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Murder Book

Introducing Tom Brown's Body

Murder Book

Murder Book

Society & Culture, True Crime

4.65.2K Ratings

🗓️ 21 September 2020

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

Murder Book Season 2 is coming soon, but in the meantime we want to introduce you to another podcast you might like - Tom Brown's Body. Acclaimed true crime writer Skip Hollandsworth digs into a question that’s been plaguing the small Texas town of Canadian for four years: What happened to Tom Brown? The popular high school senior disappeared on Thanksgiving eve of 2016. His whereabouts were unknown until two years later, when his body was found—but what happened to him is still a mystery and everyone is a suspect.

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0:00.0

Hi, this is Michael Connelly and we have a new season of Murderbook launching October 5th.

0:06.0

It's called The Women Who Stopped Sam Little.

0:08.8

So tell your friends to listen and subscribe on Apple Podcasts.

0:13.5

In the meantime, I want to tell you about another true crime podcast from Journalist Skip

0:17.6

Hollinsworth and our friends at Texas Monthly.

0:21.7

It's called Tom Brown's Body and rather than having me explain it, I'll just let you

0:26.6

listen to the trailer.

0:31.4

Let me tell you what the criminal law is not about.

0:34.2

Disproving.

0:35.2

Evidence improves the case.

0:37.9

So at some point, in respect for Tom, we have to say even though the result is not what

0:47.6

we want, we're going to respect the evidence that there is.

0:51.8

And when we remember Tom, put up signs to your art that honor parts of his life.

0:56.1

It's a great football player, great family.

0:58.2

What's church?

0:59.2

Crossroads into your area.

1:05.2

In the tiny Panhandle Town of Canadian Texas, there are two identical signs.

1:10.5

They're planted on an empty lot on Main Street, just up the road from a handful of century

1:15.2

old red brick buildings.

1:17.5

Each one is four feet tall and eight feet wide.

1:20.8

At the very top of each sign, in bold red letters is the phrase, justice for Tom.

1:26.0

Beneath that are two sentences.

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