Crime Capsule

From DNA testing to the Dixie Mafia, our award-winning Crime Capsule podcast bring you new stories of true crime in American history. Join writer & host Benjamin Morris for exclusive interviews with authors from Arcadia Publishing, writing the hottest books on the most chilling stories of our country’s past. Listen & Subscribe on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and all your favorite podcast apps, and shop the collection of featured books and authors below.
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Daughter of the White River:
Daughter of the White River:
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Murder of Oscar Chitwood in Hot Springs, Arkansas, The
Murder of Oscar Chitwood in Hot Springs, Arkansas, The
$23.99 $16.79 Save 30%

Daughter of the White River:

9781609499136

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Join author Denise Parkinson for an intimate look at a Depression-era tragedy.


The once-thriving houseboat communities along Arkansas' White River are long gone, and few remember the sensational murder story that set local darling Helen Spence on a tragic path. In 1931, Spence shocked Arkansas when she avenged her father's murder in a DeWitt courtroom. The state soon discovered that no prison could hold her. For the first time, prison records are unveiled to provide an essential portrait. The legend of Helen Spence refuses to be forgotten--despite her unmarked grave.

Daughter of the White River:

Murder of Oscar Chitwood in Hot Springs, Arkansas, The

9781467153270

$23.99 $16.79 Save 30%
On December 26, 1910, Oscar Chitwood lay lifeless on the courthouse lawn in Hot Springs, his wrists shackled together and his body torn by bullets. The deputies on the scene claimed that masked men had lynched their prisoner and that the lawmen were innocent bystanders to the carnage. Newspapers everywhere proclaimed this killing another example of vigilantism run rampant. Within days, however, the official story fell apart, and these deputies were charged with coldblooded murder. Authors Guy Lancaster and Christopher Thrasher tell the little-known story of accused outlaw Oscar Chitwood, the authorities he dared defy and the mysterious resort town of Hot Springs, a place where the Wild West met the epitome of civilization and where the boundaries between lawman and outlaw were never all that clear.
Murder of Oscar Chitwood in Hot Springs, Arkansas, The