Sister Tadea Benz // 352

Going West: True Crime

Dark West Productions

True Crime, Society & Culture, News

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🗓️ 28 October 2023

⏱️ 186 minutes

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On Halloween night, 1981, a nun was murdered by a mysterious intruder in the Saint Francis Convent in Amarillo, Texas. Scrambling to put someone behind bars for this heinous crime, as well as others of its kind in the area, police accepted the help of a psychic. And soon after, they arrested the teenager they felt was responsible. But now, more than forty years later, the community is still wondering, was he really behind it? This is the murder of Sister Tadea Benz. BONUS EPISODES Apple Subscriptions: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/going-west-true-crime/id1448151398 Patreon: patreon.com/goingwestpodcast CASE SOURCES 1. Tadea's Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18771982/tadea-benz 2. All That's Interesting: https://allthatsinteresting.com/johnny-frank-garrett 3. Johnny's Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/143181388/johnny-frank-garrett 4. The York Dispatch: https://www.newspapers.com/image/614765114/?terms=tadea%20benz&match=1 5. KFDA: https://www.newschannel10.com/story/15894338/halloween-murder-reserected-30-years-later/ 6. Daily News: https://www.newspapers.com/image/486178324/?terms=tadea%20benz%20%22obituary%22%20&match=1 7. Change.org: https://www.change.org/p/rep-louie-gohmert-clear-the-name-of-a-man-who-was-killed-on-death-row-for-a-crime-he-didn-t-commit 8. UPI: https://www.upi.com/Archives/1982/08/26/Nuns-who-found-Sister-Tadea-Benz-dead-in-her/3024399182400/ 9. Chron: https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Lawyer-takes-1981-case-of-executed-man-1524310.php 10. The Press Democrat: https://www.newspapers.com/image/296684921/?terms=tadea%20benz%20%22obituary%22%20&match=1 11. The Daily Progress: https://www.newspapers.com/image/965590557/?terms=tadea%20benz%20%22obituary%22%20&match=1 12. The Herald-Palladium: https://www.newspapers.com/image/365953955/?terms=tadea%20benz%20%22obituary%22%20&match=1 13. Bloodshed Books: http://www.bloodshedbooks.com/upfiles/l68.pdf 14. UPI: https://www.upi.com/Archives/1981/11/05/A-police-investigator-brought-hair-and-fabric-samples-to/5165373784400/ 15. The Skeptical Juror: http://www.skepticaljuror.com/2010/04/fine-folks-of-amarillo-wanted-justice.html 16. Paranormal Catalog: https://www.paranormalcatalog.net/unexplained-phenomena/the-curse-of-johnny-frank-garret 17. Murderpedia: https://murderpedia.org/male.G/g1/garret-johnny-frank.htm 18. MyPlainview: https://www.myplainview.com/news/article/Man-pleads-guilty-sentenced-to-45-years-for-1981-8547291.php 19. UPI: https://www.upi.com/Archives/1981/11/04/Police-have-suspect-in-rape-slaying-of-nun/7073373698000/ 20. UPI: https://www.upi.com/Archives/1982/09/03/Teenager-gets-death-sentence-for-nuns-rape-murder/7874399873600/ 21. Justia: https://law.justia.com/cases/texas/court-of-criminal-appeals/1991/14992-02-4.html#:~:text=In%201982%20applicant%20was%20convicted,Garrett%20v. 22. Fort Worth Star-Telegram: https://www.newspapers.com/image/642980263/?terms=johnny%20frank%20garrett&match=1 23. Fort Worth Star-Telegram: https://www.newspapers.com/image/642946304/?terms=tadea%20benz&match=1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What is going on true crime fans, I'm your host Teez.
0:17.4	And I'm your host Daphne, and you're listening to Going West.
0:20.8	Hello everybody!
0:21.8	Today's case takes place on a Halloween day back in the 80s, which felt fitting because
0:27.3	right now we are a few days away from Halloween.
0:29.9	I'm super excited about that.
0:31.4	But today's case is a very frustrating one, you guys will see why soon.
0:36.5	We actually just covered another Halloween story from the very same year, 1991.
0:41.5	So these two crimes take place on the same day.
0:44.7	That was in a bonus episode though, that was just released on Patreon and Apple subscriptions.
0:50.4	And that is the case of Carl Heikl.
0:53.4	So check it out, we have almost a hundred bonus episodes that are full length, they're
0:57.8	ad-free, ready for the bingian.
1:00.4	Indeed.
1:01.4	Alright, without further ado, this is episode 352 of Going West, so let's get into it.
1:27.8	On Halloween night, 1981, a nun was murdered by a mysterious intruder in the St. Francis
1:46.0	Convent in Amarillo, Texas.
1:49.4	Scrambling to put someone behind bars for this heinous crime, as well as others of its
1:54.8	kind in the area.
1:57.0	This accepted the help of a psychic.
2:00.1	Soon after, they arrested the teenager they felt was responsible.
2:04.8	But now, more than 40 years later, the community is still wondering, was he really behind it?
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