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Kathy Page: Three Billboards Outside Vidor, Texas // 602

4/24/20261 hr 1 min

In May of 1991, a 34-year-old woman was found dead inside her car after it appeared to have veered into a ditch in her small Texas town. But investigators quickly zeroed in on a person of interest, believing she was murdered. With an arrest lagging and her family wondering if police corruption was involved, her dad put up multiple pointed billboards that would go on to inspire an Oscar-winning movie.  This is the murder of Kathy Page.

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Clips

Vasectomy detail flips timeline
Staged crash giveaway
Grief performance called out
Phone calls expose the cover
Billboards pull no punches
‘Shaving blood’ in living room
Caught kicking her grave
Six years, no warrant
Blaming the ‘Beaumont mafia’
Cornered in the car

Transcript preview

First 90 seconds

  1. Heath Merryman· Host0:00

    [upbeat music] What is going on true crime fans? I'm your host, Heath.

  2. Daphne Woolsoncroft· Host0:17

    And I'm your host, Daphne.

  3. Heath Merryman· Host0:18

    And you're listening to Going West.

  4. Daphne Woolsoncroft· Host0:21

    Hello, everybody. So a few weeks ago... Well, first of all, hope you're doing well. Second of all- Whoa [laughs] Jumping in. A few weeks ago, I was watching the amazing Oscar-nominated film, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. I have this really weird habit where if I love a movie, I'll put it on and then I'll watch it for, like, a few days [laughs] in a row. Like- 'Cause you just can't finish it or what? No, because I just wanna see it again. You know, I'm like, "Wow, that was good. Let's roll, roll the tapes."

  5. Heath Merryman· Host0:46

    [laughs] Roll her again.

  6. Daphne Woolsoncroft· Host0:47

    But, like, every December I watch Home Alone 2 all day, every single day. I'm not even kidding. Heath can attest.

  7. Heath Merryman· Host0:54

    Oh, yes. I do know about this, yeah.

  8. Daphne Woolsoncroft· Host0:56

    But I'm like, I was watching Three Billboards, and I hadn't seen it in years, and I was like, "God, this movie's so good. Wait, isn't this based on a true story?"

  9. Heath Merryman· Host1:03

    And it is.

  10. Daphne Woolsoncroft· Host1:04

    And then... And it is. And then I was looking into it, and then I realized that it was already on our list because Rhiannon recommended it. So thank you, Rhiannon.

  11. Heath Merryman· Host1:13

    Yes. Thank you, Rhiannon. Today's story definitely needs more attention. I feel like it's one that kind of everybody knows what happened here, but there just doesn't seem to be justice quite yet.

  12. Daphne Woolsoncroft· Host1:26

    Those billboards got it a lot of attention. I think you guys are gonna be really fascinated

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