Ep. 195 – The Meeks Family Murder: A Historical Crime

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In May 1896, a fiend attacked 5 members of the Meeks Family with a gun and a blunt object—allegedly an ax or hatchet. One family member survived to point the finger at the family’s killers, who turned out to be two very prominent citizens.

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Episode Source List:

https://www.newspapers.com/article/franklin-county-tribune-meeks-murder/16252402/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/darlington-record-taylors-sought-in-murd/8364945/

https://www.murderbygaslight.com/2011/04/meeks-family-murder.html

https://sullivan.mogenweb.org/meeksmurders.html

https://www.linnr1.k12.mo.us/vnews/display.v/ART/4cd2bd5f227f3 

https://www.genealogy.com/forum/general/topics/outlaws/83/ 

https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SDU18970131.2.6&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------

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