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Central New Mexico is home to a small town with a rather unusual name.

Originally called Hot Springs, the town changed its name in 1950 after a popular radio

host announced that he would air the show's 10th anniversary episode from the first town

that named itself after his radio show.

So on March 31 of 1950, Hot Springs officially changed its name to Truth or Consequences,

and the program's 10th anniversary show was held there the following night.

Truth or Consequences, or TRC, as it's sometimes called, was home to only 4,700 citizens

back then, and the population hasn't exactly ballooned since, but as in 1970, the population

has been steadily on the rise.

However, between the years of 2000 and 2010, the town saw its first population decline

in more than 40 years, with almost 1,000 people picking up sticks and moving elsewhere.

So what could be to blame for such a drastic drop in the population?

Well, they might have something to do with a man named David Parker Ray.

Born on November 6, 1939 in Belen, New Mexico, David and his older sister Peggy grew up in

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