Bonus Interview: Former Dallas County Prosecutor Toby Shook

01/02/19 • 47 min

What did it take to get Dallas serial killer Charles Albright behind bars? Former prosecutor Toby Shook sits down to detail his work on the case. What is it like preparing for a murder trial? How did they track down witnesses that would rather not be found? And in the age before digital records, what did investigators have to do in order to poke holes in Albright's alibis?
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Bonus Interview: "Texas Monthly" journalist Skip Hollandsworth

After the hair, the fibers, the alibis, and the witnesses, one big question still hung over the trial of Charles Albright: why did he cut out their eyes? That would remain unanswered until a year and a half later, when journalist Skip Hollandsworth published his article titled "See No Evil" for the magazine "Texas Monthly." How did he gain such access to Albright? When did an obsession with eyes start to show up? What was in the cryptic letter that Skip received when the article was published? He's here to shine some light on the curious behaviors of Charles Albright.
Read Skip Hollandsworth's article: https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/see-no-evil-3/
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