# John Murrell
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John Andrews Murrell (1806 – November 21, 1844), the "Great Western Land Pirate" also known as John A. Murrell and commonly spelled as Murel and Murrel, was a bandit and criminal operating in the United States, along the Mississippi River, in the 19th century. Murrell had his first criminal conviction, for horse theft, as a teenager and was branded with an "HT", flogged, and sentenced to six years in prison. He was released in 1829.
Episode 111: The Headless Serial Killer
In the 1800’s there was a headless serial killer named, John Murrell, who’s head is still nowhere to be found. Are those unexplained mysteries still connected to the families of today, and perhaps stored in the haunted Tennessee State Prison?
E76 River Pirates on the American Frontier
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At the close of 18th century, the Mississippi River ran dark with blood and whiskey. This great artery of North America was a lawless frontier contested by Spain, France, Britain, the United States, as well as indigenous governments like the Choctaw and Chickasaw tha…
Chemical Elements
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the chemical elements. The aim and challenge in chemistry, according to the Encyclopaedia Britannica, is the understanding of the complex materials which constitute everything in existence since the Big Bang, when the whole universe emerged out of the two elements o…
April 14, 2025: The tale of John Murrell
On this day in 1823, a court in Franklin convicted a teenager named John Murrell of “riot.” We dive into the story. Plus, the local news for April 14, 2025, and how the Lower Broadway tourism district is dealing with overdoses.
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Painting the World: John Murrell's Mural Journey
What happens when your last name literally predicts your career? For John Murrell, the answer was written on the wall—quite literally. In this captivating conversation, muralist John Murrell shares his remarkable journey from creating tiny, hyper-realistic charcoal drawings shipped in boxes across…
The McRaven House
Night settles on the porch, the river hums in the distance, and we follow that sound to a Vicksburg mansion that refuses to grow quiet. McRaven House isn’t just “the most haunted home in Mississippi”—it’s a three-part time machine where an outlaw’s bedroom, a grieving mother’s lullaby, and a war-t…
True Tennessee Stories: The Great Western Land Pirate
Every year, the Tennessee State Museum brings out a severed human thumb for the public to see.According to legend, it belonged to John Murrell, the infamous Tennessee outlaw once known as the Great Western Land Pirate.But who was John Murrell really?A criminal mastermind who led a vast secret orga…
Episode 81: Operation Ice Pick & John Murrell Gave TN the Finger
Patrice, Marleah, and Courtney drink Strawberry Spring Flings and talk mental hospitals, lobotomies, state thumbs, and land pirates!
Louisiana: Axe Murders, Outlaws & Legends (ft. National Park After Dark) | #465
This week, RedHanded is joined by Cassie and Danielle from National Park After Dark for an exploration of the myths, outlaws and bloody history of Louisiana.
First up: legendary “land pirate” John Murrell, the mysterious Leather Britches Smith, and the stories lurking along Louisiana’s Myths and…
Who Marked The Tree? : Marked Tree, AR
Who marked the Marked Tree?
Long before Marked Tree, Arkansas, became a town, a massive oak stood near the river with one mysterious letter carved into its trunk — “M.”
Was it left by Native Americans? A simple navigation marker? Or was it carved by notorious frontier outlaw John Murrell and hi…
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