Nevada - Julia Bulette and The Smith Family
Manage episode 344083296 series 3245054
In 1859, prostitute Julia Bulette was beloved by the town of Virginia City Nevada. She was a charitable woman who donated money to the firefighters for new equipment and supplies and also worked as a seamstress. But on January 20th, 1867, Julia would be brutally murdered leaving the town in mourning and begging the question: Who would kill this folk town hero?
In 1990, Frank Allen would begin the process of selling his dream retirement home in Henderson, Nevada, to the Smith Family. When he arrived home in the early hours of October 6th to pick up some money from the Smith family patriarch Joe, Frank would be viciously attacked forcing him to jump out of a window and flee. What the police discovered when they arrived were the bodies of Judith Smith and her two daughters Kristy and Wendy. What took place that night? Who attacked Frank? Only Joe Smith would have those answers.
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