The Texarkana Moonlight Murders A Collection Of True Crime By Iris Hul The texarkana moonlight murders consisted of four violent attacks which occurred over ten weeks from february to may 1946. the murders occurred in and around texarkana, twin cities at the border of miller county, arkansas, and bowie county, texas. all four attacks targeted heterosexual couples in isolated locations, on weekend nights. By cody copeland feb. 6, 2021 4:44 pm est. in 1946, the town of texarkana, which straddles the state line between texas and arkansas, was rocked by a series of brutal attacks that ultimately left five people dead and three gravely injured. what the media quickly dubbed the texarkana moonlight murders, carried out by a shadowy figure the local.
The Texarkana Moonlight Murders A Collection Of True Crime By Iris Hul The second possible phantom of the texarkana moonlight murders was a notorious car thief named youell swinney (29). police discovered that on the night of every attack, a car was reported stolen and later found abandoned by the thief. swinney’s wife was seen driving a stolen car, and the husband and wife were arrested. The mysterious moonlight murders rocked the sleepy southern town of texarkana in 1946. police on either side of the state line struggled to work as one while the killings themselves possessed the iconic quality of urban legend. young couples parked at the end of a lonely country road, savaged after the sun went down. Morbidology is a weekly true crime podcast created and hosted by emily g. thompson. using investigative research combined with primary audio, morbidology takes an in depth look at true crime cases from all across the world. texarkana is a sleepy town that is split between both texas and arkansas. over the spring of 1946, a ruthless serial. On the phantom. courtesy wayne beck. between february and may, 1946, the city of texarkana would endure one of the most sanguine, most frightening episodes in its long and colorful history. it was the season of the phantom, of his moonlight murders, of his dangerous ghostlike elusive ambushes that crawled under the skin of man, woman and child.
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