Murder in the Court: Insanity

Wicked Words - A True Crime Talk Show with Kate Winkler Dawson

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4.8 • 7.1K Ratings

🗓️ 26 April 2021

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Howard Pierson has escaped from the Austin State Hospital, three years after killing his parents. Newspapers print dramatic headlines while investigators, including the Texas Rangers, search for the escapee. Is Howard capable of killing again? One relative has a startling theory about why Howard really killed Will and Lena Pierson.

Written, researched, and hosted by Kate Winkler Dawson/producers Jason Wehling and Laura Sobel/sound designer Eric Friend/composer Curtis Heath/web designer Ilsa Brink

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0:53.4	You would think that after murdering his parents
0:57.8	and being found to be incompetent to stand trial,
1:01.9	that he would be sent to this mental hospital, and that would be the end of the story.
1:09.1	It was actually the beginning of 30 plus years of adventure and escapes
1:15.6	and incredible, incredible stories.
1:18.6	In April of 1938, he escaped and was missing for two and a half years.
1:36.4	23-year-old Howard Pearson spent months
1:39.4	fashioning a metal key from a spoon to unlock the mental hospital's main door.
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