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Going West: True Crime

Kathy Page: Three Billboards Outside Vidor, Texas // 602

Going West: True Crime

Dark West Productions

Society & Culture, News, True Crime

4.610.8K Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2026

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

In May of 1991, a 34-year-old woman was found dead inside her car after it appeared to have veered into a ditch in her small Texas town. But investigators quickly zeroed in on a person of interest, believing she was murdered. With an arrest lagging and her family wondering if police corruption was involved, her dad put up multiple pointed billboards that would go on to inspire an Oscar-winning movie.  This is the murder of Kathy Page.

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0:00.0

What is going on true crime fans?

0:16.5

I'm your host, Heath.

0:17.4

And I'm your host, Daphne.

0:18.7

And you're listening to Going West. Hello, everybody. So a few weeks ago, well, first of all, I hope you're doing well. Second of all, whoa, jumping in. A few weeks ago, I was watching the amazing Oscar nominated film, three billboards outside Abing, Missouri. I have this really weird habit where if I love a movie, I'll put it on and then I'll

0:37.5

watch it for like a few days in a row. Because you just can't finish it or what? No, because I just want to see it again. I'm like, wow, that was good. Let's roll the tapes. Roll her again. But like every December I watch Home Alone 2 all day, every single day. I'm not even kidding. Heath can attest.

0:54.7

Oh, yes, I do know about this, yeah.

0:56.3

But I'm like, I was watching three billboards and I hadn't seen it in years and I was like, God, this movie's so good. Wait, isn't this based on a true story? And it is. And it is. And then I was looking into it and then I realized that it was already on our list because Riannon recommended it. So thank you,

1:12.9

Rianan. Yes, thank you, Rianan. Today's story definitely needs more attention. I feel like it's one

1:19.6

that kind of everybody knows what happened here, but there just doesn't seem to be justice quite yet.

1:26.2

Those billboards got it a lot of attention.

1:28.6

I think you guys are going to be really fascinated by that angle of it, but clearly, not enough.

1:33.2

Obviously enough for it to inspire a movie, but not enough for this to be like a household

1:37.3

name type of case.

1:39.2

Yeah, I think you guys are definitely going to be frustrated by this one.

1:42.7

Well, so without further ado, this is episode

1:46.4

602 of going west, so let's get into it. The The In May of 1991, a 34-year-old woman was found dead inside her car after it appeared to have veered into a ditch in her small Texas town.

2:50.2

But investigators quickly zeroed in on a person of interest, believing she was murdered.

2:57.4

With an arrest lagging and her family wondering if police corruption was involved,

3:03.0

her dad put up multiple pointed billboards that would go on to inspire an Oscar-winning movie.

3:13.3

This is the murderer of Kathy Page.

3:17.3

Music Lucille Fulton, who went by Kathy, was born on January 8, 1957 in Hollandale, Mississippi.

3:47.2

She was born into a large family and grew up with parents Dorothy and James and alongside five siblings.

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