Cold Blooded Killer: Felix Vail

Bloody Angola Podcast by Woody Overton & Jim Chapman

Envision Podcast Studios

Documentary, Society & Culture, True Crime

4.9 • 665 Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Bloody Angola, Jim explores the life of Serial Killer Felix Vail, a figure linked to the oldest cold case in history where the killer was sentenced to prison Jim delves into Vail's tumultuous upbringing and unpack details surrounding his wife Mary’s tragic demise, as well as the mysterious disappearances of (2) subsequent partners.

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Timestamps
02:46 Early Life and Marriage
07:52 The Mysterious Disappearance of Mary
12:32 Investigation and Arrest 13:56 Life in California
15:59 New Relationships and Confessions
18:15 The Impact of Bill's Revelation
27:18 Marriages and Escalating Violence
31:17 Annette Craver: A New Victim
39:50 Patterns of Disappearance
45:47 Arrest and New Developments

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0:00.0	I walk a straight line
0:17.3	shackled chain
0:20.6	oh glars and girdy is calling my name there is no mercy and this penitentiary
0:33.6	just asked the hill string guy
0:38.2	Rangle of three
0:40.7	I'm here for life
0:44.7	I'm here to die
0:47.8	Inside these walls
0:51.8	Inside the wide And when the wolf cries these walls inside the wire.
0:56.0	And when the world cries, I know it's over.
1:04.1	Oh, bloody Angola.
1:14.9	Oh, bloody angola. Oh, bloody angola. Oh, everyone. Welcome back to Bloody Angola, a podcast 142 years in the making the complete story of America's bloodiest present.
1:40.4	I'm your host, Jim Chapman.
1:42.8	And today I am bringing you the story of a man incarcerated in Louisiana State Penitentiary to this day that was convicted in the oldest cold case in history in which someone was convicted and is currently serving time.
2:00.8	And that is serial killer Felix Bell.
2:06.4	So in order to tell you this one, we're going to have to go through this guy's entire life,
2:14.0	which is absolute insanity from the beginning.
2:18.8	So I'm going to take you way back to August 19th of 1939 and Felix Vale was born in the town of
2:28.4	Montpelier, Mississippi.
2:31.1	Now, his young life, not a ton is known about it. He grew up on a farm, hardworking
2:37.3	people, and he appeared to be hardworking, although his high school classmates and things
2:43.5	like that say he was pretty wild. Now, in 1957, Felix moves to Sulfur, Louisiana, where he goes to work at a chemical plant.
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