of silence and the questions that refuse to stay in the past.

Sometimes the most haunting true crime stories are the ones passed down through family lore.

Stories shaped by memory, rumor, and time where truth can become tangled with legacy.

Podcasts family lore explores exactly that intersection. Each episode begins with a

family legend and digs deeper uncovering the real history behind stories that have been told

for generations. In this episode, a Texas feud, a deadly love triangle between three ranching families in the Texas panhandle

leads to murder, scandal, and consequences that echo more than a century later. Now, the killer's

great niece sets out to revisit the story, searching for the truth behind a violent chapter. Her family never

forgot. True crime, part historical investigation, and a powerful look at how the past can continue

shaping the present. Here's a preview of family lore. And be sure to search for family lore

available now wherever you get your podcasts.

In this episode, we're going to hear a story that touches on something we haven't talked

about yet in this show. But it's an important category in the world of family lore.

Today, we're going to hear about a family feud. The idea of a

family feud or a blood feud has been around forever, save to say the phenomenon predates

recorded history. And some of these protracted familial battles have become famous, the Hatfields

and McCoys, for example. Others serve as plot elements in our

most celebrated works of literature, like Romeo and Juliet's montaguees and capulettes.

The story we're going to hear today concerns two cattle ranching families in the Texas Panhandle,

the Sneeds and the Boises. Their feud took place in the early 1900s, but there are

still Boises and Sneeds out there today. And one of those descendants happens to be an old family

friend of mine, who has recently published a novel that is based on this feud. Her name is Clara

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