Bodies In the Bayous

In this episode we dive into who Dean Corll was, aka the Candy Man. He got his name from the many candy stores that his mother owned and operated. He would work in these candy stores and build relationships with young children in the neighborhood and appearing to be a mentor to many. Nobody would know the truth to who he was behind closed doors. 

Day two began with the removal of more bodies from the boat shed, only to find out through the confession of Dean Corll's teenage accomplices/victims that there were more bodies located at Lake Sam Rayburn and High Island. Over the next two days the total victims remains recovered would total 27. Many beach goers enjoying a day on the beach would find themselves in the middle of Dean Corll's grave...

The Candyman a.k.a Dean Arnold Corll, also known as Houston's Mass Murder, stalked and murder young boys in Houston and surrounding suburbs from 1970 to 1973 along with 2 teenage accomplices Elmer Wayne Henley and David Owen Brooks. Elmer Wayne Henley would put a stop to Corll's reign of terror buy killing him with his own gun. 

Please join us as we discuss recent developments in these cases. 

Amanda Nicole Kellum, a lifetime Galveston County resident was found murdered, in Omega Bay on November 6, 1979. What happened to her? Bridgette Lynn Gearen was enjoying time with friends on Crystal beach.  On July 14, 2007 she is abducted, raped, and murdered. Although there are suspects in her case why has no one been charged? 18-year-old Arionna Parham was last seen getting a ride to schoo...

Where is 57 year old Tot Harriman, she was looking for property between League City and Corpse Cristy when her and her car disappeared on July 12, 2001? What happened to young wife and mother Sarah Trusty? She went on a late night bike ride only to be discovered 28 days later floating in Galveston Bay. Who killed 16 year old Teressa Vanegas? She was out enjoying Halloween night when someone raped...

In this week's episode we bring you and update on the identity of Dean and Tina's long lost daughter. We also take a look into the cases of Detta Dee Taylor Maris who went missing out of Pasadena Tx and was discovered in a rice field 8 months later in Liberty Tx. Next, we bring light to a cold case of Catherine Anne Hammel out of Houston Tx, who disappeared after work and has yet to be found. The...

Tina Flood was reported abducted at the hands of a predator who would later be convicted and was responsible for other assaults around the Caulder Field area and Austin Tx as well. The search continues for Rebecca Beard in Angleton, Texas as of June 2022. 

Angela Leann Mitchell, A mother of 4 went missing on May 5th, 2022. Her body was found in the trunk of her car on May 11, 2022, police are looking for information on her case.  Lynette Bibbs and Tamara Fisher were 2 teenage girls 14 and 15 years old from Laporte Texas that went out to a club in downtown Houston for teenagers, they were discovered murder in Chambers County 50 miles away from w...

It was a warm day on September 10, 1990. In Manvel Texas, a small town between Alvin and Houston, along the Highway 6. A man on a dirt dead end road pulled over to take a closer look at a pile of trash bottles and old tires noticed a skull and other bones in the debris. It would be 30 years before the findings would be Identified as Juile Gwenn Davis - but this case is not solved. Another body was...

Four young women's lives have been taken and many years have gone by without answers for their families. Their children have grown up without them, it is time to bring answers and justice for the families.

There are families out there waiting for answers in these Galveston Island case. Decapitated woman found in Galveston State Park in 1988 still remains unidentified. Darlene Delany found nude in Galveston behind the K-mart on September 5, 1988. Her face had been severely burned in order hide her identity.  Suzanne Renee Richerson was abducted on October 7, 1988, does someone out there know som...

In 1980's there was a string of cases involving Real Estate agents. Their deaths would change the way agents operate today.  What happened to their cases, were they connected and are there any leads? 

In 1997 girls and young women would disappear from the small communities outside of Houston. The first was that of a young ballerina Laura Kate Smithers from Friendswood Texas. Then, University of Texas Student Kelli Cox; from Denton, Texas, next would be High School Senior Jessica Cain from Tiki Island. It was because of a young mother named Sandra, who was kidnapped in Webster Texas and her dari...

In 1997 girls and young women would disappear from the small communities outside of Houston. The first was that of a young ballerina Laura Kate Smithers from Friendswood Texas. Then, University of Texas Student Kelli Cox; from Denton, Texas, next would be High School Senior Jessica Cain from Tiki Island. It was because of a young mother named Sandra, who was kidnapped in Webster Texas and her dari...

Timothy Lane Gribble seemed like the guy next store willing to help out a friend when truth would come out it would rock the foundation of these small coastal towns. When he confessed to the murder of Elizabeth L. Jones, this would also help bring closure to another family. He would drop a bomb on law enforcement by also confessing to the murder of Donna Weiss and aid in locating her remains. But...

The cases of:  Michelle Doherty Thomas went missing from her home in Alta Loma, Texas never to be seen again. Although police believe they know what happened to her they still have been unable to locate her body or close her case.  Rebecca Jean Beard's case has been solved and closed; her murderer sits in prison but still police are unable to locate her body.  Shelley Sikes left wor...

Harris County Identified the remains of John and Jane doe found murdered in January of 1981 as those of Harlod Dean Clouse and his wife Tina Gail Linn. Questions still remain, what happened to their baby daughter Hollie Marie Clouse, also who killed them and why? Susan Eads age 19 is found murdered near the Nasa Space Center after a night out with friends in August of 1983. Her murder would go uns...

We look into suspect Clyde Hendrick and the murder of Ellen Beason. Is he also responsible for murdering the Calder Road victims Hiede Villareal, Laura Miller, Audrey Cook and Donna Prudhome?  Or is it, possibly someone else, like Mark Roland Stallings who confessed to the murders of April Eaves and Benna Bea Bowen. Or is it possible yet that they were killed by David Allen Walker, convicted...

Join us as we continue to look at the savage killing of 4 women who were found, in a field off Calder Road dubbed "The Texas Killing Fields". Who are Jane and Janet Doe? We take a look into the background of unlikely suspect Robert Able. 

Calder Field is a lonely abandoned oil flied outside of League City Texas and would become infamous as the heart of the "Texas Killing Fields" when the remains of 4 young women were discover there between 1984 and 1991.   

Michelle Angela Garvey goes missing from her home in New Haven Connecticut. Her body would be found in Texas on July 1, 1982, but she would not be identified till 2014.   Tamera Ellen McCurry - goes missing from Galveston Island on July 1, 1982 she has never been heard from again.  Are these cases connected or is it just a coincidence or are these two cases connected.

Just when you think that you think that it could be wrapped-up we bring you the cases of four more missing or murder victims in the Texas Killing Fields.  Are these cases connected?  

From prison Edward Harold Bell begins confessing to the murders of 7 young women, around Galveston Island in the 1970's. He plays a "cat and mouse" game with law enforcement, the district attorneys office, and the press giving vague details and then recanting.  Later, he includes more victims dubbing them "The Eleven That Went To Heaven". He claims to be the product of a experimental governme...

On August 28, 1978 Larry Dean Dicken's was a true hero when he confronted a flasher outside his mother's home, who was exposing himself to young neighborhood kids. He was brutally gunned down in the driveway by serial flasher Edward Harold Bell. Bell would be arrested blocks away after a short police chase, o1nly to escape justice for years by fleeing the country. When he finally would be brought...