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Morbid

The Murders of Stan Farr and Andrea Wilborn

Morbid

Ash Kelley & Alaina Urquhart

Comedy, Paranormal, True Crime, Dark History

4.4 • 100.6K Ratings

🗓️ 11 January 2024

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Summary

When Priscilla Davis filed for divorce from her husband, Cullen Davis, in 1974, she had no idea that her actions would have such tragic consequences. Less than two years later, on the same day the divorce was finalized and the terms of the alimony were settled, a man wearing a disguise broke into Priscilla’s home and killed her twelve-year-old daughter, then waited for Priscilla to return. When she arrived a short time later, the intruder said hello to Priscilla and her new boyfriend before shooting them both, wounding Priscilla and killing her companion. Cullen Davis was immediately suspected of the murders and taken into custody, leading to one of the most sensational and captivating trials the country had ever seen. The wealthiest man to ever be tried for murder in the United States up to that point, Cullen Davis was said to be the primary influence for the villainous J.R. Ewing, the main antagonist on the hit television series Dallas, and he more than lived up to the role. Davis’s wealth and status allowed him to control the narrative of the trial, which quickly became an indictment of his former wife, who, despite being the victim of a horrible crime, was vilified by the press and the defense as the real villain in the case. Although it is nearly five decades in the past, the marriage of Priscilla and Cullen Davis, and the murder trial that followed, are emblematic of many of the issues that the American justice system (and the public) continues to struggle with today including who is and isn’t a victim, and how power and money can control the pursuit and application of justice. Thank you to David White, of the Bring Me the Axe podcast, for research assistance References Brown, Greg. 2016. Texas Tragedy: The Story of Priscilla Davis: A True Story of Money, Murder and Survival. Dallas, TX: CreateSpace. Cartwright, Gary. 1977. "Rich Man, Dead Man." Texas Monthly, March 1. Cochran, Mike. 1977. "Davis trial: Haynes says Farr target of shooting." Denton Record-Chronicle, October 25: 5. Fort Worth Star-Telegram. 1977. "DA's narration to Davis jury detailed but brief." Fort Worth Star-Telegram, August 21: 2. —. 1976. "Judge defends bond on Davis." Fort Worth Star-Telegram, August 4: 1. Guzzo, Glenn. 1977. "Davis cries tears of joy after acquittal." Fort Worth Star-Telegram, November 18: 1. —. 1977. "Davis' fate now in jurors' hands." Fort Worth Star-Telegram, November 17: 1. —. 1977. "Final arguments begin." Fort Worth Star-Telegram, November 16: 1. —. 1977. "His innocence avowed, Davis doubts provocation." Fort Worth Star-Telegram, July 7: 1. —. 1977. "Questioning nets no jurors." Fort Worth Star-Telegram, March 1: 1. Hollandsworth, Skip. 2001. "Survivor's gilt: convinced that it was her husband who tried to kill her, the Texas socialite devoted herself to the best revenge." New York Times Magazine, December 30. —. 2000. "Blood Will Sell." Texas Monthly, March 1. McConal, Jon, and Mark Nelson. 1977. "Few surprised by Davis verdict." Fort Worth Star-Telegram, November 18: 1. Moore, Dick. 1976. "Slain man was liked by fans, teammates." Fort Worth Star-Telegram, August 3: 1. Moore, Evan. 1976. "Davis jailed without bond." Fort Worth Star-Telegram, August 20: 1. —. 1977. "Picture of Priscilla, Rufner not allowed as evidence by judge." Fort Worth Star-Telegram, August 24: 1. Stiteler, Rowland. 1976. "Blood-spattered white foyer tells story of slayings." Fort Worth Star-Telegram , August 3: 6. —. 1976. "Davis jailed after slayings." Fort Worth Star-Telegram, August 3: 1.

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You're listening to a morbid network podcast.

0:05.0

Hey, weirdos, I'm Elena. I'm Ash. And's COVID. It's COVID-free morbid!

0:25.0

I am negative!

0:27.0

She's negative and so am I because I had a brief moment yesterday where I was like,

0:31.0

fuck. And I was like, no, I waited long enough.

0:34.2

I know, I was going to Tarjay,

0:36.1

and then I decided I was not going to Tarjay.

0:38.8

I got hit with like this gnarly wave of nausea. And I was like, Drew, we have to go home.

0:45.0

We have to go home.

0:46.0

And then I took a COVID test and it said, nope.

0:49.0

And then I checked another one this morning to be safe and it was like, no girl, you don't have COVID.

0:52.0

It was like, you don't have CO COVID you don't have it go to work

0:53.9

yeah I was like okay no I've been happy to come to work this week yeah this week

0:59.9

this week just this week just this week you know what I mean? When you get back from

1:04.4

vaca and you're like, oh, I'll work. Yeah. Yeah. Vacation. Vacation.

1:10.7

vacation. that I don't think he'll be listening for a long time to this because he started at the beginning but

1:24.3

Will Friddell from Boy Meets Worlds also had COVID at the same time so we were COVID

1:30.5

brothers yeah we were COVID brothers and so shout out to him whenever you get to this episode.

1:35.6

Shout out to Will. I think he was probably going to listen to like some of the more recent ones to hear his shout

1:40.0

out. Oh yeah, so here's another shout out. There's another one Will yeah for having COVID.

1:44.9

Double shout-ups for you. I feel like that's only fair to shout people out when you have COVID up the same time.

1:51.1

It's true you know you know COVID brothers. COVIDVID brothers yeah don't get it guys it's not great yeah it's just

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