Moonlight Murders

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The Moonlight Murders: Texarkana's Phantom Killer In the spring of 1946, a masked killer terrorized the twin cities of Texarkana, attacking young couples in lover's lanes under the cover of darkness. Five brutal assaults. Three dead. Two survivors who would never be the same. And a community gripped by fear so intense that hardware stores sold out of locks and guns. This is the story of the Phantom Killer, one of America's most infamous unsolved cases. Across seven episodes, we'll walk through each attack in chilling detail, follow the desperate investigation that spanned multiple jurisdictions, examine the suspects who could never quite be ruled in or out, and explore how these murders shaped Texarkana forever. From the first attack on Jimmy Hollis and Mary Jeanne Larey to the murders of Virgil and Katie Starks, from the questionable confession of Youell Swinney to the theories that still swirl today, we're diving deep into a case that inspired The Tow