In Media
In 1976, American International Pictures released The Town That Dreaded Sundown, a film inspired by the Phantom killings.
In May 2002, Dallas, Texas-based television station KDFW aired a lengthy report about the Phantom Killer. It names Swinney as the enduring primary suspect but also offers a complication in the case: Over the years, relatives of murder victims have received anonymous calls from a woman apologizing for what she said her father had done. As far as anyone can determine, Youell Swinney never had a daughter.
Jan Buttram's play Phantom Killer, based on the Texarkana incidents, opened at the Abingdon Theatre in New York City in January 2010.
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Famous quotes containing the word media:
“The media network has its idols, but its principal idol is its own style which generates an aura of winning and leaves the rest in darkness. It recognises neither pity nor pitilessness.”
—John Berger (b. 1926)
“Never before has a generation of parents faced such awesome competition with the mass media for their children’s attention. While parents tout the virtues of premarital virginity, drug-free living, nonviolent resolution of social conflict, or character over physical appearance, their values are daily challenged by television soaps, rock music lyrics, tabloid headlines, and movie scenes extolling the importance of physical appearance and conformity.”
—Marianne E. Neifert (20th century)