Chapter

False Confessions
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29:00 - 33:51 (04:51)

The rewards given to Henry, which lead to false confessions, is one possibility as to why he knew unpublished details about the crimes. Police may have allowed Henry to refresh his memory with police notes before interviews.

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The Attorney General determines that Henry Lee Lucas could not have committed all of the murders he confessed to and police enabled him to keep lying in their rush to clear cold cases off their books.
29:00 - 30:54 (01:54)
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Crime
Summary

The Attorney General determines that Henry Lee Lucas could not have committed all of the murders he confessed to and police enabled him to keep lying in their rush to clear cold cases off their books. The AG is investigating how Henry's lies were able to pick up steam and snowball so much without someone going like, hey, wait a minute.

Chapter
False Confessions
Episode
MURDERED: Debra Jackson (Orange Socks Doe)
Podcast
Crime Junkie
After 40 years of lies and false leads, police finally have a break in the case of a woman found dead in Texas wearing only "orange socks".
30:54 - 33:51 (02:57)
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Crime
Summary

After 40 years of lies and false leads, police finally have a break in the case of a woman found dead in Texas wearing only "orange socks". A new lead emerged in June 2019, when a woman called police expressing the belief that the victim could be her sister.

Chapter
False Confessions
Episode
MURDERED: Debra Jackson (Orange Socks Doe)
Podcast
Crime Junkie