The Great Western Land-Pirate
Legend says John Murrell’s father was a preacher and his mother took pride in teaching him how to steal, but that is just the first of many claims made about this infamous highwaymen who was once accused of being the mastermind of a criminal organization known as the Mystic Clan.
This minisode is a companion to the episode, McRaven House’s Haunted History.
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Sources:
Phillips, Betsy. “The Strange Story Behind the State’s Thumb.” Nashville Scene. October 28, 2015. https://www.nashvillescene.com/news/pithinthewind.
“A History of the Detection, Conviction, Life and Designs of John A. Murel, The Great Western Land Pirate.” Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University. 2020. https://library.mtsu.edu/specialcollections/spotlight/2020murrell.
“John Andrews Murrell (1806-1844).” Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Updated September 29, 2021. https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/john-andrews-murrell-3566/.
Penick, James Lal. “John A. Murrell: A Legend of the Old Southwest.” Tennessee Historical Quarterly 48, no. 3 (1989): 174–83. http://www.jstor.org/stable/42626808.
