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title: "The Phantom Killer of Texarkana: Hunting a Cold-Blooded Murderer"
description: "In 1946, a masked killer terrorized lovers' lanes in Texarkana, Texas and Arkansas, leaving five dead and three wounded in one of America's most infamous unsolved murder sprees."
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datePublished: 2026-06-12
dateModified: 2026-06-12
author:
  - name: Dana Ortiz
    url: https://casualcriminalist.pub/author/dana-ortiz
publisher: Casual Criminalist
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In 1946, a masked killer terrorized lovers' lanes in Texarkana, Texas and Arkansas, leaving five dead and three wounded in one of America's most infamous unsolved murder sprees.
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