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The Dixie Mafia's Texas Millionaire Murders

The Dixie Mafia's Texas Millionaire Murders

Update: 2025-08-12
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When Bill Richardson, a troubled oilman and pro pigeon shooter, was gunned down on his Corpus Christi doorstep in 1971, everybody assumed it was an open-and-shut organized crime hit. But when Richardson’s supposed killers walked free from court, and another body showed up in the Gulf of Mexico, investigators stumbled on a conspiracy that pitted millionaire gamblers and sharpshooters against the narcos, conmen and killers of the Dixie Mafia.
For decades the case fell cold. But has a reporter just busted it open again? Sean spoke to Bellingcat investigator Peter Barth to find out more.

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The Dixie Mafia's Texas Millionaire Murders

The Dixie Mafia's Texas Millionaire Murders

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