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In 1946, the American Twin City of Texarkana was plunged into the depths of panic and fear.

The population of the post-war suburb was subjected to a series of murders that shook the

dual cities to their core, prompting curfews, rumors and unease to spread

through the area like the rail tracks that crept from its central hub.

Knights of midnight movies, driving cafes, the songs of Duke Ellington and big band

orchestras were perforated with tales of a man, with a white sheet over his head, holes cut out

for eyes, performing brutal executions upon the vulnerable

and unexpected.

The case would later be loosely retailed in horror films, linked with urban legends, and dubbed the number

one unsolved murder case in Texas history.

This is dark histories where the facts are worse than fiction.

Welcome to Dark Histories, season 2 episode 20, part 1.

Yet part 1, because this is going to be a two-part episode. I'm going to release both

parts exactly the same time so there's no weight in or cliffhangers or anything. I've split

it into two just purely because it's the length of this one and the kind of it's quite

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