On October 19, 1998, a man murdered his political rival in cold blood. Shockingly, this did not help him win any elections. We also talk about what is means to raise (grow?) hogs, Kelli gives Ashley a hard time about her run-on sentences, and we try to figure out the good old Constitution.
Follow us on Facebook.com/adatewithpod and Instagram.com/adatewithmurder
Souces:
https://www.nashvillescene.com/news/coverstory/the-death-of-a-senator-tommy-burks-and-byron-low-tax-looper/article_7176c605-1c9b-53c6-a607-5422e4840953.html
https://murderpedia.org/male.L/l/looper-byron.htm
https://casetext.com/case/state-v-looper-2
https://www.tncourts.gov/sites/default/files/OPINIONS/tcca/PDF/031/looperb.pdf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Burks
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byron_Looper
https://www.oxygen.com/dying-to-belong/crime-time/tennessee-politician-guns-down-opponent-election
https://www.greenevillesun.com/news/local_news/judd-politics-turn-violent-the-slaying-of-senator-burks/article_d0366d64-16df-51d1-be0f-1b421a423a7c.html
This episode is sponsored by ยท Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/adatewithmurder/support