Insights into the mind of Mac Wallace as he was being declared "guilty" of First Degree Murder (Excerpted from The Austin American - February 27, 1952) "Thirty-year-old 'Mac' Wallace stared intently at each of the 12 jurors as they filed into the still-as-a-tomb courtroom. As the solemn-faced men, weary from nine days of confinement and … Continue reading REFRAMING HISTORY with More Myths: Mellen’s “Faustian Bargains” — Wrong on Many Levels
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LBJ: A Closer Look: A (Mostly) Brilliant Classic Video
I have long-possessed a VHS copy of of the video as well as a bound, inch-thick copy (#151 of 200 copies printed) of the documents, photos, correspondence and news articles used in the production of the film, now over 20 years old. Due to copyright rules, I never considered putting any of it on the … Continue reading LBJ: A Closer Look: A (Mostly) Brilliant Classic Video
Billie Sol Estes: A Sordid History Atoned: “Sol” Finally Vindicated
~ 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
The Murder of Clint Peoples
(Excerpted from LBJ: From Mastermind to The Colossus) Though he Outlived LBJ by 20 years, Marshal Peoples' Persistence in "Outing" Johnson Finally Caught Up with Him: Who Ordered the Kill? By 1992, Clint Peoples, previously a captain in the Texas Rangers, had become a US Marshal. As he continued his investigation of the Henry Marshall … Continue reading The Murder of Clint Peoples