The Phantom Killer and The Moon Light Murders - May 3 2022

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

4.7 • 723 Ratings

🗓️ 3 May 2022

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Our New Website: https://morningcupofmurder.com/ May 3rd: Phantom Killer of Texarkana’ Last Victim (1946) Today’s story is one that will be familiar to many. One that is still unsolved to this day and remains one of the biggest true crime mysteries in the United States. On May 3rd 1946 the last attack was made by the Phantom Killer in the Texarkana Moonlight Murders. A case that, despite the hysteria and desperation to find the culprit, remains a cold one. MERCH IS OUT NOW! https://www.bonfire.com/store/morningcupofmurder/ Join the Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/morningcupofmurder Follow Morning Cup of Murder on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cupofmurder @cupofmurder Follow MCOM on Instagram: @morningcupofmurder Have a Murder or strange local true crime story you want to share, or you just want to say hi? Email the show here: [email protected] Morning Cup of Murder is researched, written and performed by Korina Biemesderfer. Follow Korina on Instagram: @kbiemesderfer Morning Cup of Murder is Edited and Produced by Dillon Biemesderfer Follow Dillon on instagram: @dungeonsanddillons Information for this episode collected from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texarkana_Moonlight_Murders, https://www.texasmonthly.com/the-culture/texarkana-murder-mystery/, https://www.texarkanagazette.com/news/texarkana/story/2020/feb/07/fbi-releases-phantom-killer-archive-more-1100-pages-available-internet/815514/, https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2020/feb/07/fbi-releases-archive-texarkanas-phantom-killer-ove/, https://the-line-up.com/texarkana-murders Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.1	There were two more murders, 15 miles away.
0:32.7	When police arrived, they found the telephones and electricity lines.
0:36.1	We have a weird homicide.
0:38.9	A scene described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird...
0:42.3	A cop of murder.
0:45.4	Today's story is one that will be familiar to many.
0:48.9	One that is still unsolved to this day and remains one of the biggest true crime mysteries in the United States.
0:55.4	On May 3rd, 1946, the last attack was made by the Phantom Killer in the Texarkana
1:01.1	Moonlight murders, a case that, despite the hysteria and desperation to find the culprit,
1:07.3	remains a cold case.
1:09.8	So if you like your coffee hot but your bones chilled, sit back and
1:12.9	start your day with a morning cup of murder. On February 22nd, 1946, at around 1145 p.m., 25-year-old
1:25.2	Jimmy Hollis and his 19-year-old girlfriend, Mary G. Ann Larry, were parked in a secluded
1:30.6	lover's lane in Texarkana, doing exactly what young people in love do at the end of a date.
1:37.2	About 10 minutes later, a man wearing a white cloth mask, one resembling a pillowcase with crude
1:42.7	eye holes cut out, approached Jimmy's driver's side door and flashed a flashlight into their window.
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