Sister Tadea Benz // 352
Sister Tadea Benz // 352  
Podcast: Going West: True Crime
Published On: Sat Oct 28 2023
Description: On Halloween night, 1981, a nun was murdered by a mysterious intruder in the Saint Francis Convent in Amarillo, Texas. Scrambling to put someone behind bars for this heinous crime, as well as others of its kind in the area, police accepted the help of a psychic. And soon after, they arrested the teenager they felt was responsible. But now, more than forty years later, the community is still wondering, was he really behind it? This is the murder of Sister Tadea Benz.BONUS EPISODESApple Subscriptions: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/going-west-true-crime/id1448151398Patreon: patreon.com/goingwestpodcastCASE SOURCES1. Tadea's Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18771982/tadea-benz2. All That's Interesting: https://allthatsinteresting.com/johnny-frank-garrett3. Johnny's Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/143181388/johnny-frank-garrett4. The York Dispatch: https://www.newspapers.com/image/614765114/?terms=tadea%20benz&match=15. KFDA: https://www.newschannel10.com/story/15894338/halloween-murder-reserected-30-years-later/6. Daily News: https://www.newspapers.com/image/486178324/?terms=tadea%20benz%20%22obituary%22%20&match=17. Change.org: https://www.change.org/p/rep-louie-gohmert-clear-the-name-of-a-man-who-was-killed-on-death-row-for-a-crime-he-didn-t-commit8. UPI: https://www.upi.com/Archives/1982/08/26/Nuns-who-found-Sister-Tadea-Benz-dead-in-her/3024399182400/9. Chron: https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Lawyer-takes-1981-case-of-executed-man-1524310.php10. The Press Democrat: https://www.newspapers.com/image/296684921/?terms=tadea%20benz%20%22obituary%22%20&match=111. The Daily Progress: https://www.newspapers.com/image/965590557/?terms=tadea%20benz%20%22obituary%22%20&match=112. The Herald-Palladium: https://www.newspapers.com/image/365953955/?terms=tadea%20benz%20%22obituary%22%20&match=113. Bloodshed Books: http://www.bloodshedbooks.com/upfiles/l68.pdf14. UPI: https://www.upi.com/Archives/1981/11/05/A-police-investigator-brought-hair-and-fabric-samples-to/5165373784400/15. The Skeptical Juror: http://www.skepticaljuror.com/2010/04/fine-folks-of-amarillo-wanted-justice.html16. Paranormal Catalog: https://www.paranormalcatalog.net/unexplained-phenomena/the-curse-of-johnny-frank-garret17. Murderpedia: https://murderpedia.org/male.G/g1/garret-johnny-frank.htm18. MyPlainview: https://www.myplainview.com/news/article/Man-pleads-guilty-sentenced-to-45-years-for-1981-8547291.php19. UPI: https://www.upi.com/Archives/1981/11/04/Police-have-suspect-in-rape-slaying-of-nun/7073373698000/20. UPI: https://www.upi.com/Archives/1982/09/03/Teenager-gets-death-sentence-for-nuns-rape-murder/7874399873600/21. Justia: https://law.justia.com/cases/texas/court-of-criminal-appeals/1991/14992-02-4.html#:~:text=In%201982%20applicant%20was%20convicted,Garrett%20v.22. Fort Worth Star-Telegram: https://www.newspapers.com/image/642980263/?terms=johnny%20frank%20garrett&match=123. Fort Worth Star-Telegram: https://www.newspapers.com/image/642946304/?terms=tadea%20benz&match=1