S3 Ep18: The Texarkana Moonlight Murders

Crimes of the Centuries

Amber Hunt and Audioboom

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture, History

4.6 • 3.8K Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

After seeing a movie together on February 22nd in 1946, Jimmy Hollis and his girlfriend Mary Jeanne Larey parked on a secluded road known as a lovers' lane. Just minutes later, a man in a white mask forced them out of their car, struck them both with blunt force objects, and sexually assaulted Larey. Luckily both Hollis and Larey made it out alive, but future victims would not be so lucky. In today's episode we dive into the four violent attacks known as the Texarkana Moonlight Murders, and how the mystery surrounding the so-called Phantom Killer created such mass hysteria.

"Crimes of the Centuries" is a podcast from the Obsessed Network exploring forgotten crimes from times past that made a mark and helped change history.

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, a reminder that Obsessed Fest year 2 is happening in Dallas, Texas from
0:07.5	October 20th through the 22nd and tickets on sale now.
0:11.6	Had to Obsessed Fest dot com to get your tickets and to book your hotel room.
0:16.2	We've officially partnered with the Omni Hotel that is connected to the convention center
0:20.3	via Skybridge, so you don't even have to leave the hotel to get there.
0:24.2	All of the talent and guests will be staying there so come join in all the fun.
0:28.2	For those of you who don't know, Obsessed Fest is a true crime podcast convention that
0:32.4	includes live shows, meet and greet, games, karaoke, and one big epic drag brunch.
0:38.4	My partner on accused and grab-back collab Amanda Rossman is coming this year.
0:42.9	If you want to see what a blast we all had at year 1, follow the Obsessed Fest Instagram
0:47.2	account at Obsessed Fest.
0:49.0	We're so excited to see you all there.
0:51.1	Again, head to ObsessedFest.com to get your tickets now.
0:58.2	Some crimes are so heartbreaking or shocking that they change laws, change society, or even
1:10.7	earn the label crime of the century.
1:14.6	But the stories that made headlines and decades passed aren't necessarily remembered today.
1:21.2	I member Hunt, a journalist and author, and in each episode of this show, I'll examine
1:26.4	a case that's maybe lesser known today, but was huge when it happened.
1:32.8	This is crimes of the centuries.
1:50.2	As detectives approached the lone car parked on an otherwise abandoned lover's lane, they
1:54.9	knew what they would find.
1:56.7	It was the same scene they had already encountered several times before.
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