
Glen McCurley Strangled Carla Walker in 1974. Was She His Only Victim?
McCurley was living a quiet life in Fort Worth when new DNA evidence linked him to the notorious crime. Police suspect it wasn’t his first murder—or his last.
McCurley was living a quiet life in Fort Worth when new DNA evidence linked him to the notorious crime. Police suspect it wasn’t his first murder—or his last.
A great man was dead and an outraged world desperately wanted someplace to lay blame. It chose Dallas and changed the city forever.
Only in Texas could crime stories contain such characters as a murderous cheer mom, a fraudulent fruitcake accountant, and a polo shirt–wearing bandit. Throughout the years, these criminals and more have found their bizarre, macabre, and even humorous true tales told within our pages.
Terri Lee Hoffman was a New Age Aunt Bee whose gospel attracted many followers. But some of those believers ended up on a dark, twisted path that led to violent death—and the enrichment of their guru.
Lauren Yvana Guerra, the Texas Citrus Fiesta’s Queen Citrianna, from “Fairest of the Fair” (September 2009).
Bill Broyles—now best known as a Hollywood screenwriter—remembers the magazine’s first issue.
Since 1973, Texas Monthly has been a proud home for our state’s literary luminaries and intrepid investigators.