Welcome to the second part of this series about the Murray-O’Hair family. After Madalyn, Jon Garth, and Robin mysteriously vanished in September 1995, a year went by without any further investigation. It wasn’t until a reporter began asking questions that the story finally got the attention it deserved. In this episode we’ll discuss how the case was unraveled, and the clues involve a hundred pounds of gold coins, a perfect diamond, unlikely heroes, and finally, the discovery of the truth after a 5-year hunt for answers.<br /><br />Sources:<br /><br />Bryce, R. (1998, November 20). Abducted by aliens? Credit card clue. The Austin Chronicle. <a href="https://www.austinchronicle.com/news/1998-11-20/520646/" rel="noopener">https://www.austinchronicle.com/news/1998-11-20/520646/</a><br /><br />Bryce, R. (1999, June 4). Preying on atheists. Austin Chronicle. <a href="https://www.austinchronicle.com/news/1999-06-04/522124/" rel="noopener">https://www.austinchronicle.com/news/1999-06-04/522124/</a><br /><br />Bryce, R. (2000, June 9). Picking up the pieces. Austin Chronicle. <a href="https://www.austinchronicle.com/news/2000-06-09/77537/" rel="noopener">https://www.austinchronicle.com/news/2000-06-09/77537/</a><br /><br />Dracos, T. (2003). Ungodly: The Passions, Torments, and Murder of Atheist Madalyn Murray O’Hair. Free Press.<br /><br />Duggan, P. (1999, August 16). The atheists’ cold case gets warmer. The Washington Post.<br /><br />Fairbank, K. (1997, March 9). Oh god, O’Hair is still missing. Los Angeles Times. <a href="https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-03-09-mn-36392-story.html" rel="noopener">https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-03-09-mn-36392-story.html</a><br /><br />Hall, M. (1999, May). Has Madalyn Murray O’Hair met her maker? Texas Monthly. <a href="https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/has-madalyn-murray-ohair-met-her-maker/" rel="noopener">https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/has-madalyn-murray-ohair-met-her-maker/</a><br /><br />MacCormack, J. (1996, August 11). Atheist Madalyn Murray O’Hair’s disappearance a mystery one year later. San Antonio Express-News. <a href="https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Archive-Atheist-Madalyn-Murray-O-Hair-s-11017379.php" rel="noopener">https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Archive-Atheist-Madalyn-Murray-O-Hair-s-11017379.php</a><br /><br />MacCormack, J. (1996, December 8). Funds missing along with atheist O’Hair. San Antonio Express-News. <a href="https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Archive-Funds-missing-along-with-atheist-O-Hair-11017393.php" rel="noopener">https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Archive-Funds-missing-along-with-atheist-O-Hair-11017393.php</a><br /><br />MacCormack, J. (1998, February 1). IRS probes O’Hair trio; atheists left nearly $100,000 in gold coins in S.A. before vanishing. San Antonio Express-News. <a href="https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Archive-IRS-probes-O-Hair-trio-atheists-left-11017369.php" rel="noopener">https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Archive-IRS-probes-O-Hair-trio-atheists-left-11017369.php</a><br /><br />MacCormack, J. (1999, January 31). ID of headless body may revive O’Hair case. San Antonio Express-News. <a href="https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Archive-ID-of-headless-body-may-revive-O-Hair-11017421.php" rel="noopener">https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Archive-ID-of-headless-body-may-revive-O-Hair-11017421.php</a><br /><br />MacCormack, J. (1999, February 18). The case of the headless, handless corpse. Dallas Observer. <a href="https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/the-case-of-the-headless-handless-corpse-6401233" rel="noopener">https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/the-case-of-the-headless-handless-corpse-6401233</a><br /><br />MacCormack, J. (1999, November 6). An investigative reporter’s inside story untangling the O’Hair vanishing. 22nd annual convention of the Freedom From Religion Foundation, San Antonio. <a...

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All Crime No Cattle

Ep 97: The Disappearance of the Murray-O'Hair Family, Part II

JUL 27, 2022112 MIN
All Crime No Cattle

Ep 97: The Disappearance of the Murray-O'Hair Family, Part II

JUL 27, 2022112 MIN

Description

Welcome to the second part of this series about the Murray-O’Hair family. After Madalyn, Jon Garth, and Robin mysteriously vanished in September 1995, a year went by without any further investigation. It wasn’t until a reporter began asking questions that the story finally got the attention it deserved. In this episode we’ll discuss how the case was unraveled, and the clues involve a hundred pounds of gold coins, a perfect diamond, unlikely heroes, and finally, the discovery of the truth after a 5-year hunt for answers.<br /><br />Sources:<br /><br />Bryce, R. (1998, November 20). Abducted by aliens? Credit card clue. The Austin Chronicle. <a href="https://www.austinchronicle.com/news/1998-11-20/520646/" rel="noopener">https://www.austinchronicle.com/news/1998-11-20/520646/</a><br /><br />Bryce, R. (1999, June 4). Preying on atheists. Austin Chronicle. <a href="https://www.austinchronicle.com/news/1999-06-04/522124/" rel="noopener">https://www.austinchronicle.com/news/1999-06-04/522124/</a><br /><br />Bryce, R. (2000, June 9). Picking up the pieces. Austin Chronicle. <a href="https://www.austinchronicle.com/news/2000-06-09/77537/" rel="noopener">https://www.austinchronicle.com/news/2000-06-09/77537/</a><br /><br />Dracos, T. (2003). Ungodly: The Passions, Torments, and Murder of Atheist Madalyn Murray O’Hair. Free Press.<br /><br />Duggan, P. (1999, August 16). The atheists’ cold case gets warmer. The Washington Post.<br /><br />Fairbank, K. (1997, March 9). Oh god, O’Hair is still missing. Los Angeles Times. <a href="https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-03-09-mn-36392-story.html" rel="noopener">https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-03-09-mn-36392-story.html</a><br /><br />Hall, M. (1999, May). Has Madalyn Murray O’Hair met her maker? Texas Monthly. <a href="https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/has-madalyn-murray-ohair-met-her-maker/" rel="noopener">https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/has-madalyn-murray-ohair-met-her-maker/</a><br /><br />MacCormack, J. (1996, August 11). Atheist Madalyn Murray O’Hair’s disappearance a mystery one year later. San Antonio Express-News. <a href="https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Archive-Atheist-Madalyn-Murray-O-Hair-s-11017379.php" rel="noopener">https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Archive-Atheist-Madalyn-Murray-O-Hair-s-11017379.php</a><br /><br />MacCormack, J. (1996, December 8). Funds missing along with atheist O’Hair. San Antonio Express-News. <a href="https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Archive-Funds-missing-along-with-atheist-O-Hair-11017393.php" rel="noopener">https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Archive-Funds-missing-along-with-atheist-O-Hair-11017393.php</a><br /><br />MacCormack, J. (1998, February 1). IRS probes O’Hair trio; atheists left nearly $100,000 in gold coins in S.A. before vanishing. San Antonio Express-News. <a href="https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Archive-IRS-probes-O-Hair-trio-atheists-left-11017369.php" rel="noopener">https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Archive-IRS-probes-O-Hair-trio-atheists-left-11017369.php</a><br /><br />MacCormack, J. (1999, January 31). ID of headless body may revive O’Hair case. San Antonio Express-News. <a href="https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Archive-ID-of-headless-body-may-revive-O-Hair-11017421.php" rel="noopener">https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Archive-ID-of-headless-body-may-revive-O-Hair-11017421.php</a><br /><br />MacCormack, J. (1999, February 18). The case of the headless, handless corpse. Dallas Observer. <a href="https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/the-case-of-the-headless-handless-corpse-6401233" rel="noopener">https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/the-case-of-the-headless-handless-corpse-6401233</a><br /><br />MacCormack, J. (1999, November 6). An investigative reporter’s inside story untangling the O’Hair vanishing. 22nd annual convention of the Freedom From Religion Foundation, San Antonio. <a href="https://ffrf.org/legal/item/17152-an-investigative-reporters-inside-story" rel="noopener">https://ffrf.org/legal/item/17152-an-investigative-reporters-inside-story</a><br /><br />MacCormack, J. (2003, June 29). O’Hair’s last days. San Antonio Express-News. <a href="https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/Archive-O-Hair-s-last-days-11017564.php" rel="noopener">https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/Archive-O-Hair-s-last-days-11017564.php</a><br /><br />MacCormack, J. (2003, July 10). True Confessions. Dallas Observer. <a href="http://www.dallasobserver.com/news/true-confession-6387834" rel="noopener">http://www.dallasobserver.com/news/true-confession-6387834</a><br /><br />Milloy, R. E. (2001, March 16). Bodies identified as those of missing atheist and kin. The New York Times. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/16/us/bodies-identified-as-those-of-missing-atheist-and-kin.html" rel="noopener">https://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/16/us/bodies-identified-as-those-of-missing-atheist-and-kin.html</a><br /><br />Selcraig, B. (2019, January 30). Texas Institute of Letters honors San Antonio Express-News veteran. San Antonio Express-News. <a href="https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Texas-Institute-of-Letters-honors-San-Antonio-13574192.php?utm_campaign=twitter" rel="noopener">https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Texas-Institute-of-Letters-honors-San-Antonio-13574192.php?utm_campaign=twitter</a><br /><br />Swartz, M. (1997, March). The lady vanishes. Vanity Fair. <a href="https://archive.vanityfair.com/article/1997/3/the-lady-vanishes" rel="noopener">https://archive.vanityfair.com/article/1997/3/the-lady-vanishes</a><br /><br />Travis, A. (2021, March 12). Man convicted for ties to 1995 death of ‘Most Hated Woman in America’ resentenced to nearly 50 years. KXAN Austin. <a href="https://www.kxan.com/news/crime/resentencing-hearing-friday-for-man-convicted-for-1995-murder-of-madalyn-murray-ohair-theft-of-600k-in-gold-coins/" rel="noopener">https://www.kxan.com/news/crime/resentencing-hearing-friday-for-man-convicted-for-1995-murder-of-madalyn-murray-ohair-theft-of-600k-in-gold-coins/</a><br /><br />Tregaskis, R. (1965, October). Madalyn Murray. Playboy.<br /><br />Van Biema, D. (1997, February 10). Where’s Madalyn? TIME. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080314192357/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,985893-2,00.html" rel="noopener">https://web.archive.org/web/20080314192357/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,985893-2,00.html</a><br /><br />Without a Prayer (Season 7, Episode 10). (2002, December 14). In Forensic Files.<br /><br />Wright, L. (1989, January). God Help Her. Texas Monthly. <a href="https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/god-help-her/" rel="noopener">https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/god-help-her/</a><br /><br />Check out more All Crime No Cattle at our website allcrimenocattle.com.<br /><br />Visit our Patreon page to support the show and earn some awesome rewards: <a href="https://patreon.com/allcrimenocattle" rel="noopener">https://patreon.com/allcrimenocattle</a>. <br /><br />Get some ACNC merch: <a href="https://www.teepublic.com/stores/all-crime-no-cattle-podcast-shop?ref_id=9435." rel="noopener">https://www.teepublic.com/stores/all-crime-no-cattle-podcast-shop?ref_id=9435.</a> <br /><br />Find us on Twitter: @ACNCpodcast and on Instagram: @allcrimenocattle. <br /><br />Tip Jar: <a href="https://paypal.me/allcrimenocattle" rel="noopener">https://paypal.me/allcrimenocattle</a>.<br /><br />And always remember, crime is bigger in Texas, y'all!