HUNTSVILLE, Texas — Fifty years ago, Huntsville, Texas, became the center of national attention as a tense prison hostage crisis unfolded inside its first state prison known as the “The Walls Unit.” For 11 days behind its 15-foot red brick wall in the sweltering summer of 1974, three armed inmates held fifteen people hostage, culminating […]
Malice In Dallas The Black Widow Of Highland Park Pt 3
From Socialite to Pariah Sandra Bridewell, once a celebrated figure in Dallas society, has become synonymous with scandal and mystery. Shunned by neighbors and friends in the affluent Highland Park community, known for its oil and real estate barons, Bridewell’s reputation has been tarnished by her connections to three mysterious deaths. Dubbed “The Black Widow,” […]
Dennis Wayne Hope Broke Out Of Unbreakable Prisons Like Hollywood’s Cool Hand Luke
When George W. Bush was elected Governor of Texas on a law and order agenda in November of 1994, convicted bank robber Dennis Wayne Hope wrote to his mother that he now had no hope of ever making parole. Those were his words – no pun intended. The 26-year-old Hope had been training for months […]
Prisoners Stand To Receive Upwards of $2.6 Billion In Stimulus Payments
November 11, 2020 By Robert Riggs – Dallas, Texas Millions of dollars in $1200 stimulus checks intended for economic relief for the COVID-19 pandemic are flowing into prisoners’ accounts inside prisons and jails across the country. The stimulus payments could total as much as 2.76 billion dollars if all of the people incarcerated apply and […]
How Did The Ice Pick Murderer Get Keys To His Victim’s Apartment
26 YEAR OLD MICHELLE WENDY HAUPT WAS STABBED AND STRANGLED BY A CONVICTED FELON WHO ENTERED HER APARTMENT WITH A STOLEN PASS KEY. HER MURDER FORCED TEXAS LANDLORDS TO BEEF UP SECURITY TO COMPLY WITH THE NATION’S FIRST KEYLESS DEAD BOLT LAW. ON OCTOBER 19TH OF 1991, THE ASSISTANT MANAGER OF HAUPT’S APARTMENT […]