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Episode 24: Anniversary Q & A

It’s our anniversary! This podcast started just over a year ago. In order to celebrate, we decided it was high time to do a Q & A session with our listeners. So, we spent over an hour answering some great questions. Listen to find out who is married (or not), more about the genealogy research process, how we choose our subjects, and more about our us.

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Special Episode: Anniversary Q & A Murderous Roots with Denise & Zelda


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recommendations

Throughout this episode, we discussed some of our favorite podcasts, television programs, and books. We have listed all that we mentioned during this episode below plus a few more.

Podcasts worth a listen

books to read

True Crime Television Programs

  • The First 48

  • Evil Lives Here

  • American Monster

  • Homicide Hunter

  • Genetic Detective

corrections

After we recorded the show, Denise went back to look into more information about the cousin she mentioned, Harold Wesley Raley, Jr., who was murdered. She discovered that she had a few facts wrong. It turns out the man responsible for her second cousin’s death was prosecuted, but he did not get much time and was out of prison within a year or two. Her belief that he got off completely and other information came from Harold’s mother. Well, that and the fact that Denise is closing on 50, and her memory isn’t what it used to be. Below you will find an article detailing the facts about the actual case.

Oliver Randall Moss did not go on trial for another 3 years after making a number of legal maneuvers to delay the trial. In Jun3 1998, he was found guilty of manslaughter in the first degree and was sentenced to 5 years. He was out of prison by 2000. Since he was released, he has had two different women file for orders of petition against him. Both were dismissed by the judges as was a protective order Moss tried to file against Denise’s cousin, Harold Wesley’s mother, Earlene.

Source: The Daily Oklahoman, 26 Jul 1995