The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976)
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Venganza Media, Inc.
4.6 • 2.9K Ratings
🗓️ 19 September 2023
⏱️ 82 minutes
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Summary
The Texas Trombone Massacre
Texarkana becomes The Town That Dreaded Sundown after a psycho with a sack over his head starts terrorizing couples necking in secluded makeout spots. Can Oscar-winning Ranger Ben Johnson (Last Picture Show) expect to lead the largest manhunt in US history to this Phantom Killer if his klutzy driver can’t even keep the patrol car on the twisty gravel backroads? And did Dawn Wells survive three seasons of Gilligan’s Island just to be shot dead in her kitchen? Listen and find out if this 1976 docudrama sheds new light on the unsolved 1946 true story.
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| 0:00.0 | It was Sunday, March 3rd, 1946. The beginning of a reign of terror for the people of Texarkana |
| 0:13.0 | and surrounding areas of Arkansas and Texas. A terror so indelibly imprinted that today, |
| 0:20.0 | thirty years later, people still speak of it fearfully. The incredible story you are about |
| 0:27.0 | to see is true, where it happened, and how it happened. Only the names have been changed. |
| 0:36.0 | Welcome to Now Playing Podcasts, the town that treaded sundown, retro-specited series. |
| 0:42.0 | And then they did retrospective. |
| 0:44.0 | A review chosen by Now Playing Patron, Sean Ray. |
| 0:48.0 | I had to know you, sir. Hosted by Arnie. |
| 0:52.0 | It's like this, chief. The only thing we really do know is that we've got a very strange person on our hands. |
| 0:58.0 | Stuart. He was the believe man they said. |
| 1:03.0 | And Jacob. The big man himself. Living legend. |
| 1:07.0 | But be warned. This episode will contain detailed plot spoilers and strong language. |
| 1:12.0 | I want my entire team to hear what you have to say. If you think it's important, we think it's important. |
| 1:18.0 | We hope you enjoy the show. |
| 1:20.0 | I must say they do know how to please them. |
| 1:28.0 | Today we're discussing the town that dreaded sundown. |
| 1:32.0 | Starring Ben Johnson, Andrew Prime, Dawn Wells, directed by Charles B. Pierce. |
| 1:39.0 | This is the Now Playing Coast with a strange, sadistic imagination, Arnie. |
| 1:44.0 | And Stuart. |
| 1:45.0 | And this is Jacob the Coast whose mouth has two speeds wide open and stop. |
| 1:48.0 | Well, this is something we don't do every day. We have a patron pick to cover, but we're not releasing it for patrons. |
| 1:54.0 | We're giving it to everyone here on free Tuesday. |
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