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)
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 Cemetery at Huntsville, Walker County, Texas.…
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,…
Tracking Bruce Harkey
This article is supplementary to 2012 – Death of a Pecan Dynasty. One of my sources says that between 13 and 17, Bruce was sent to live at his mother’s home in Sparks, Nevada because he was so rude to Bonnie; however, he is enrolled in high school in San Saba…
2012—San Saba – Death of a Pecan Dynasty
This video is an overview of the story that I’ve written below. This is a story about family, one of the OLD Texas families, the Harkeys, 6th generation Texans, who had worked hard and accumulated wealth in land and a pecan business. When a grandmother didn’t die quick enough, she and…
1892 – Brazoria. Three Headless Bodies on the San Bernard River
On March 1, 1892, four men and a 16-year-old boy drove a wagon and three horses into Brazoria County from Fort Bend County; they were on their way to Velasco, the town standing on the coast at the mouth of the Brazos River. In the party were Steve Cravey, James Cravey,…
1975 Temple, Texas — Daniel Lee Corwin, Serial Killer
[Hi, I recorded the first few minutes of this video. After I’m off screen, the story below begins.] Daniel Lee Corwin (often called “Danny”) was born in 1958 in Garden Grove, California to Nan and Phil Corwin, the youngest of four children. They had moved several times by the time…