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Paul G and Andrea trace the violent trail of James “Red” Hall across wartime Arkansas, where a hellfire upbringing and a childhood head injury twisted a drifter into a man who turned small moments into real-life dead ends. A .38 revolver ties the bodies together. The chaos of World War II gives him cover. And Arkansas rushes him from confession to Old Sparky before most people even know who he is.
They follow the disappearance of Faye after a night out in Little Rock, the motorists who picked up the wrong hitchhiker, and the ballistics that stitched Hall’s spree together. From Stuttgart’s glider base to the thin police records of the 1940s, Paul and Andrea break down how a man like this drifted through the state unseen until his execution and the eerie death mask that lingered for decades.
It’s the kind of story Arkansas forgets — until someone finally tells it.
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Chapters
1. Setting The Stage: Wartime Arkansas (00:00:00)
2. Red Hall’s Upbringing And Head Injury (00:02:45)
3. Hitchhiking America And Murky Marriages (00:08:30)
4. The Disappearance And Murder Of Faye (00:15:40)
5. Army Airfield, Gliders, And Opportunity (00:23:30)
6. Confirmed Victims And Ballistics Links (00:29:45)
7. Arrest, Confessions, And Trial (00:39:20)
8. Old Sparky, Death Masks, And Legacy (00:45:10)
9. Modern Reflections And Closing Banter (00:53:30)
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