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The Phantom Killer: Unlocking the Mystery of the Texarkana Serial Murders by James Presley (November 15, 2014) The Texarkana Moonlight Murders: The Unsolved Case of the 1946 Phantom Killer by Michael Newton (May 14, 2013) Texas Confidential: Sex, Scandal, Murder, and Mayhem in the Lone Star State by Michael Varhola (July 19, 2011)
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A series of unsolved murders and violent crimes in 1946, dubbed the Texarkana Moonlight Murders, began with two attacks which targeted couples at lovers' lanes in the Texarkana area. [7] In Palos Verdes, California, a gang of teens robbed multiple cars on a lovers' lane in October 1955, and were caught raping a thirteen-year-old girl. [8]
Youell Lee Swinney (February 9, 1917 – September 15, 1994) was an American criminal and the only major suspect in the Phantom Killer case in Texarkana in 1946, although he was never officially charged with any of the murders.
On October 31, 2013, in the city of Texarkana, Texas, the local drive-in theater is hosting the Halloween annual showing of the 1976 film The Town That Dreaded Sundown, based on the true story of the Phantom Killer who murdered several people in Texarkana in 1946. Corey Holland and Jami Lerner leave to talk and kiss but The Phantom kills Corey ...
The Museum of Regional History (originally the Texarkana Historical Museum) is a local history museum in Texarkana, Texas. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is the first and oldest museum in the Texarkana metropolitan area ; [ 4 ] [ 5 ] it was established in 1971. [ 3 ]
History of the Texas Press and the Texas Press Association (Dallas: Harben-Spotts, 1929) Federal Writers' Project (1940), "Newspapers and Radio" , Texas: A Guide to the Lone Star State , American Guide Series , New York: Hastings House, pp. 120– 124, hdl : 2027/mdp.39015002677667 – via HathiTrust
Texarkana is located at the junction of Interstate 30 and US highways 59, 67, 71 and 82 in extreme northeastern Texas on the Texas-Arkansas border. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] It is bordered by the city of Texarkana, Arkansas, to the east, and by the smaller cities of Nash , Wake Village and Liberty Eylau , Texas to the west.