly starts in the Excalibur Club (said the newspapers over the last 39 years) on March 1, 1986 … so let’s set that scene. And if you really want to get…
1945 – Fort Worth – Marie Baker’s Diary (Not a crime … a True Story)
Who wouldn’t love to find an old diary? I found one in the summer of 2020. The story in it wasn’t a crime, but the tale from 1945 has lived in my head and played itself on a loop ever since June of five years ago. I’m Brenda from Vintage Texas…
1991 Oak Cliff: Charles Albright, The Eyeball Killer
Hello there! It’s Brenda from Vintage Texas Crimes with a story today from the early 1990s in Oak Cliff, an old community within Dallas. For a number of years, prostitutes had seen a tall, handsome man coming out at night to solicit their services. In the early years, he was a…
1930 – Just a Story About a Texan Named John Blount in Amarillo (a sliver of Texas history)
+++++ Hi friends! I’ve been working on my book and trimmed most of this article from it. It’s not a crime story. It’s a side story about a man who appears in my book, Unlikely Victims. +++++ My soon-to-be published book, “Unlikely Victims” tells the story of the 1965 Austin murders…
Part II of 1971 – Odessa: Evil in the Oil Patch (1990 – Houston: Odessa Serial Killer Johnny Meadows paroled to Harris County)
Watch the video here: http://crimesy.com/meadowstube +++++++++++++++++++ I ended my story about Johnny Meadows, Odessa’s 1971 serial killer, by telling you he got a 99-year-to-life sentence for the murder of Gloria Sue Nix Green, that he died in prison in Polk County during 2000, and was buried in the Captain Joe Byrd…
Part I – 1971 – Odessa: Evil in the Oil Patch
Hi, it’s Brenda at Vintage Texas Crimes, and tonight I’ve got a story for you about Odessa in the summer of 1971. Earlier this week, I noticed a pair of shoes lined up under my desk—and it sparked a memory. About six years ago, I came across an article in the…
1979 Burnet: The Counterfeit Case
Welcome to Vintage Texas Crimes; I’m Brenda and I’ve got an old crime story to tell you about a little Hill Country town named Burnet, and people always say it wrong. The correct way is like “Burn it, durn it.” Unfortunately, pictures of the players were few, so I apologize in…
Tribute: The Story of the Bailey’s Prairie Kid (Not a crime story.)
The following is a tribute (not a crime story) regarding the recent passing of a 93-year-old cowboy and Texas Rodeo Hall of Fame Inductee from Brazoria County, Texas. I’m sharing it because my followers value uncovering real history through stories, even when they aren’t crime. Born on February 15, 1932, Taylor…
1960 Central Texas, The Banker turned Bank Robber (Lawrence C. Pope)
Hi, it’s Brenda from Vintage Texas Crimes. I’m here to tell you another crime story from old Texas headlines. Today, we are going back to the fall of 1960, where we will take a peek into events happening around Central Texas. Specifically, we are stopping in at Giddings, Lexington, Thornton, Schulenburg,…