Just a little fair warning here before we begin.

This episode goes over a ton of the victims' family history and Texas history, almost all

of which is important to telling the story of Mary Moore's Seerite.

Please remember folks, it's as important to Erica and me to honor the victims we cover

as it is to tell the story of the crime itself.

We hope you'll find these considerably condensed histories as fascinating and vital to the

story as we do.

Thanks y'all.

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Running directly through the Center of Paris, Texas in the mid-1800s was the Central National

Road.

A path cleared to mitigate the heavy flow of travelers coming into the state, beginning

at the Oklahoma border and going through Dallas so it could connect with other roadways

that went to cities like San Antonio and Austin.

The Central National Road certainly gave the community an advantage that many small towns

like it did not have at the time it was built, direct commerce to a big city.

But it was the Texas and Pacific Railways construction in Paris that is responsible

for transforming it from a small, quiet, farming and ranching community into a modest but

bustling city.

When the railroad was completed there in 1876, the new potential for selling and trading

goods seemed endless.

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