KILLER: Frank Walls | Okaloosa County, FL 1985
Obscura: A True Crime Podcast
Justin Drown
4.6 • 2.9K Ratings
🗓️ 17 April 2024
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
In Okaloosa's ash-stained nights, Frank Walls sowed terror morphed from humanity's shadows.
Frank Walls' imposing figure barely concealed turbulence within, an atmosphere of darkness latent beneath the surface. Known yet unknown to many, his public self diverged sharply from private thoughts.
1985 roared through Okaloosa County as Walls embarked on his own path of destruction. Nights normally meant for rest turned into episodes of dread as walls whispered fear across homes.
Investigators deciphering the moving shadow of chaos found themselves piecing a perilous mosaic without clear boundaries. An anthology of madness wove its way through evidence, leading towards Walls.
The case landed in court, where facts battled memories warped by time. Walls’ admission and sentencing rivaled the chill his nights induced, marked finality on an unsettling page.
This episode features classic broadcast news narrations and courtroom declarations. Listener discretion advised.
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| 0:34.4 | Welcome listener. I'm glad you're here. |
| 0:36.6 | Take a seat. |
| 0:38.0 | Next to the fire. |
| 0:42.4 | Welcome to Obscura, where we shine a light on the dark. So, From the pages of the Pensacola News Journal, Wednesday, October 20th, 1982, title Decomposed Body identified. |
| 1:36.2 | A |
| 1:36.5 | Al-Alusa County Sheriff's Deputies tentatively identified the |
| 1:39.6 | decomposed body, found Monday evening in a trailer as that of 26 year old Renee Johnson |
| 1:46.3 | an employee of a downtown night spot. An autopsy Tuesday night showed the woman |
| 1:52.0 | died of several stab wounds to the heart, possibly as long |
| 1:55.5 | ago as Saturday, said the first judicial court medical examiner, Dr. Edmon Kileman, |
| 2:02.0 | listener, remember that name. |
| 2:04.4 | Dr. Edmon Kowman. |
| 2:06.2 | We'll be hearing from him a lot. |
| 2:08.2 | Sheriff Sergeant George French said Tuesday night that deputies had tentatively identified the murder victim as Johnson, |
| 2:14.8 | but that dental test would be taken to verify the tentative identification. |
| 2:19.3 | Investigators had yet to unravel the events which led to the stabbings at the woman's home. |
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