80: The Saga of Cullen & Priscilla Davis, Part 1

Southern Fried True Crime

Erica Kelley

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

4.6 • 10.5K Ratings

🗓️ 11 January 2020

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

In 1976, a “mysterious man in black” would break into the home of Priscilla Davis. A huge mansion, ostentatious by all standards and still owned by her estranged oil tycoon husband, Cullen Davis. What happened that night, would be the talk of Forth Worth. D Magazine dubbed the biggest goddamn thing to happen to Fort Worth since the railroad. But it is a tragedy, cloaked in scandal and salacious gossip. This is part 1 of this infamous Texas saga.

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0:00.0	Southern fried true crime covers cases that are not suitable for young listeners, and
0:05.3	there may also be some explicit language used.
0:08.6	Listener discretion is advised.
0:14.2	Author Cheryl and Kenyan wrote,
0:16.4	The wealth of a soul is measured by how much it can feel.
0:20.2	Its poverty, by how little.
0:23.0	In researching this case, I've often wondered if Texas millionaire, Colin Davis, even has
0:28.2	a soul.
0:30.1	He was not the favorite of his father's three sons, but he got an equal share of the kingdom.
0:36.0	The Davis-Ull Empire crossed continents and made the kind of money that most of us cannot
0:41.0	even fathom.
0:43.0	And of the three sons, Colin was the most conspicuous.
0:47.3	He wore his wealth like a suit of armor.
0:50.6	And he needed a certain kind of woman on his arm to complete his idea of wealthy manliness.
0:57.8	She needed to be a blonde bombshell.
1:00.3	His first wife was a beautiful woman who his parents approved of, popular and respected
1:05.4	and fort worth.
1:07.3	But she was not a bombshell and he boarded her quickly.
1:10.6	When Colin left his first wife for a beautiful and flamboyant woman named Priscilla, the
1:15.5	city of Fort Worth was scandalized.
1:18.8	Priscilla was not a part of the Fort Worth elite and she had no intention of trying to fit
1:22.8	in.
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