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#83: The Boyce-Sneed Feud
17 minutes
Download MP3 audioAn illicit love affair, murderous bushwhacking, and a trial that ends in a riot all sound like stuff that belongs in a Hollywood western. But they’re also part of the Boyce-Sneed Feud, the last of the famous blood feuds of Old Texas. It was truly the end of an era.
Before we begin… What’s your favorite Texas supermarket?
Vengeance Is Mine: The Scandalous Love Triangle That Triggered the Boyce-Sneed Feud—A detailed book recounting the feud which pays particular attention to the trial tactics used by Sneed’s lawyers.
A series of blog articles detailing the Boyce-Sneed feud.
The Handbook of Texas Online has a great summary of the whole story.
The Boyce-Sneed Feud was used as part of an article in a law journal, titled The Rise and Fall of the Unwritten Law: Sex, Patriarchy, and Vigilante Justice in the American Courts.
A blog article with a scan of the original article from the New York Times from the time of the feud
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