117. The Lawson Family Murders

Dec 31, 2025
1h 2m

Episode Description

This week we talk about the 1929 Christmas Day murders of the Lawson family, and the theories as to why this happened. Our oddity is Wren Day.


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Sources:

Newspapers.com:

Winston-Salem Journal

-          28 Dec 1929

-          04 Feb 1930

The Sentinel

-           27 Dec 1929

The Herald Sun

-           27 Dec 1929

The News and Observer

-           27 Dec 1929

Watauga Democrat

-          02 Jan 1930

 

White Christmas, Bloody Christmas by M. Bruce Jones & Trudy J. Smith

 

https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/secret-behind-photo-in-lawson-family-christmas-day-massacre-when-seven-people-died/news-story/080cd6dcee54a210d70098ca45dc3851

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawson_family_murders

 

https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2024/1220/1486756-christmas-st-stephens-day-dingle-kerry-1929/

 

https://www.dingle-peninsula.ie/wren-s-day.html

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wren_Day

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