Murder

Podcast: The Dark Secrets of Murder Homes Revealed With Realtors Heather Guild and Elena Richey

By Shelby Skrhak / March 1, 2024 /

“Did someone die in this house,?” is a natural curiosity question. If it’s an old home, the answer is yes. But how big a deal is that? What exactly is it that scares people from buying a so-called “murder home“? Tune in for this enhanced video episode of the Dallas Dirt podcast, where guest host…

Candy Montgomery: The Most Famous House in Wylie, 43 Years Later

By Shelby Skrhak / June 18, 2023 /

As depicted in the HBO miniseries “Love and Death,” tale of Candy Montgomery is the salacious news story that our CandysDirt.com readers can’t get enough of. Anyone who lived in North Texas in the early 1980s remembers the shocking death of Betty Gore, and the murder trial of Candace Montgomery, the woman who killed her…

Group Seeks Clemency For Man Convicted in 2006 Murder of McKinney Real Estate Agent

By Joanna England / August 16, 2022 /

A jury convicted Kosoul Chanthakoummane in the 2006 murder of Sarah Ann Walker, a McKinney real estate agent that was found brutally assaulted and murdered in a McKinney model home, and after a lengthy appeals process, the State of Texas has executed him by lethal injection on Wednesday, Aug. 17. Walker was found dead on…

Police Make 5 Arrests In Connection With Driveway Murder of Leslie Baker

By Candy Evans / May 28, 2020 /

Arrests made in Memorial Day shooting of North Dallas resident Leslie Baker.

Strict Safety Standards in The Real Estate Industry Are Necessary to Avoid Tragedy

By Joanna England / September 20, 2019 /

It’s Realtor Safety month, so tell me if this story sounds somewhat familiar. An agent is hosting an open house and is pretty much by themselves save for a few people coming in and out, maybe one or two at a time. However, one attendee seems to move slowly through the home, almost as if…