Texas 10-31: A Texas True Crime Podcast

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George Hassell Aug 16, 2022

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Episode 61 is short but brutal!! Hannah tells the story of George Hassell, a family annihilator from the early 1900's who slaughtered his wife and 8 children and buried them in his farm's root cellar. However, this wasn't the first family he had killed! Enjoy and Happy Halloween!

Sources:

https://www.criminallyintrigued.com/blog/2017/8/17/the-case-of-george-j-hassell

https://murderpedia.org/male.H/h/hassell-george.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Hassell

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/double-family-annihilator-george-jefferson-hassell/id1498356194?i=1000568997906

http://genealogytrails.com/tex/panhandle/parmer/news_crime_hassell_murders_story.htm

https://medium.com/lessons-from-history/george-jefferson-hassell-serial-family-annihilator-494dbcfb010d

https://www.whittierdailynews.com/2007/02/24/death-house-slayings-gain-attention/

https://horrorhistory.net/2018/12/05/man-kills-wife-8-step-children/

Heather Rich Aug 09, 2022

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Happy Episode 60! This week Hannah tells the story of the horrific rape and murder of Heather Rich by three local boys she thought were her friends. Enjoy and Happy Halloween!

Sources:

https://en-academic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/11778257

https://wickedness.net/murders/heather-rich/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7cUCYtlPDY

https://www.chillingcrimes.com/blogs/news/heather-rich

https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/a-bend-in-the-river/

TV Show Links:

A Time To Kill: Shelley Nance

https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/video/a-time-to-kill-investigation-discovery/if-the-glove-fits

Someone They Knew With Tamron Hall: Penny Scaggs

https://www.courttv.com/title/the-perfect-wife/

Someone They Knew With Tamron Hall: Susan Wright

(will be out on 8/14/2022 titled The Blue Eyed Butcher)

Calvin & Conrad Williams Jul 29, 2022

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Episode 59 takes us way back to 1955 in Pasadena, Texas where Annie Williams decides she is going to poison, strangle and dismember her two young sons for truly no good reason at all. Well... Annie thinks there are good reasons, but Hannah begs to differ.

Happy Halloween!

Sources:

https://lmtribune.com/nation/world/child-killer-back-in-texas-jail-former-riggins-resident-certain-parole-will-be-denied-accepts/article_fea744b0-bc3d-52ae-84d9-756a8ad3c9d1.html

https://www.galvestoncrimescene.com/i-bet-you-buried-that-womans-kids/

https://omny.fm/shows/true-crime-reporter/the-ghastly-story-of-a-mother-who-dismembered-her

https://darik.news/idaho/mother-who-killed-her-two-sons-got-baptized-in-prison/502233.html

https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2536683286574/today-in-houston-history-march-9-1955-mother-who-killed-her-two-sons-is-baptized-in-jail

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/bayou-city-history/article/Today-in-Houston-history-March-9-1955-Mother-16987372.php#photo-22171375

http://unknownmisandry.blogspot.com/2011/08/ann-williams-texas-mother-who-murdered.html

David Martin Long Jul 22, 2022

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Happy Halloween and welcome to episode 58! This week, Hannah tells the story of how three women living in Lancaster, Texas get hacked to death by their supposed friend and roommate. Enjoy!

Sources:

Who Were David Martin Long's Victims? How Did The Texas Axe Murderer Die? (thecinemaholic.com)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Martin_Long

https://murderpedia.org/male.L/l1/long-david-martin.htm

https://www.bestsouthwestguide.com/lancaster/408-news-stories-lan/9421-david-martin-long-hacked-three-women-to-death-in-texas-because-he-was-tired-of-hearing-them-bicker

https://kearneyhub.com/news/local/her-brother-was-executed-for-murder-but-she-says-the-wrong-man-was-put-to/article_8cc9e340-132c-11ea-a47d-57777ab863c2.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1999/12/09/us/texan-who-took-overdose-is-executed.html

https://apnews.com/article/f7fa81222ad86e7b25627e0f16a2183a

https://law.justia.com/cases/texas/court-of-criminal-appeals/1991/69781-4.html

http://www.txexecutions.org/reports/196-David-Long.htm

https://peoplepill.com/people/david-martin-long

https://6park.news/texas/who-were-the-victims-of-david-martin-long-how-did-the-texas-ax-killer-die.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6Ton8xJOYU

https://wikimili.com/en/David_Martin_Long

https://www.prisonlegalnews.org/news/2000/apr/15/flight-to-texas-execution-not-life-threatening/

https://www.upi.com/Archives/1986/10/25/Suspect-confesses-to-triple-slaying/4914530596800/

https://www.upi.com/Archives/1986/10/01/Police-investigating-the-hatchet-slayings-of-three-women-issued/4131528523200/

https://books.google.com/books?id=sYvCdqz26cQC&pg=PA266&lpg=PA266&dq=david+martin+long+murderer&source=bl&ots=Svvf0ohGVN&sig=ACfU3U2_cfbYhc15MWepn2UDvrBp-iTsBQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiI5Iafrer4AhWRK0QIHX3NCPs4HhDoAXoECA8QAw#v=onepage&q=david%20martin%20long%20murderer&f=false

“If I Should Die”- Ax To Grind S1E5

Betty Stotts Jul 15, 2022

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Welcome to episode 57! This week Hannah tells the story of Betty Stotts who is beaten, stabbed, and burned to death while on shift at her job in Kerrville, Texas. Happy Halloween!!

Sources:

Randy Lynn Woolls | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers

Addict Executed For Murder Of Ticket-Taker | AP News

Killer Lends a Hand to Find a Vein for Execution - Los Angeles Times (latimes.com)

DRUG-CRAZED SLAYER OF DRIVE-IN CASHIER IS EXECUTED IN TEXAS - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

‎The First Degree: Episode 62: Betty Stotts on Apple Podcasts

Michael Cahill Jul 08, 2022

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In episode 56 Hannah tells the story of a musician who is murdered in the midst of a string of burglaries in a small community in Austin. Happy Halloween!

Sources:

Life is a Bumpy Road: <a href="http://www.austin360.com/music/content/music/stories/2006/03/2coldcase.html">A calendar book, a guitar and a very cold case</a> (lifesabumpyroad.blogspot.com)

Michael Cahill Archives - imaginary magnitude (imagitude.com)

Note: The "Book of Days Murder" on America's Most Wanted - imaginary magnitude (imagitude.com)

Remembering Michael Cahill - imaginary magnitude (imagitude.com)

Book of Days Murder of Michael Cahill (dannyschweers.com)

Breaking News - What's the Connection Between the Sunday Comics - and a Killer? | TheFutonCritic.com

1978 Book of Days (w2mw.com)

Greg Kelley Jul 01, 2022

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Welcome to Episode 55! On this episode Hannah discusses the tragic case of injustice, that is the case of Greg Kelley out of Williamson County Texas. Hope you enjoy and Happy Halloween!

Sources:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nosh5cYI8Q8

Jason Alan Thornburg & Alanna Gallagher Jan 22, 2022

Show notes

Happy Halloween and welcome to episode 54!

Cassie starts the episode off with the story of recently apprehended serial killer, Jason Alan Thornburg. His "missionary" killings spanned at least 3 states with 5 victims (maybe more), but we'll have to wait for his trial date to be set to learn more about this delusional asshole.

Hannah closes out the episode with yet another child rape and murder. Six-year-old Alanna Gallagher goes out to play one afternoon in July and is found just a few hours later wrapped and dumped in the middle of her neighborhood. Her killer looks like a Juggalo, lights Alanna's memorial on fire, and shoots a cop in the groin. Yikes.

We also have some special announcements! Enjoy!

Support the podcast: https://www.patreon.com/texastenthirtyonepodcast

Sources:

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/alanna-gallagher-case-arrest-warrant-reveals-grisly-details-6-year-old-murder-article-1.1407704

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/alanna-gallagher-update-tyler-holder-neighbor-of-slain-6-year-old-texas-girl-suspected-in-her-death-authorities-say/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/alanna-gallagher-update-authorities-in-texas-narrow-focus-in-search-for-killer-of-6-year-old-found-under-tarp/

https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/teen-pleads-guilty-in-alanna-gallagher-murder/2111859/

https://morbidology.com/killed-by-her-teenage-neighbour-the-murder-of-alanna-gallagher/#easy-footnote-1-2457

https://www.thenwsun.com/murder-alanna-gallagher-continuing-coverage/

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2507215/Alanna-Gallagher-submerged-water-murder.html

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2014/09/05/teen-who-raped-and-murdered-saginaw-6-year-old-must-serve-at-least-50-years/

https://dallas.culturemap.com/news/city-life/09-04-14-tyler-holder-murder-alanna-gallagher-murder-arson-saginaw-guilty/