Episode 496: The West Memphis Three & The Robin Hood Hills Murders

Apr 6

In May of 1993, three 8-year-old boys—Stevie Branch, Michael Moore, and Christopher Byers were killed in a wooded area in West Memphis, Arkansas, Their deaths would later be referred to as the “Robin Hood Hills murders”. The case led to the arrest of 3 young men: Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin, and Jessie Misskelley Jr., becoming widely known as the West Memphis Three. In Part one we will be discussing the murders. the evidence and part of the investigation.

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