Bayou Justice: Louisiana Cold Case Files

Saturday night, Frankie Richard told me he was anxious to get back to work on his book about the Jennings 8 murders. He said the world needed to know the truth about Jefferson Davis parish’s dirty cops, prostitution, organized crime, and the route of a drug cartel that extended from Louisiana across Texas and into the Midwest—and that night, Frankie Richard died in his sleep.Support the show (https://bayoujustice.com/book/bayou-justice-southeast-louisiana-cold-case-files/)

In 1973, swimmers found a professional fisherman and party barge captain murdered in Holden, Louisiana. The body had been dumped near a bridge over the Tickfaw River. Today, the crime remains unsolved. In 1974, the Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office wrote off the homicide as a mob hit, complements of the New Orleans mafia.Support the show (https://bayoujustice.com/book/bayou-justice-southeast-louisiana-cold-case-files/)

HL Arledge's earliest assignments as a crime reporter began in the 1980s, an era of South Louisiana’s most brutal murders. Returning to the bayou after decades in California, he was shocked to find those murders remain unsolved. HL Arledge’s Bayou Justice podcast premiers March 16th. Episode 0 is the show's introductory trailer.Support the show (https://bayoujustice.com/book/bayou-justice-southeast-louisiana-cold-case-files/)