173. [Texas] Valentine's Day Murder

Bless This Mess: A Southern True Crime Podcast

Bless This Mess

History, True Crime, Society & Culture

4.6 • 750 Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2026

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

In 1974, Carla Walker was abducted from a vehicle while with her boyfriend after attending a Valentine's Day dance. A few days later, her body was found and there were concerns a serial killer was on the loose. With little to no clues, the case would go cold but modern day genetic testing would allow police to finally solve this mystery after nearly 50 years.

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0:00.0	Hey, everyone, welcome to bless this mess in the True Girl podcast.
0:22.9	I'm Karen here with Stu, say, Stu.
0:24.1	Hey.
0:24.7	All right, we're back.
0:26.9	We're tired.
0:28.9	I'm tired.
0:30.3	I don't want to hear about Stewart.
0:31.6	Literally cannot complain about anything right now.
0:33.9	I can complain about you complaining.
0:35.9	I don't care about your plight.
0:41.8	I don't care about anything wrong with you. I don't care. Because whatever you're feeling. Yes, it is obvious. You didn't care that I was sick. You didn't care that I almost died.
0:47.1	Nope. I don't care. I have no sympathies left for Stu at this point in my life, so...
0:54.5	You never had any point.
0:55.9	I know, but the little bit I had is gone.
0:58.7	The most sympathy I ever saw was when I got in that car wreck, and you were upset about that.
1:03.4	No, Stuart.
1:04.6	That was 25 years ago.
1:07.3	Okay. I am old and pregnant and, like, about to have another baby. Nothing that you're going
1:14.5	through is, and I'm going to be that person, compares to what I'm going through right now. I've been
1:19.3	uncomfortable for quite some time. Have you now? Yes. Anyways, we are back. Now, I'm just going to preface this. Listen, we are back.
1:29.2	Now, I'm just going to preface this.
1:34.4	Listen, we can blame it on the fact that I'm pregnant and old or whatever.
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