~ first OF A SERIES ~ The legend of Billie Sol Estes sprung suddenly from country scuttlebutt to front-page news in the biggest of the major newspapers and national magazines in the Spring of 1962. For six months of that year his name appeared in practically every newspaper and radio and television evening news broadcast. … Continue reading Billie Sol Estes: A Sordid History Atoned: “Sol” Finally Vindicated