West Memphis Three Part II: The Anatomy of a Rattlesnake

Cold Case Murder Mysteries

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3.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 25 September 2017

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Nearly 25 years after the bodies of Christopher Byers, Stevie Branch, and Michael Moore were pulled from the murky waters of a shaded gully in the forest of Robin Hood Hills, we still don't have a clear picture of what transpired that afternoon that led to murder. Join me as I attempt to extract the truth by way of the symbolism apparent in the killer's actions.

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0:00.0	Hey everybody welcome back to cold case murder mysteries. I'm your host Ryan Kraus and this is part two of the West Memphis 3 series covering the murders at Robin Hood Hills back on May 5th 1993.
0:18.0	But before we jump into the story, I want to say thank you to everybody who's been listening to my show.
0:22.0	I've put out a lot of content in the first couple of months. I want to say thank you to everybody who's been listening to my show.
0:22.8	I've put out a lot of content in the first couple of months and response has been great.
0:27.2	On that note though, as I've mentioned before, there's a price that comes with doing the type of
0:31.3	ridiculous and unflinching psychological
0:33.4	analysis I'm willing to undertake in the face of criticism, and that price can sometimes be high.
0:39.2	But what really makes it worth my while is that every time somebody tries to drag me under, there's another listener
0:45.0	right there willing to lift me up. So again, you have my greatest appreciation for
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1:00.4	that. Let's go to Arkansas. Now the first thing I want to do while
1:04.4	there is plant this seed in your mind. It's a verse from the Bible.
1:08.4	Quote, in my name they will pick up snakes with their hands."
1:13.0	And that summarizes everything I'm about to discuss with you now.
1:19.0	So again, it's the late afternoon of May 5th, 1993 in West Memphis.
1:24.0	For those who aren't familiar with the southeastern part of the United States,
1:27.8	it tends to be quite warm and especially humid.
1:30.8	Now you might not experience the extremes of this type of weather in May, but generally this is an area where you're going to get what most would consider summer weather at an earlier point than you wouldn't say New York or Chicago.
1:42.0	And that seems to be the case on this afternoon.
1:45.0	The temperature was supposedly in the low 80s and you'd have light later into the
1:49.3	evening but not in the way you would in the latter part of June where it could extend to 9 p.m.
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