A Family Christmas Massacre - The Murder of the Lawson Family

True Crime Mamas Podcast

English - December 22, 2020 07:00 - 42 minutes - 29.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 43 ratings
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Ginny and Jessica discuss the true story of sharecropper Charles "Charlie" Lawson who murdered his wife and six of his seven children on Christmas Day 1929. After the murders, he went into the nearby woods and after a few hours shot himself. The only family member to survive was his eldest son Arthur who was 16 years old.

Cover art by Marley Soden

Theme song by Sam Morrison