News & Politics
March 21, 2018
After the Bombings, Looking Back at Austin’s First Serial Killer
The Midnight Assassin, who terrorized Austin 138 years ago, also targeted minorities first.
Serial Killers
Books
April 4, 2016
Murders in the Night
An exclusive excerpt from The Midnight Assassin: Panic, Scandal, and the Hunt for America's First Serial Killer reveals a forgotten time in Austin history, when a series of brutal, unsolved slayings terrified officials and left them wondering if a madman was on the loose.
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January 21, 2013
A Q&A With Skip Hollandsworth
The executive editor on writing about prostitutes, working with detectives, and recreating scenes.
Feature
January 21, 2013
“If the Serial Killer Gets Us, He Gets Us”
Police had all but given up looking into a pair of assaults against two prostitutes in the Houston neighborhood of Acres Homes. But when a third turned up dead, investigator Darcus Shorten embarked on a search that revealed a brutal reality.
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January 21, 2013
A Closer Look at One of Dean Corll’s Victims
Dorothy Hilligiest's son David disappeared one day in 1971. She spent her days and nights searching for him, following leads, and eagerly awaiting his return. And then she found out about Dean Corll, one of the most prolific serial killers in U.S. history.
Web Exclusive
January 21, 2013
Latest News on the Corll Investigation
Researchers have discovered a mistaken identity and another possible victim.
True Crime
January 21, 2013
The Lost Boys
It was the most shocking crime of its day, 27 boys from the same part of town kidnapped, tortured, and killed by an affable neighbor named Dean Corll. Forty years later, it remains one of the least understood—or talked about—chapters in Houston's history.
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January 21, 2013
The Houston Mass Murders: What Really Happened
A Q&A with Skip Hollandsworth, author of “The Lost Boys.”…