Texas Monthly
Friday, January 27

A Houston man allegedly tries to hire several hit men to kill his wife. Each fails miserably. It becomes the talk of the town.


Tuesday, January 3
via @sherlyholmes

A profile of legendary Houston socialite Becca Cason Thrash.


Tuesday, December 20

In October 2006 a four-year-old from Corpus Christi named Andrew Burd died mysteriously of salt poisoning. His foster mother, Hannah Overton, was charged with capital murder, vilified from all quarters, and sent to prison for life. But was this churchgoing young woman a vicious child killer? Or had the tragedy claimed its second victim?


Friday, November 18

Houston detectives investigate a series of brutal assaults on prostitutes in the Acres Homes section of the city. They thought they were after one man; it turns out they were wrong.


Friday, October 21

A high school student disappears, only to turn up more than 10 years later — posing as a high school student.


Thursday, October 20

Thirty years after the murder in Abilene, the question remains unanswered.


Thursday, September 22
/ / Oct 2011

An account of the trial of Warren Jeffs, the polygamous prophet of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.


Tuesday, August 30

On a 1955 ferris wheel accident.


Saturday, August 13

A profile of Rick Perry.


Friday, August 12

A former priest becomes the prime suspect in the 1960 murder of a Texas beauty queen.


Saturday, July 30

The coldest of cases: During 1884-85, seven women and one man were brutally murdered in Austin, Texas.


Tuesday, July 26
/ / Oct 2009
via via @sonia_smith

437 children were removed from Yearning for Zion Ranch as part of the largest custody battle in American history. They were eventually returned to the compound polygamist Warren Jeffs made infamous—but questions remained.