Old Timey Crimey #73: The Lawson Family Murders - "Raisins Are the Real Crime"

Scott, Amber, and Kristy discuss the Lawson family murders of 1929, with bonus hatred for dried grapes. 

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Murder of the Lawson Family. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_the_Lawson_family

Robert B. Waltz and David G. Engle. “Lawson Murder, The (Charlie Lawson).” The Ballad Copyright Index,
Fresno State. http://www.fresnostate.edu/folklore/ballads/LF35.html

M. Bruce Jones and Trudy J. Smith. “White Christmas, Bloody Christmas.” 

Brooke Cain. The News & Observer. “All in the family: Notorious NC murders that struck close to home.” https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article222789440.html

Wautaga Democrat & Elizabeth City, NC Independent, accessed via LOC Chronicling America. https://bit.ly/2EuJk1r

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