The Dark Trail
7/16/202644 min
In Tulsa, a homeless man is ambushed by two men on a dark trail, and his wife may hold the key to finding his killers.
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 10:06
This is Crime House. There's a large grassy field behind a gas station in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Around its overgrown edges, unhoused people find shelter from the elements. Georgette Lake is one of those people, and so is her husband, Mark, aka Smalls. She reflects on what brought them to this place.
Speaker 20:33
We're right to the entrance of the field. Over the years we've been together, me and Smalls always end up back over in this area. He was an amazing man. I think you can never find a man that would make you just come out here to this and be like, okay, I love you. I'm happy and comfortable. This is my home.
Speaker 10:50
But while the field gives them a place to stay, it's also full of danger. It feels like this place just devours everything that touches it.
Speaker 20:59
And he knew it was coming. He'd tell me a week before that something was about to change, something was about to happen. Our years were, I lost my best friend, my heart. I lost my whole world.
Speaker 11:16
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