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Blood And Ink On The Police Beat Covering Serial Killer Henry Lee Lucas

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True Crime Reporter® presents a story that straddles the line between horror and history. Mike Cox, a veteran police beat reporter and former chief of media relations for the Texas Department of Public Safety, spent his life documenting murder cases and bringing clarity to chaos. 

From unraveling the disturbing confessions of serial killer Henry Lee Lucas to sorting out the facts for the press at the Luby’s Cafeteria massacre, Cox’s career has been one immersed in blood and ink. 

In this episode, we examine one of Cox’s most sensational stories: serial killer Henry Lee Lucas. 

Lucas, a drifter with an off-kilter gaze and a chilling demeanor, shocked the world by confessing to over 600 murders. His admissions sent law enforcement agencies scrambling, but as Mike Cox discovered, the truth was far more elusive.

Join us as we revisit the courtroom where Lucas dropped his bombshell confession, follow Cox’s journey from crime scenes to interviews with Lucas inside prison, and explore the fine line between fact and fiction in one of the most bizarre cases in true crime history.


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