340: The Murder of Oscar Chitwood w/ Christopher Thrasher

Most Notorious! A True Crime History Podcast

Erik Rivenes

True Crime, History, Education

4.7 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2024

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

On a warm August day in 1910, Sheriff Jake Houpt and his deputies attempted to arrest brothers George and Oscar Chitwood outside the Garland County Courthouse in Hot Springs, Arkansas. A gunfight soon erupted, leaving both the sheriff and George dead. And when Oscar himself was killed in December under the protection of deputies, a mob of mysterious masked men were blamed for the lynching. But evidence suggests the story of Oscar's death might have been a cover for something else. My guest is Christopher Thrasher, who along with fellow author and historian Guy Lancaster wrote the book "The Murder of Oscar Chitwood in Hot Springs, Arkansas". He summarizes this fascinating story for us on this latest episode of Most Notorious. Christopher Thrasher's Amazon author page: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Christopher-Thrasher/author/B0C3Z3ZGQK The book's publisher page: https://www.arcadiapublishing.com/products/9781467153270 The Encyclopedia of Arkansas: https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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2:16.6	Christopher Thrasher on the show with me today. He serves as an instructor of
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2:23.3	Fayetteville Technical Community College
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