S1 Ep24: Holiday Homicides: The Lawson Family Murders

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Episode 024: Holiday Homicides: Chapter 2: The Lawson Family Murders: On Christmas Day, 1929, one of the country's worst mass murders took place in North Carolina. This is Chapter 2 of Holiday Homicides: The Lawson Family Murders. The Lawson family portrait - part of Charlie Lawson's "Christmas surprise". The crime... by Once Upon a Crime

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Episode 023: Holiday Homicides: Chapter 1: The Ashland Tragedy: In the early morning hours of Christmas Eve, 1881, a brutal attack was perpetrated on three sleeping teens in Ashland, Kentucky. The three suspects in the Ashland murders This week's Audible recommendation is The Wilderness of Ruin: A Tale of Madness,... by Once Upon a Crime

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S1 Ep24: Holiday Homicides: The Lawson Family Murders

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