Julie Coley Murders and History in Texas

3 officers were shot in a shoot out by Dan Fowler. Lt. Tommy Collins was killed while two other officers were wounded.

This is one of the stories that caused me to stop writing for a few years. This story and a few others were just more than my brain could hold.

Warning - it's pretty detailed.

John Rubio and Angela Camacho killed and decapitated their 3 children. The rest you just have to listen to.

Correctional Officers face probably more frighting things than PD and SO do sometimes. This is a story of a CO who was killed by 2 escaping prisoners.

He says he doesn't remember doing it, but the murders were really grotesque.

How Did They Die? Murders in Northern Texas 1926-1975

This is my first episode back after 3 years so I did a short episode. I will get better as time goes by.

No one wants to hear about the murder of a woman or child, even from the 1920's.

This story is from How Did They Die? Murders in Northern Texas 1892-1927

I've been gone almost 3 years, but you'll be getting new episodes soon and I even wrote a new book in my series, "How Did They Die?" available on Amazon.

She kicked him at of her house in Granbury, Texas. 

He snuck in a bedroom window and forced both kids into his car. 

He ultimately received the death penalty for his horrific crime. 

story from How Did They Die

Murders in Texas 1954-2011

He blamed his drug induced life on his parents. He stole and wrote hot checks from his mom. Then...... he blew them up. 

It all started with a Santa suit. 

One died from a gunshot, one was executed, one was lynched and one was pardoned by the governor. 

-This is such a convoluted story with twists or turns. 

There is so much more that I don't tell in the podcast, that is available in my book, "How Did They Die, Murders in Northern Texas, 1892-1927.

First National Bank of Cisco, Texas Photo Courtesy of Cisco Chamber of Commerce

An ax, knife and pick were Newton Byrn's choice of tools to mutilate 3 females. 

How can a person do this?

I keep forgetting to say which book my stories came from. 

This story is from How Did They Die? Murders in Northern Texas 1926-1975

It's the peach colored book. 

You always wonder and worry what happens to people who are admitted to a State Hospital, no matter where it is. 

Hopefully things are different today, but in 1949.......

At a time when you think life is safe and carefree, a monster comes along and your life changes in a heartbeat.

Who can be so brutal to a 3 year old little girl?

Such a sad story for Cherry, who was killed by Kimberly Cargill. 

Kimberley Cargill is still sitting on death row today. 

He says he doesn't remember anything. 

Hmmm.... but he had to be talked into giving himself up.

Learn about all of the haunted places known in downtown Wichita Falls. See photos of some of these haunted places on my Facebook page facebook.com/julie coley or on my TikTok @juliecoley

I will post a couple of the scariest photos on Saturday because it's most appropriate to do that Halloween night!

Learn about all of the haunted places known in downtown Wichita Falls. See photos of some of these haunted places on my Facebook page facebook.com/julie coley or on my TikTok @juliecoley

I will post a couple of the scariest photos on Saturday because it's most appropriate to do that Halloween night!

Who can take a sunrise, sprinkle it with dew, cover it in chocolate with a miracle or two.... Sadly there was no miracle on Halloween night except maybe the fact that 4 kids survived this horrible act, while his son died at the hospital. 

This story and what happened, changed the U.S. forever in the way that parents think about Halloween. 

Hulon Mauldin decided to murder his wife at a downtown Wichita Falls high rise, while his mother was picking up his laundry and waiting for him on the street. 

Is this building haunted?

Arlin didn't want another child. 

He loved his 2 year old son so much. 

So he killed his pregnant wife, loaded her body in the car with his son just inches away and took her body to dump it. 

Bud Ballew was a famous gunslinger in Oklahoma and North Texas history. 

He came to Wichita Falls and met his match from a little police chief. 

This is a sad story about a little girl who never got to grow up. We shouldn't have to mourn children because they were murdered, but it does sadly happen. 

Some people in Wichita Falls may remember some of the names in this story. 

Jana Shearer loved life. 

The way it ended was horrible. 

Even more grotesque is what her boyfriend, Chris McCuen  did with her body. 

Sometimes it amazes me what men will or can do, without a conscious. 

Clarence Duncan killed once for greed and later out of anger.

Here the story of how and why he committed two murders. 

Do you remember the lunch counters at McCroy's or Kress? How about a movie at the State Theater?

I have taken photos from my book Views of the Past and tried to bring memories alive for you. 

I had a stroke and had no help with my recovery. Here is what I have learned on my own.

Teach yourself repetitive motion. 

Play brain games. 

Tell yourself - YOU CAN DO IT!!

Will you ever be 100% back to normal? I doubt it, but you can be the best you can be with a little work. 

I hope this can help someone or a caregiver. 

She had five husbands. Two of them didn't make it. She went to death row. This is one of the most sensational murders in the state of Texas!! 

Betty Lou Beets was a black widow in her town of Gun Barrel. Her mug shot shows she thought it was all a joke. 

Two officers were sitting in front of a building when the wall fell and crushed them. Here the story of how the fire department, police and sheriffs department came together to try to save these fine police officers. 

After killing his entire family, James Wolcott became a very well like college professor. 

Hear how he did that in this strange story of murder and redemption. 

Reminisce with me about the 900 block of Indiana. Some memories include Fedway department store, Russell Stover Candies, Kirklands, Noble Hardware and more. 

I have a few cute stories to go with some of the stores.

I hope you like the memories!

Samuel Burk Burnett, a well known cattleman in North Texas and Oklahoma committed a murder in Paducah, Texas.

Or did he?

Jealousy is something that can lead you to murder, being an alcoholic can make you mean, both of these things can cause you to kill, as they did in this story about abuse and dominance over a woman's life. 

When I tell my ghost story in October, remember the location of the book store that son Alex worked in :)

My first story is about officer Sammy Childress who was stuffed in the trunk of his patrol car and killed. 

My second story is about Ralph Allen Ablanedo who was shot by the passenger of a car. 

These are just two of the stories in my book, "How Did They Die? Murdered in the Line of Duty."

Embrace History

Don't Erase History

This is several stories about our Civil War Veterans. Lately, there has been a crusade to tear down the Civil War statue at Memorial Auditorium. I believe those who are wanting to tear it down are uneducated in the Civil War, probably because it hasn't been taught in school lately like it had been in the past.

Form your own conclusion after you listen to this, but just remember, a veteran is a veteran, no matter which war they were in. 

The first fire claimed the lives of one hotel guest and two Wichita Falls firemen. There is an historical marker inside the library commemorating the firemens deaths.  

The second fire was said to be the deadliest hotel fire in Wichita Falls. 

Anytime we hear of murder at a school it sends our hearts racing. The hatred we have for anyone who can do this, is sometimes more than a person can handle. This is the story of a man, who, for some reason had hashed out a plan to blow up the school he wanted his son to go to. Listen as you hear the details of the Poe Elementary School Massacre in Houston, TX 

An intro about what the page is about and a little inside about me. Lots more to come for sure.