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🗓️ 30 October 2023
⏱️ 8 minutes
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0:00.0 | There were two more murders, 15 miles away. |
0:02.6 | When police arrives, they found the telephones and electricity lines. |
0:06.0 | We have a weird homicide. |
0:08.8 | A scene described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird... |
0:12.9 | A cup of murder. |
0:14.8 | Football rivalries can get intense, so much so that in some cases, people end up shedding blood for the team that they love. |
0:23.4 | On October 30th and 1826, a game that should have been in good fun resulted in the end of an |
0:29.6 | innocent young man's life. So if you like your coffee hot but your bones chilled, sit back and |
0:35.9 | start your day with a morning cup of murder. |
0:39.3 | Though many don't take their love of football past a heated argument with a rival fan, in 1926, a battle |
0:46.2 | between two rival schools took place that would alter the lives of many. Called the Battle of the |
0:52.5 | Brazos, people gathered from near and far to watch Baylor |
0:56.0 | and Texas A&M, formerly the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, compete for the title |
1:02.3 | of Southwest Conference Champions. Having developed quite the rivalry since their first face-off |
1:08.6 | in 1890, not only were people vying for the sports title, |
1:13.3 | but many of the boys attending the all-male A&M College were also hoping to catch the attention |
1:18.9 | of some of Baylor's co-eds. According to the tales, the Baylor men weren't too fond of having to |
1:25.5 | share the girls with the men from their rival school. |
1:28.3 | And with misogyny getting the best of some, they figured the football field was the best |
1:33.2 | place to not only release their frustrations, but impressed the girls, alumni, and fans who came |
1:40.3 | to watch the game. With the games moving to the 10,000-seat Cotton Palace Stadium in the 1920s, |
1:47.1 | a packed house was expected as A&M brought their cadet corps |
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