EP158 - Part 2 - The Fort Worth 3: An Iconic True Crime Missing Persons Mystery ... The Letter

In December 1974, three kids take off for a trip to a local Texas mall and fail to return. Known as the "Fort Worth 3," this missing person case is one of the oldest and most mysterious on record in Texas. In Part 2, I go over the timeline with the families and discuss a mysterious, strange letter that arrives the day after they go missing.

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