September 24, 2025 • 32 mins
From the sprawling elite neighborhoods of Fort Worth comes a true crime story so outrageous it seems pulled from a Texas-sized soap opera. The Cullen Davis case represents everything larger-than-life about Texas wealth – oil money, mansions, jealousy, and ultimately, murder.
When platinum blonde Priscilla met oil heir Cullen Davis at an exclusive country club in 1968, both were married to other people. Their attraction quickly developed into a relationship that embodied 1970s excess. Cullen, from one of the wealthiest families in Texas, constructed a $6 million mansion (worth $43 million today) featuring technology decades ahead of its time – security keypads, video monitoring systems, and luxury amenities that made it the most enviable address in Fort Worth.
The couple's relationship was as extravagant as their home – silver fox bedspreads, private jets, European shopping sprees, and wild parties that attracted the elite while shocking more conservative Texas society. But beneath the glossy exterior lurked darkness. Cullen, a man unaccustomed to hearing "no," demonstrated disturbing violence, once punching Priscilla's teenage daughter during an argument and killing her kitten in a fit of rage.
When their divorce proceedings began in 1974, the judge shocked everyone by awarding Priscilla temporary residence in the mansion Cullen had built. This decision set in motion events that would culminate in a night of horror. On August 2, 1976, hours after a judge increased Priscilla's spousal support, she and her boyfriend Stan Farr returned home to find a figure in a black wig who opened fire. Stan was killed, Priscilla was wounded, her daughter Andrea was executed, and another man was paralyzed.
Two witnesses identified the shooter as Cullen Davis, setting the stage for what would become one of the most sensational murder trials in American history, with the wealthiest man ever charged with murder fighting for his freedom against compelling evidence and eyewitness testimony.
Join us as we unravel this twisted tale of Texas high society gone terribly wrong – a story that continues to captivate true crime enthusiasts nearly five decades later and reminds us that sometimes the most dangerous predators are those hiding in plain sight behind wealth and privilege.
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Speaker 1 (00:18):
Welcome all of you wine and true crime lovers.
I'm Brandi and I'm Chris andthis is Texas Wine and True
Crime.
Thank you for being here,friends, for this week's episode
, the Case of Priscilla andColin Davis.
Hi, chris.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
Hi Brandi.
Speaker 1 (00:34):
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All right, chris.
We also had some food and winethis week.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
We had some food and wine.
Speaker 1 (02:41):
We did.
We had some Newsome VineyardsMerlot.
Speaker 2 (02:46):
Laverne's Merlot.
Speaker 1 (02:47):
Laverne's Merlot.
Absolutely delicious.
And what did you pair with thatLaverne's Merlot?
Speaker 2 (02:52):
Well, you know we've been a little bit on the New
Mexico kick sitting here in ourbunker.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
We have.
Speaker 2 (02:57):
You know, way away in the mountains, Right.
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (03:02):
Coal miner's daughter .
That Right yeah, coal miner'sdaughter.
That's what just reminded me ofthat.
Keep going.
Speaker 2 (03:06):
Exactly, and so I've been exploring the flavors of
here, of New, of the wellSouthwest, but New Mexico
specifically, and so I decidedthat I wanted to.
I had bought some, some chamayopepper powder, which is kind of
a sacred.
That's usually like if somebodysays you're making a red chili,
(03:27):
it's got to be made with thisJamiro pepper.
It's grown a little North ofAlbuquerque and we had some pork
chops, and so I decided to makesome nice cumin and Jamiro
pepper rubbed, bacon wrapped,big fat center cut pork chops
with a green, not only red chilion the pork chop, but green
(03:49):
chili cream sauce.
And then you can never go wrongwith just some Yukon Gold's
mashed potatoes which is ourdaughter's favorite.
Speaker 1 (03:58):
She loves mashed potatoes.
She even mistaked it for potatosalad the other day and I will
never forget the look she had onher face for potato salad the
other day and I will neverforget the look she had on her
face when she had potato salad.
Well, she actually mistaked thepotato salad, thinking it was
yellow gold.
I know.
Speaker 2 (04:10):
That was a classic face.
Speaker 1 (04:13):
What is that?
Yeah, I thought she was goingto vomit.
It was funny.
Speaker 2 (04:16):
I couldn't help but, laughing, didn't even tell her
to eat it.
I don't even know why she hadpotato salad on there and I was
just like, as I was watching,I'm like wow, she's about to go.
Speaker 1 (04:30):
Go all in, go for it.
She didn't even ask what itreminds you.
We have a long list of thingsthat the kid doesn't eat and uh
yeah, potato salads on that.
Your pork chop and mashedpotatoes are on the top of that
list.
Yeah, she didn't like that.
She absolutely loves your Ididn't make hers bacon wrapped.
Speaker 2 (04:38):
Of course I don't know why you thought that, but
yeah, I thought it came out nice.
I thought thought the nice searnice little time in the oven.
A lot of the fat had renderedoff the bacon so it was nice and
moist and juicy and the peppershad a nice smoky flavor, that
chamayo pepper, and I thoughtthe wine was an excellent choice
.
Speaker 1 (04:57):
We had some.
I was like well, I'm going totry this.
Speaker 2 (04:59):
We've had it for a little while.
Speaker 1 (05:01):
The Merlot was delicious.
I think it was delicious.
Speaker 2 (05:03):
I think it was like a 2000.
We've had it for a long time.
It was a 2019, but we got it.
Um, I don't even know where wegot it.
I think our friend will willactually give us yes.
Speaker 1 (05:13):
We know Texas, you know.
If you haven't listened to hisshow, please do.
I'm always good to support theTexas wine podcast industry and
he does a lot of neat stuff.
Speaker 2 (05:20):
So yeah, occasionally we have, um, we have a mystery
bottle or two that we do notknow how we came about.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
Somebody gave us this .
Speaker 2 (05:26):
Somebody gave us that so well it was great honey.
Speaker 1 (05:28):
Good good food, good, good wine.
Thank you so much for alleverybody who supports our show,
whether it's calling in orsaying, oh my gosh, I wish I had
Chris's meals all the timewhich we do get messages like
that Um and or you're sending uswine and we get to enjoy it on
the show.
We have yet to have New Mexicowine.
(05:50):
Every time we mention ourpodcast in New Mexico, people
tell us about New Mexican wine,but I have actually had some
interesting conversations withsome winemakers in Texas about
getting grapes from New Mexico.
So I'm going to be on a littlebit of a learning curve with New
Mexican wine, but I'm excitedto learn more.
Speaker 2 (06:05):
Yeah, from at least my understanding, there's not a
lot of wineries in New Mexico.
I want to say there's like 89total.
A big bulk of them are on theEastern side, which is also kind
of closer to the Texas highplains as well too, so I could
see where they would, you know,get some grapes from here and
back and forth, and so you know.
Speaker 1 (06:26):
We're going to meet some new people.
Speaker 2 (06:27):
We're going to meet new people and check out some
new varieties and make newfriends.
Speaker 1 (06:31):
We are All right.
Well, we are going to bejumping into a big case.
Chris Fort Worth, texas Cullenand Priscilla Davis.
Speaker 2 (06:39):
Yeah, and I think we had discussed too this is a
pretty big case.
We want to do this in two parts.
I think so and really I thinkwhat I've known about this case
for forever.
I don't know how many, manymoons ago my mother had given me
a book about this case and Iwould say at the time I may have
been 19 or 20, maybe a littleyounger than that, I don't even
(07:02):
know why.
I guess she just said you maywant to read this, and I started
to read it and instantly wasattracted to the story.
And for me, I don't know,growing up in Texas and also
Dallas, as I read this story Iwas like man, this is like a
(07:27):
season of those old TV showdallas, because it's just so
like.
It's just a crazy story.
I mean, wealthy people, you'vegot obviously murder, uh, these
fancy lies, and so I don't know.
I just it kind of attracted me.
It's just a great story.
The um and I apologize I don'thave the book sitting here with
me.
We'll bring it out for part twoexcellent book.
It was written a long time ago,but the gentleman that wrote it
actually two people.
It's very well um, very wellresearched and I think anybody
(07:51):
would really enjoy it.
It's kind of one of the.
The story too is you know theymade uh did a made for tv movie
many years ago about, uh, colinand priscilla davis and it was
uh odd choice of well.
Number one is made for tv ismade, I think, in the 90s, so
that you already know it's notgoing to be very good.
Um, I want to say heatherlocklear play priscilla davis.
(08:12):
I cannot remember the actor.
If you saw the actor and youlooked at like he looked a lot
like home, but if you saw theguy, you're like, oh yeah, I
know that guy.
He's always kind of showing upin those made for tv movies.
Uh, it's, I've seen a littlebit.
It's terrible.
This is like one of thesestories too.
How has nobody ever come outand done a documentary or some
sort of Netflix thing, or evendone just a motion picture?
(08:34):
Because there's so much aboutit.
It's just such a wild, wild taleabout power and money and how
that can get you out of sometrouble.
Speaker 1 (08:46):
Or get you into some trouble.
Speaker 2 (08:47):
Or get you in and out .
Yes, and.
Speaker 1 (08:49):
I also thought about what you said about the movie.
Is it possibly because ColinDavis is still alive, right
Reformed?
We'll talk about that in parttwo, maybe no?
Speaker 2 (08:58):
that was my initial thought.
He would have had to have somesort of release, but obviously
it did a made-for-TV movie.
So if these rights have beenbought I mean, movies are made
about people's lives I don'tknow to what extent Hollywood
has to have people's permissionto make movies.
Speaker 1 (09:13):
I don't know, I don't know I really don't know.
I don't know, maybe, but he isalive.
Priscilla Davis has passed away.
She died of cancer.
Speaker 2 (09:25):
Yeah, it's been.
She wrote a book.
Speaker 1 (09:25):
There was a book written 10 years, I think, so
she eventually passed away sowe're talking about the dynamics
of a man, a woman, fort worthhigh society.
Uh, chris, they meet in 1968,is that right?
Speaker 2 (09:37):
they do, but I want to jump before we get that far.
Back on august 7, 1976, pr, whowas estranged at the time from
Cullen, and her boyfriend StanFarr come back to their very
ritzy Fort Worth mansion andit's a little past midnight and
when they approach the door it'sunlocked and so initially
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Priscilla knew that her youngestdaughter, andrea, was staying
there, but thought maybe shejust you know, perhaps failed to
set the alarm and her and Stanboth enter the house.
They go in the kitchen.
Priscilla sees some blood onthe one of the doors.
I believe it leads down.
The basement.
On the handle is like what'sgoing on?
Well, at that moment a shadowyfigure comes around the corner
(10:23):
and she looks and says theshadow figure says hi, and she
realizes in her own words it'sCullen and a black wig, nothing
covering his face and some darkclothes and he shoots her in her
chest, in fact in her breast.
She falls to the ground andyells out to Stan, who's around
(10:43):
the corner, that Cullen shot herand he needs to run.
Speaker 1 (10:48):
Okay, this is her boyfriend.
Speaker 2 (10:51):
This is her boyfriend .
Speaker 1 (10:51):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (10:54):
Okay, okay.
Speaker 1 (10:55):
You got that, I got it.
Speaker 2 (10:57):
You got that, I got it, so he shoots Stan four times
.
Speaker 1 (11:00):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (11:01):
But before we go any further, I'd really like to get
into the lives of Priscilla andCullen.
Speaker 1 (11:07):
Yes, because again.
Speaker 2 (11:08):
If we can.
Speaker 1 (11:09):
Let's do it 1968, they meet at a fancy country
club in Fort Worth.
Speaker 2 (11:15):
They do.
Priscilla, at the time she ismarried to a you know a
gentleman who owns a few carlots, and I mean they have money
.
But she really she wants morein her life and she has two
daughters.
She actually has three children, but two of the daughters still
are living with her at the time.
And so at this time she is likeI said, she's got a lot in life
(11:37):
.
She wants a little bit more.
She starts taking some tennislessons at a, I say, local, but
at a pretty exclusive Fort Worthcountry club, and as she's
doing it she's hanging out,she's making friends, but she's
also a little bit on the prowlfor perhaps what her next move
is going to be.
And this is actually where shemeets Colin at, and so he's
quite taken by her.
She's a, you know, beautifulwoman and so, you know, I think
(11:59):
they just they kind of starthitting it off a little bit.
Mind you, he's married and sois she, and so they, you know
they are kind of going, you know, like I said, gone on dates at
the time to.
You know, um Cullen is in.
Well, we it's not jumped toofar ahead with him.
You know they are building thisrelationship and he's married
(12:21):
and so there's really.
I don't want to get too muchinto his previous relationship,
even hers as well too.
Speaker 1 (12:26):
No yeah.
Speaker 2 (12:27):
But I mean, there is so much to talk about.
Speaker 1 (12:30):
They were just both married at the time.
They met, seeing each other alittle bit.
Speaker 2 (12:37):
Or he was either filing for divorce or was about
to file for divorce.
Well, at least from myunderstanding, obviously he's
married and Cullen is a.
The family he's part of isobviously the Davises, but they
are a probably he's probably thewealthiest family in Texas.
At the time His father starteda company called Ken Davis
industry that provided all theoil field equipment, essentially
(12:58):
globally um, very, very, verywealthy.
But his father also is the.
He is the patriarch, he runsthe show.
Obviously his children have,you know, a piece of the pie.
But to the point, his dad wasvery controlling of his life and
so he lived in his kind ofdad's estate with his wife and
children.
And I think you know Colin kindof longed to live, he wanted to
(13:22):
do his own thing and the familyis somewhat conservative, you
know.
But I mean, these are big, bigmoney people.
We're talking about members ofthe Petroleum Club in Fort Worth
somewhat untouchable, and sohis father was very unapproving
of this relationship.
Speaker 1 (13:37):
Yeah, well, because she's not considered the
socialite type I would describeher as more of a little bit of a
party girl.
Speaker 2 (13:45):
She dyes her hair blonde.
Speaker 1 (13:47):
She will eventually image matters to her money and
at this time it doesn't comefrom it well, and actually, you
know, in this time too they'rejust dating.
Speaker 2 (13:58):
So there's really not much being seen, although I
believe he's obviously she'ssplit from her husband, split
right, they're dating.
Father does not want him tomarry her.
Um, however, that does changebecause, you know, kenneth davis
passes away with leavingessentially him and his brothers
in control of the company, alsoopening the door for him to
(14:19):
marry Priscilla and also openingthe door to a lot of money.
And so now that he has thisfreedom kind of under the thumb
of his father, he's got thisgirl on his side.
That's, you know, he's kind ofbuilding into his own vision of
you know what he thinks he wantshis sidekick to be his partner.
You know, to the point where hereally encouraged her, like at
the time her hair was blonde,but like he wanted her hair
(14:41):
blonde, like talk about Khaleesiblonde, you know.
Speaker 1 (14:43):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (14:44):
The dragon queen.
Speaker 1 (14:45):
Yeah, whatever, queen of the Andals.
Speaker 2 (14:48):
Like a white, yeah, and so, mind you, this is, you
know, very early 70s.
You know they flew to Europe toget a breast augmentation for
her, which at the time was avery new procedure.
So you know he got the wholething going.
You know, the little skinnyblonde Texas girl with some
(15:08):
larger breasts got the hair.
You know, at this time toothey're really traveling.
I mean, they're taking Learjetshere, learjets there.
They even report.
You know like he went to agallery in New York and bought
essentially three quarters ofthe paintings there.
They would just collect things.
You know, go to theseinteresting locations, get an
elephant, tusk ivory, you knowto the point.
You know, a bedspread that wasmade of silver fox.
(15:36):
So if you think about how much asilver fox jacket at the time
may cost, and then think abouthow many foxes it takes to make
a bedspread of this.
I mean this is very elaborate.
I mean this is just blowingmoney.
These are like fun coupons justgoing left and right.
Speaker 1 (15:53):
Yeah, I think about if I had that much money, I
would absolutely love it.
But, I always wonder to be richenough to care about things
like that.
Speaker 2 (16:06):
Of course.
Speaker 1 (16:07):
I'm okay with the bedspread I have now.
Maybe if I had a lot of money Iwould all of a sudden want a
Silver Fox bedspread.
Speaker 2 (16:13):
I'm pretty sure PETA would be on your ass about that.
I'm just like it is.
Be on your ass about that.
Speaker 1 (16:16):
I'm just like it is.
Speaker 2 (16:17):
Fox is a little.
Speaker 1 (16:19):
I have been in some wealthy houses and I have seen
some things that I'm like oh, Iwonder if I was rich, if I would
really think about that.
Speaker 2 (16:27):
Well, and here's the thing they are, they're living
it up.
Okay, oh my gosh, she's house,like you mentioned.
Well, almost there.
But as far as, like, thenightlife, you know, and this is
the this seven people, this isa different time People are
going out, they're going to youknow, yeah, early stages.
(16:51):
But I mean, this is, you know,these are very wealthy, very
wealthy Texans.
You know they're probablydriving to Dallas and partying.
They're going down by TCU,going to all the bars.
They're very well liked intheir circle.
People want to hang out withthem and, however, that is the
one thing like with Priscilla,she's not really.
He's already in this life Likehe's been.
He was born into it.
He ain't going nowhere but withher, like you mentioned, she's
(17:11):
kind of a little bit lavishdresses, a little outrageous, to
the point where you know, likeI think I was telling her, like
showing up at the cotillion witha leather miniskirt and a
halter top.
And you got all these other,you know these fine Texas women,
just you know, wearing probablyshirts bucked up to their neck
and this and that Veryconservative.
(17:32):
But that being said, these samepeople, they might shun them a
little bit at the event duringthe daytime, but they like to
party.
And you brought up the house.
And one thing that's really abig part of this whole case is
that, prior to him even marryingPriscilla and even having this
vision, he wanted to have hisown place, wanted to have his
own life and he had envisioned.
(17:55):
Essentially, I think theybought a.
He had purchased a hundredacres outside of Fort Worth
still Fort Worth proper and hehad this idea to build this kind
of a fortress, at the time, oneof the most expensive homes
being built.
It was a $6 million build.
We looked it up in today'smoney that's $43 million.
(18:15):
Yeah, it's like incredible whatthe yeah and think about.
Speaker 1 (18:16):
it was a six million dollar build we looked it up in
today's money, that's 43 milliondollars.
It's like think about crediblewith the yeah and think about
yeah think about what you couldpurchase with that.
Speaker 2 (18:23):
And so in part of this I mean, this thing had the
best.
You know, like we think now ourring doorbell is like nothing
like this.
Had all that stuff in 1972, ishyou know.
Speaker 1 (18:33):
Indoor swimming video cameras.
Speaker 2 (18:34):
Indoor swimming pool, you know you had.
You know you go in his bedroom,the big thing with, like you
see in all the old james bondmovies, the different tvs with
security cameras, you know doorsthat would unlock by keypads,
which so it was very um unheardof.
What do you, what do you wantdown there?
Speaker 1 (18:50):
you just chill out, we're talking to us.
We're busy we're busy.
Speaker 2 (18:54):
but um, but house.
I mean this is where they'reholding parties.
I mean they're holding court.
People want to go over there,they want to be part of this and
of course, being that it is the70s, there are drugs involved.
Now there's not much indicationthat he did any drugs.
You know even her.
We do have reports which willcome out later about her being
(19:15):
addicted to painkillers and partof this partying and stuff too.
One of the reasons that sheactually got addicted to
painkillers is that Cullen wasrather abusive to her in some
instances and to that point Ibelieve she was pushed down some
stairs in this house.
You know he's kind of a.
He was raised a little hard,even though his dad, they had
all this money.
His dad used his nickname.
(19:36):
His dad's nickname was Stinkybecause he was raised a little
hard.
Even though his dad they had allthis money.
His dad's nickname was Stinky,because he was just a stinky
person.
Speaker 1 (19:40):
You know what I mean.
That was his nickname.
Speaker 2 (19:42):
He didn't stink, but he just was not very nice and so
he kind of.
I won't say he had a hardupbringing.
He had everything he wanted,but his dad was hard on him,
Pardon me, I just I wonder.
Speaker 1 (19:56):
So like I look at pictures of Colin Davis back in
this, time, it's not like he'slike some six-foot-two husky,
good-looking like businessman.
He's kind of scrawny, he's kindof you know, he kind of looks
like he would be a know-it-allin a conversation.
He looks like a poor man's JerryLee Lewis he is is like so you
(20:18):
know, I don't know Like I'mgonna kind of probably think he
had some maybe lack of manhoodin him a little bit, which is
why he probably got physicalwith her.
I think she probably had alittle bit of a mouth on her and
he just wasn't used to that.
Speaker 2 (20:36):
What he was not used to was anybody saying no to him.
Speaker 1 (20:39):
Exactly so.
I think that's maybe where someof this comes from.
Speaker 2 (20:43):
To the point that he didn't like because of the time
they're living in this house.
She has her two daughters there.
Her son is not living with herat the time and I believe he may
have been with her previousmarriage.
You know the father um.
He was a pretty mean guy and sothere is an account.
You know that her olderdaughter, um d, was up in her
(21:04):
bedroom and he went up there tohave some words with her and he
didn't like what she said andshe he punched her in the nose
and this.
At the time she was like aprobably a 14 or 15 year old kid
, um, and then, when priscillacame in, was wondering what all
the fuss is about.
They had a new kitten that waswandering.
He picked up the kitten andslammed it on the ground and it
(21:25):
still didn't kill it and slammedit a second time.
I mean, this is the kind of guyhe was.
He was not used to being sayingno, nobody really tested him
and so, yeah, you said you mightgot a little mouthy.
You know, we don't know abouthow that mouth can can get you
why are you looking at me?
because we've been looking ateach other the whole time just
saying you know how the mouthcan get you right, I do get a
little mouthy, but they're, youknow they're.
(21:45):
They're definitely partying,but there is some.
They're starting to be a littlebit of separation between the
two because obviously there'ssome abuse.
There's's no, you know, betweenand there's not really anybody
she can go to about him.
This guy, like I said, he hassome serious wealth and power.
Speaker 1 (22:01):
So six years they were married.
Is that right About six years?
Maybe not even at that six year.
Speaker 2 (22:08):
I think it might've been four at this point, but
they they end up filing fordivorce in 1974.
This is not going to work out,yeah, but one thing about the
divorce is that happens in a lotof cases.
You said you were surprised.
I really wasn't, because I justthink this is really the way a
lot of it used to go back then.
But she was awarded this housein addition to spousal support.
(22:30):
This house, like you said, whenwe say it was his baby, it was
his dream, it was his Atlantis,whatever I don't know, whatever
his Garden of Eden Fortress.
Speaker 1 (22:40):
Yeah, I mean it was his.
Yeah, it was his.
Speaker 2 (22:43):
It ate him at the crawl about this.
I mean, this was not.
He was not happy, but hebasically was told that he could
not visit the house and he waskicked out.
So this obviously created a bigpoint of contention.
But so this obviously, you know, created a big point of
contention.
But now they're kind of out,they're separated, they're on
their own, they kind of go theirseparate ways.
He ends up meeting, uh, goingwell, dating a secretary um,
(23:03):
karen masters is her name, andshe does.
She finds a boyfriend as wellwhose name is stan farr and he's
an ex-tcu football sorry,basketball player who owns a bar
, kind of in the tcu area that alot of people are going to and
having fun.
She meets him and they're bothkind of got their little lives
going.
But obviously this you know,he's not happy.
(23:24):
He's staying in some hotel ormotel, which I always thought
was odd that he was just stayingin.
The got all this money, youknow, and and this is also one
thing we didn't really talkabout they were spending money
like crazy.
Speaker 1 (23:35):
Oh my gosh.
Speaker 2 (23:36):
They built this house , he actually had to get kind of
reined in by his brothers andhave a stern talking to because
of the amount of money they wereblowing.
Another thing he did not like.
But they're going out.
Their paths are crossing.
Speaker 1 (23:52):
Yes.
Speaker 2 (23:53):
Periodically as they're going out, they're
having these wild parties at thehouse too.
You know he can't.
You know she's kind of hangingaround with a bad element.
You know that is one thing thatthey do indicate.
You know, obviously she has theboyfriend.
He knows some unsavory people,but they're saying, you know,
you read the port there's somebiker gangs.
They're drug dealers and she'skind of mean.
Some people you know and they'reyou.
(24:14):
There's one account likethey're all partying at the old
Willie Nelson big gathering downin Austin and like she's taken
her 15 year old daughter downthere and I mean this is a.
It's a bit of a scene, you know, but then in looking back, it's
the freaking seventies.
I mean people, that's just kindof what you did.
I went over there with myparents.
You probably did the same thing.
I just think kids were probablypart of that adult life because
(24:40):
you didn't have these thingscalled babysitters.
Speaker 1 (24:42):
As much, Chris.
We've talked about this.
We were raised in bowling alley.
Daycares.
Speaker 2 (24:47):
Our father's bowl and they dropped us off in the
little room.
Nothing to be proud of, Russ.
Speaker 1 (24:52):
In the little room that had some babysitters at the
bowling alley.
I'm thinking, I kind of want tolike put this to our listeners,
like imagining this maybe froma woman's perspective and maybe
I'm thinking in like a man'smind.
You have a man like Colin Davis, who does not like to be told
no, who has built this amazinghouse.
I mean we'll post pictures ofit on our socials.
(25:12):
I mean it was kind of on top ofa hill, very excluded, like you
said.
He had purchased like 100 acres.
I mean you know Colin Davislives there.
Type of house, right you?
know who that house belongs to.
Speaker 2 (25:23):
There's nothing like it.
There's nothing like it.
I mean now there probably is,but back then there was nothing
like it.
Speaker 1 (25:28):
No, and you have a woman.
It reminds me of the house inthe LA Black Dahlia, if anybody
has read that book.
But the doctor who owned thathouse, it was like a fortress,
just like this.
So he builds this house, hegets married to her, Chris, they
divorce and the judge gives herthe house.
(25:49):
Now I thought that was asurprise.
Because of who he is and wherehe comes from.
I didn't think that they wouldhave given her no children
together.
She has two daughters atteenage early 11, 12 years old
at that time.
But you have a guy of wealthand so I mean, I think he is in
(26:13):
this hotel room just stirring.
Well then, mind you I mean, Ithink he is in this hotel room
just stirring Well, then, mindyou, I mean temporary, temporary
residence.
Speaker 2 (26:21):
I don't want to allude to that.
Speaker 1 (26:22):
The house was just awarded to her.
The divorce is not, but he wasnot allowed on property.
Speaker 2 (26:26):
No, I just and I want to clarify this is not
finalized.
This is just filed for.
The initial was she's grantedtemporary residence.
He's got to get the boot bootedout, you know.
And so this was, like I said,obviously big deal, but at this
stage, you know, I don't want tosay they're amicable, I'm sure
their paths cross, but you knowthey're parting up.
This goes on.
(26:46):
You know, this divorce is verymuch stretched out.
Speaker 1 (26:50):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (26:51):
He's not having much push with this judge, he's got
no play.
He's not having much push withthis judge, he's got no play.
And on the same day as wementioned August 2nd 1976, that
morning the judge actuallyadjust her spousal support, I
(27:12):
want to say, up to like 10 granda month and still continue to
let her live there.
And you know, clearly got to befurious at this point.
But we fast forward.
For that morning to that night,priscilla at the time is
estranged from Colin.
She arrives back at her mansionwith Stan Farr.
They go to the front door andthey notice that it's unlocked,
(27:32):
which she thinks is strange.
And I'm just repeating the samething.
But I want to set the stage.
You know, but she figuresAndrea's home, maybe forgot to
lock the door.
You know, like I said, the veryhigh security house, you know,
but she figures andrea's homeand maybe forgot to lock the
door.
You know, like I said, the veryhigh security house, you know,
you got to push keypads, maybeshe just figured she slipped up.
She goes into the kitchen, seesthe door that we believe leading
to the basement, sees someblood and then, out from the
shadows, a figure comes out andsays hi, and she looks and it's
(27:56):
colon and a long wig and blackclothes.
He shoots her in the chest andactually, from my understanding,
her breast implant.
I don't know if that's sendinga message or whatnot.
She falls to the ground andtells Stan Cullen it's Cullen,
he shot me run.
Cullen comes around the cornerand shoots Stan.
Four times.
She runs out of the house.
She is kind of frantic.
(28:18):
According to accounts too, sheis running and running and
running.
I think at some point she doesreport.
She realizes where is Andrea.
Speaker 1 (28:30):
Yeah, my daughter, her daughter, her daughter.
Speaker 2 (28:31):
She's.
This has still not beenresolved.
Speaker 1 (28:33):
She's run out of the house.
She's run out of the housetrying to save herself.
Speaker 2 (28:36):
Not really, I don't want to say save herself, but
getting away for the scene, youknow.
And about this time that she isexiting the house.
Uh, two of priscilla's friends,a friend of hers and her
fiancee, are arrived there aswell and and her friend the
female sees the same shadowyfigure coming out the long wig
(28:57):
and tells her fiance that'sColin, what's he doing here?
He's not supposed to be here.
And at that time he realized hesees the two people, fires a
few shots, hits her fiance, oneof the bullets goes through his
spine and severs it, falls tothe ground.
He's paralyzed.
Beverly is her friend's name.
She runs away because I believeher fiance says you know, get
(29:21):
out of here yeah she doesn'treally know where colin is and,
mind you, we keep saying colinbecause there's two people now
that have identified that thisis colin.
Speaker 1 (29:29):
That's done this oh, and we want to say this is at
night time.
It is at night time, yeah, thisisn't like during the day,
where everybody can see eachlittle past midnight, yeah okay,
um, and so she runs away.
Speaker 2 (29:42):
Priscilla has made her way to another neighborhood.
You know she's screaming forhelp.
She's bleeding, it shot in thechest but you know she's still
alive.
She's able to make it to thisneighborhood To get some help,
some medical attention, you know.
And of course she is tellingeverybody Colin, colin did this.
Everybody knows who he is inthis, around this area.
(30:02):
You know, um, her friend,beverly, makes it back the house
, obviously to tend, she think,you know, kind of the coast is
clear, we'll say and ceo goesback to assess her fiance.
Obviously he is a, you knowhe's alive, but he's a pretty
bad shape.
But they call the police.
You know the police show up atthe house and obviously I'm
looking, and then they realize,you know, like for the reports.
You know, I think beverly mightmention, you know, I believe
(30:26):
maybe her daughter was here.
And as they go and lookingthrough the house, they do find
andrea has been shot,essentially execution style.
She's 12 years old at the timeit's terrible you know we're
getting all these accounts.
Obviously at this timepriscilla's made the hospital we
have, of a child.
Well, murder of a child, you gota murder of a guy, her
boyfriend, stan Farr.
Priscilla's shot in thehospital.
(30:46):
And so, you know, police,probably in two locations.
Of course her oldest daughterthey do reach out to D.
She does make it a hospital.
And the first thing Priscillasays and Dee will even say this
this day, if you look atinterviews, I mean everybody's
convinced.
You know, in the meantime,obviously this is rolling around
in the morning time Fromreports, colin was called by his
(31:07):
oldest brother that followingmorning at his you know hotel
room he was staying at or livingin, and says you know, just
want to let you know Priscillaand Andrea have been shot,
andrea's dead.
You know, according to reportsColin was not really phased by
this, but his brother also tellshim too.
Just so you know you're thesuspect, thank you.
Welcome all of you wine and true crime lovers.
I'm Brandi and I'm Chris andthis is Texas Wine and True
Crime.
Thank you for being here,friends, for this week's episode
, the Case of Priscilla andColin Davis.
Hi, chris.
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All right, chris.
We also had some food and winethis week.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
We had some food and wine.
Speaker 1 (02:41):
We did.
We had some Newsome VineyardsMerlot.
Speaker 2 (02:46):
Laverne's Merlot.
Speaker 1 (02:47):
Laverne's Merlot.
Absolutely delicious.
And what did you pair with thatLaverne's Merlot?
Speaker 2 (02:52):
Well, you know we've been a little bit on the New
Mexico kick sitting here in ourbunker.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
We have.
Speaker 2 (02:57):
You know, way away in the mountains, Right.
Yeah.
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Coal miner's daughter .
That Right yeah, coal miner'sdaughter.
That's what just reminded me ofthat.
Keep going.
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Exactly, and so I've been exploring the flavors of
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specifically, and so I decidedthat I wanted to.
I had bought some, some chamayopepper powder, which is kind of
a sacred.
That's usually like if somebodysays you're making a red chili,
(03:27):
it's got to be made with thisJamiro pepper.
It's grown a little North ofAlbuquerque and we had some pork
chops, and so I decided to makesome nice cumin and Jamiro
pepper rubbed, bacon wrapped,big fat center cut pork chops
with a green, not only red chilion the pork chop, but green
(03:49):
chili cream sauce.
And then you can never go wrongwith just some Yukon Gold's
mashed potatoes which is ourdaughter's favorite.
Speaker 1 (03:58):
She loves mashed potatoes.
She even mistaked it for potatosalad the other day and I will
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other day and I will neverforget the look she had on her
face when she had potato salad.
Well, she actually mistaked thepotato salad, thinking it was
yellow gold.
I know.
Speaker 2 (04:10):
That was a classic face.
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What is that?
Yeah, I thought she was goingto vomit.
It was funny.
Speaker 2 (04:16):
I couldn't help but, laughing, didn't even tell her
to eat it.
I don't even know why she hadpotato salad on there and I was
just like, as I was watching,I'm like wow, she's about to go.
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Go all in, go for it.
She didn't even ask what itreminds you.
We have a long list of thingsthat the kid doesn't eat and uh
yeah, potato salads on that.
Your pork chop and mashedpotatoes are on the top of that
list.
Yeah, she didn't like that.
She absolutely loves your Ididn't make hers bacon wrapped.
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Of course I don't know why you thought that, but
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I thought thought the nice searnice little time in the oven.
A lot of the fat had renderedoff the bacon so it was nice and
moist and juicy and the peppershad a nice smoky flavor, that
chamayo pepper, and I thoughtthe wine was an excellent choice
.
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We had some.
I was like well, I'm going totry this.
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We've had it for a little while.
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The Merlot was delicious.
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We are All right.
Well, we are going to bejumping into a big case.
Chris Fort Worth, texas Cullenand Priscilla Davis.
Speaker 2 (06:39):
Yeah, and I think we had discussed too this is a
pretty big case.
We want to do this in two parts.
I think so and really I thinkwhat I've known about this case
for forever.
I don't know how many, manymoons ago my mother had given me
a book about this case and Iwould say at the time I may have
been 19 or 20, maybe a littleyounger than that, I don't even
(07:02):
know why.
I guess she just said you maywant to read this, and I started
to read it and instantly wasattracted to the story.
And for me, I don't know,growing up in Texas and also
Dallas, as I read this story Iwas like man, this is like a
(07:27):
season of those old TV showdallas, because it's just so
like.
It's just a crazy story.
I mean, wealthy people, you'vegot obviously murder, uh, these
fancy lies, and so I don't know.
I just it kind of attracted me.
It's just a great story.
The um and I apologize I don'thave the book sitting here with
me.
We'll bring it out for part twoexcellent book.
It was written a long time ago,but the gentleman that wrote it
actually two people.
It's very well um, very wellresearched and I think anybody
(07:51):
would really enjoy it.
It's kind of one of the.
The story too is you know theymade uh did a made for tv movie
many years ago about, uh, colinand priscilla davis and it was
uh odd choice of well.
Number one is made for tv ismade, I think, in the 90s, so
that you already know it's notgoing to be very good.
Um, I want to say heatherlocklear play priscilla davis.
(08:12):
I cannot remember the actor.
If you saw the actor and youlooked at like he looked a lot
like home, but if you saw theguy, you're like, oh yeah, I
know that guy.
He's always kind of showing upin those made for tv movies.
Uh, it's, I've seen a littlebit.
It's terrible.
This is like one of thesestories too.
How has nobody ever come outand done a documentary or some
sort of Netflix thing, or evendone just a motion picture?
(08:34):
Because there's so much aboutit.
It's just such a wild, wild taleabout power and money and how
that can get you out of sometrouble.
Speaker 1 (08:46):
Or get you into some trouble.
Speaker 2 (08:47):
Or get you in and out .
Yes, and.
Speaker 1 (08:49):
I also thought about what you said about the movie.
Is it possibly because ColinDavis is still alive, right
Reformed?
We'll talk about that in parttwo, maybe no?
Speaker 2 (08:58):
that was my initial thought.
He would have had to have somesort of release, but obviously
it did a made-for-TV movie.
So if these rights have beenbought I mean, movies are made
about people's lives I don'tknow to what extent Hollywood
has to have people's permissionto make movies.
Speaker 1 (09:13):
I don't know, I don't know I really don't know.
I don't know, maybe, but he isalive.
Priscilla Davis has passed away.
She died of cancer.
Speaker 2 (09:25):
Yeah, it's been.
She wrote a book.
Speaker 1 (09:25):
There was a book written 10 years, I think, so
she eventually passed away sowe're talking about the dynamics
of a man, a woman, fort worthhigh society.
Uh, chris, they meet in 1968,is that right?
Speaker 2 (09:37):
they do, but I want to jump before we get that far.
Back on august 7, 1976, pr, whowas estranged at the time from
Cullen, and her boyfriend StanFarr come back to their very
ritzy Fort Worth mansion andit's a little past midnight and
when they approach the door it'sunlocked and so initially
(09:59):
Priscilla knew that her youngestdaughter, andrea, was staying
there, but thought maybe shejust you know, perhaps failed to
set the alarm and her and Stanboth enter the house.
They go in the kitchen.
Priscilla sees some blood onthe one of the doors.
I believe it leads down.
The basement.
On the handle is like what'sgoing on?
Well, at that moment a shadowyfigure comes around the corner
(10:23):
and she looks and says theshadow figure says hi, and she
realizes in her own words it'sCullen and a black wig, nothing
covering his face and some darkclothes and he shoots her in her
chest, in fact in her breast.
She falls to the ground andyells out to Stan, who's around
(10:43):
the corner, that Cullen shot herand he needs to run.
Speaker 1 (10:48):
Okay, this is her boyfriend.
Speaker 2 (10:51):
This is her boyfriend .
Speaker 1 (10:51):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (10:54):
Okay, okay.
Speaker 1 (10:55):
You got that, I got it.
Speaker 2 (10:57):
You got that, I got it, so he shoots Stan four times
.
Speaker 1 (11:00):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (11:01):
But before we go any further, I'd really like to get
into the lives of Priscilla andCullen.
Speaker 1 (11:07):
Yes, because again.
Speaker 2 (11:08):
If we can.
Speaker 1 (11:09):
Let's do it 1968, they meet at a fancy country
club in Fort Worth.
Speaker 2 (11:15):
They do.
Priscilla, at the time she ismarried to a you know a
gentleman who owns a few carlots, and I mean they have money
.
But she really she wants morein her life and she has two
daughters.
She actually has three children, but two of the daughters still
are living with her at the time.
And so at this time she is likeI said, she's got a lot in life
(11:37):
.
She wants a little bit more.
She starts taking some tennislessons at a, I say, local, but
at a pretty exclusive Fort Worthcountry club, and as she's
doing it she's hanging out,she's making friends, but she's
also a little bit on the prowlfor perhaps what her next move
is going to be.
And this is actually where shemeets Colin at, and so he's
quite taken by her.
She's a, you know, beautifulwoman and so, you know, I think
(11:59):
they just they kind of starthitting it off a little bit.
Mind you, he's married and sois she, and so they, you know
they are kind of going, you know, like I said, gone on dates at
the time to.
You know, um Cullen is in.
Well, we it's not jumped toofar ahead with him.
You know they are building thisrelationship and he's married
(12:21):
and so there's really.
I don't want to get too muchinto his previous relationship,
even hers as well too.
Speaker 1 (12:26):
No yeah.
Speaker 2 (12:27):
But I mean, there is so much to talk about.
Speaker 1 (12:30):
They were just both married at the time.
They met, seeing each other alittle bit.
Speaker 2 (12:37):
Or he was either filing for divorce or was about
to file for divorce.
Well, at least from myunderstanding, obviously he's
married and Cullen is a.
The family he's part of isobviously the Davises, but they
are a probably he's probably thewealthiest family in Texas.
At the time His father starteda company called Ken Davis
industry that provided all theoil field equipment, essentially
(12:58):
globally um, very, very, verywealthy.
But his father also is the.
He is the patriarch, he runsthe show.
Obviously his children have,you know, a piece of the pie.
But to the point, his dad wasvery controlling of his life and
so he lived in his kind ofdad's estate with his wife and
children.
And I think you know Colin kindof longed to live, he wanted to
(13:22):
do his own thing and the familyis somewhat conservative, you
know.
But I mean, these are big, bigmoney people.
We're talking about members ofthe Petroleum Club in Fort Worth
somewhat untouchable, and sohis father was very unapproving
of this relationship.
Speaker 1 (13:37):
Yeah, well, because she's not considered the
socialite type I would describeher as more of a little bit of a
party girl.
Speaker 2 (13:45):
She dyes her hair blonde.
Speaker 1 (13:47):
She will eventually image matters to her money and
at this time it doesn't comefrom it well, and actually, you
know, in this time too they'rejust dating.
Speaker 2 (13:58):
So there's really not much being seen, although I
believe he's obviously she'ssplit from her husband, split
right, they're dating.
Father does not want him tomarry her.
Um, however, that does changebecause, you know, kenneth davis
passes away with leavingessentially him and his brothers
in control of the company, alsoopening the door for him to
(14:19):
marry Priscilla and also openingthe door to a lot of money.
And so now that he has thisfreedom kind of under the thumb
of his father, he's got thisgirl on his side.
That's, you know, he's kind ofbuilding into his own vision of
you know what he thinks he wantshis sidekick to be his partner.
You know, to the point where hereally encouraged her, like at
the time her hair was blonde,but like he wanted her hair
(14:41):
blonde, like talk about Khaleesiblonde, you know.
Speaker 1 (14:43):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (14:44):
The dragon queen.
Speaker 1 (14:45):
Yeah, whatever, queen of the Andals.
Speaker 2 (14:48):
Like a white, yeah, and so, mind you, this is, you
know, very early 70s.
You know they flew to Europe toget a breast augmentation for
her, which at the time was avery new procedure.
So you know he got the wholething going.
You know, the little skinnyblonde Texas girl with some
(15:08):
larger breasts got the hair.
You know, at this time toothey're really traveling.
I mean, they're taking Learjetshere, learjets there.
They even report.
You know like he went to agallery in New York and bought
essentially three quarters ofthe paintings there.
They would just collect things.
You know, go to theseinteresting locations, get an
elephant, tusk ivory, you knowto the point.
You know, a bedspread that wasmade of silver fox.
(15:36):
So if you think about how much asilver fox jacket at the time
may cost, and then think abouthow many foxes it takes to make
a bedspread of this.
I mean this is very elaborate.
I mean this is just blowingmoney.
These are like fun coupons justgoing left and right.
Speaker 1 (15:53):
Yeah, I think about if I had that much money, I
would absolutely love it.
But, I always wonder to be richenough to care about things
like that.
Speaker 2 (16:06):
Of course.
Speaker 1 (16:07):
I'm okay with the bedspread I have now.
Maybe if I had a lot of money Iwould all of a sudden want a
Silver Fox bedspread.
Speaker 2 (16:13):
I'm pretty sure PETA would be on your ass about that.
I'm just like it is.
Be on your ass about that.
Speaker 1 (16:16):
I'm just like it is.
Speaker 2 (16:17):
Fox is a little.
Speaker 1 (16:19):
I have been in some wealthy houses and I have seen
some things that I'm like oh, Iwonder if I was rich, if I would
really think about that.
Speaker 2 (16:27):
Well, and here's the thing they are, they're living
it up.
Okay, oh my gosh, she's house,like you mentioned.
Well, almost there.
But as far as, like, thenightlife, you know, and this is
the this seven people, this isa different time People are
going out, they're going to youknow, yeah, early stages.
(16:51):
But I mean, this is, you know,these are very wealthy, very
wealthy Texans.
You know they're probablydriving to Dallas and partying.
They're going down by TCU,going to all the bars.
They're very well liked intheir circle.
People want to hang out withthem and, however, that is the
one thing like with Priscilla,she's not really.
He's already in this life Likehe's been.
He was born into it.
He ain't going nowhere but withher, like you mentioned, she's
(17:11):
kind of a little bit lavishdresses, a little outrageous, to
the point where you know, likeI think I was telling her, like
showing up at the cotillion witha leather miniskirt and a
halter top.
And you got all these other,you know these fine Texas women,
just you know, wearing probablyshirts bucked up to their neck
and this and that Veryconservative.
(17:32):
But that being said, these samepeople, they might shun them a
little bit at the event duringthe daytime, but they like to
party.
And you brought up the house.
And one thing that's really abig part of this whole case is
that, prior to him even marryingPriscilla and even having this
vision, he wanted to have hisown place, wanted to have his
own life and he had envisioned.
(17:55):
Essentially, I think theybought a.
He had purchased a hundredacres outside of Fort Worth
still Fort Worth proper and hehad this idea to build this kind
of a fortress, at the time, oneof the most expensive homes
being built.
It was a $6 million build.
We looked it up in today'smoney that's $43 million.
(18:15):
Yeah, it's like incredible whatthe yeah and think about.
Speaker 1 (18:16):
it was a six million dollar build we looked it up in
today's money, that's 43 milliondollars.
It's like think about crediblewith the yeah and think about
yeah think about what you couldpurchase with that.
Speaker 2 (18:23):
And so in part of this I mean, this thing had the
best.
You know, like we think now ourring doorbell is like nothing
like this.
Had all that stuff in 1972, ishyou know.
Speaker 1 (18:33):
Indoor swimming video cameras.
Speaker 2 (18:34):
Indoor swimming pool, you know you had.
You know you go in his bedroom,the big thing with, like you
see in all the old james bondmovies, the different tvs with
security cameras, you know doorsthat would unlock by keypads,
which so it was very um unheardof.
What do you, what do you wantdown there?
Speaker 1 (18:50):
you just chill out, we're talking to us.
We're busy we're busy.
Speaker 2 (18:54):
but um, but house.
I mean this is where they'reholding parties.
I mean they're holding court.
People want to go over there,they want to be part of this and
of course, being that it is the70s, there are drugs involved.
Now there's not much indicationthat he did any drugs.
You know even her.
We do have reports which willcome out later about her being
(19:15):
addicted to painkillers and partof this partying and stuff too.
One of the reasons that sheactually got addicted to
painkillers is that Cullen wasrather abusive to her in some
instances and to that point Ibelieve she was pushed down some
stairs in this house.
You know he's kind of a.
He was raised a little hard,even though his dad, they had
all this money.
His dad used his nickname.
(19:36):
His dad's nickname was Stinkybecause he was raised a little
hard.
Even though his dad they had allthis money.
His dad's nickname was Stinky,because he was just a stinky
person.
Speaker 1 (19:40):
You know what I mean.
That was his nickname.
Speaker 2 (19:42):
He didn't stink, but he just was not very nice and so
he kind of.
I won't say he had a hardupbringing.
He had everything he wanted,but his dad was hard on him,
Pardon me, I just I wonder.
Speaker 1 (19:56):
So like I look at pictures of Colin Davis back in
this, time, it's not like he'slike some six-foot-two husky,
good-looking like businessman.
He's kind of scrawny, he's kindof you know, he kind of looks
like he would be a know-it-allin a conversation.
He looks like a poor man's JerryLee Lewis he is is like so you
(20:18):
know, I don't know Like I'mgonna kind of probably think he
had some maybe lack of manhoodin him a little bit, which is
why he probably got physicalwith her.
I think she probably had alittle bit of a mouth on her and
he just wasn't used to that.
Speaker 2 (20:36):
What he was not used to was anybody saying no to him.
Speaker 1 (20:39):
Exactly so.
I think that's maybe where someof this comes from.
Speaker 2 (20:43):
To the point that he didn't like because of the time
they're living in this house.
She has her two daughters there.
Her son is not living with herat the time and I believe he may
have been with her previousmarriage.
You know the father um.
He was a pretty mean guy and sothere is an account.
You know that her olderdaughter, um d, was up in her
(21:04):
bedroom and he went up there tohave some words with her and he
didn't like what she said andshe he punched her in the nose
and this.
At the time she was like aprobably a 14 or 15 year old kid
, um, and then, when priscillacame in, was wondering what all
the fuss is about.
They had a new kitten that waswandering.
He picked up the kitten andslammed it on the ground and it
(21:25):
still didn't kill it and slammedit a second time.
I mean, this is the kind of guyhe was.
He was not used to being sayingno, nobody really tested him
and so, yeah, you said you mightgot a little mouthy.
You know, we don't know abouthow that mouth can can get you
why are you looking at me?
because we've been looking ateach other the whole time just
saying you know how the mouthcan get you right, I do get a
little mouthy, but they're, youknow they're.
(21:45):
They're definitely partying,but there is some.
They're starting to be a littlebit of separation between the
two because obviously there'ssome abuse.
There's's no, you know, betweenand there's not really anybody
she can go to about him.
This guy, like I said, he hassome serious wealth and power.
Speaker 1 (22:01):
So six years they were married.
Is that right About six years?
Maybe not even at that six year.
Speaker 2 (22:08):
I think it might've been four at this point, but
they they end up filing fordivorce in 1974.
This is not going to work out,yeah, but one thing about the
divorce is that happens in a lotof cases.
You said you were surprised.
I really wasn't, because I justthink this is really the way a
lot of it used to go back then.
But she was awarded this housein addition to spousal support.
(22:30):
This house, like you said, whenwe say it was his baby, it was
his dream, it was his Atlantis,whatever I don't know, whatever
his Garden of Eden Fortress.
Speaker 1 (22:40):
Yeah, I mean it was his.
Yeah, it was his.
Speaker 2 (22:43):
It ate him at the crawl about this.
I mean, this was not.
He was not happy, but hebasically was told that he could
not visit the house and he waskicked out.
So this obviously created a bigpoint of contention.
But so this obviously, you know, created a big point of
contention.
But now they're kind of out,they're separated, they're on
their own, they kind of go theirseparate ways.
He ends up meeting, uh, goingwell, dating a secretary um,
(23:03):
karen masters is her name, andshe does.
She finds a boyfriend as wellwhose name is stan farr and he's
an ex-tcu football sorry,basketball player who owns a bar
, kind of in the tcu area that alot of people are going to and
having fun.
She meets him and they're bothkind of got their little lives
going.
But obviously this you know,he's not happy.
(23:24):
He's staying in some hotel ormotel, which I always thought
was odd that he was just stayingin.
The got all this money, youknow, and and this is also one
thing we didn't really talkabout they were spending money
like crazy.
Speaker 1 (23:35):
Oh my gosh.
Speaker 2 (23:36):
They built this house , he actually had to get kind of
reined in by his brothers andhave a stern talking to because
of the amount of money they wereblowing.
Another thing he did not like.
But they're going out.
Their paths are crossing.
Speaker 1 (23:52):
Yes.
Speaker 2 (23:53):
Periodically as they're going out, they're
having these wild parties at thehouse too.
You know he can't.
You know she's kind of hangingaround with a bad element.
You know that is one thing thatthey do indicate.
You know, obviously she has theboyfriend.
He knows some unsavory people,but they're saying, you know,
you read the port there's somebiker gangs.
They're drug dealers and she'skind of mean.
Some people you know and they'reyou.
(24:14):
There's one account likethey're all partying at the old
Willie Nelson big gathering downin Austin and like she's taken
her 15 year old daughter downthere and I mean this is a.
It's a bit of a scene, you know, but then in looking back, it's
the freaking seventies.
I mean people, that's just kindof what you did.
I went over there with myparents.
You probably did the same thing.
I just think kids were probablypart of that adult life because
(24:40):
you didn't have these thingscalled babysitters.
Speaker 1 (24:42):
As much, Chris.
We've talked about this.
We were raised in bowling alley.
Daycares.
Speaker 2 (24:47):
Our father's bowl and they dropped us off in the
little room.
Nothing to be proud of, Russ.
Speaker 1 (24:52):
In the little room that had some babysitters at the
bowling alley.
I'm thinking, I kind of want tolike put this to our listeners,
like imagining this maybe froma woman's perspective and maybe
I'm thinking in like a man'smind.
You have a man like Colin Davis, who does not like to be told
no, who has built this amazinghouse.
I mean we'll post pictures ofit on our socials.
(25:12):
I mean it was kind of on top ofa hill, very excluded, like you
said.
He had purchased like 100 acres.
I mean you know Colin Davislives there.
Type of house, right you?
know who that house belongs to.
Speaker 2 (25:23):
There's nothing like it.
There's nothing like it.
I mean now there probably is,but back then there was nothing
like it.
Speaker 1 (25:28):
No, and you have a woman.
It reminds me of the house inthe LA Black Dahlia, if anybody
has read that book.
But the doctor who owned thathouse, it was like a fortress,
just like this.
So he builds this house, hegets married to her, Chris, they
divorce and the judge gives herthe house.
(25:49):
Now I thought that was asurprise.
Because of who he is and wherehe comes from.
I didn't think that they wouldhave given her no children
together.
She has two daughters atteenage early 11, 12 years old
at that time.
But you have a guy of wealthand so I mean, I think he is in
(26:13):
this hotel room just stirring.
Well then, mind you I mean, Ithink he is in this hotel room
just stirring Well, then, mindyou, I mean temporary, temporary
residence.
Speaker 2 (26:21):
I don't want to allude to that.
Speaker 1 (26:22):
The house was just awarded to her.
The divorce is not, but he wasnot allowed on property.
Speaker 2 (26:26):
No, I just and I want to clarify this is not
finalized.
This is just filed for.
The initial was she's grantedtemporary residence.
He's got to get the boot bootedout, you know.
And so this was, like I said,obviously big deal, but at this
stage, you know, I don't want tosay they're amicable, I'm sure
their paths cross, but you knowthey're parting up.
This goes on.
(26:46):
You know, this divorce is verymuch stretched out.
Speaker 1 (26:50):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (26:51):
He's not having much push with this judge, he's got
no play.
He's not having much push withthis judge, he's got no play.
And on the same day as wementioned August 2nd 1976, that
morning the judge actuallyadjust her spousal support, I
(27:12):
want to say, up to like 10 granda month and still continue to
let her live there.
And you know, clearly got to befurious at this point.
But we fast forward.
For that morning to that night,priscilla at the time is
estranged from Colin.
She arrives back at her mansionwith Stan Farr.
They go to the front door andthey notice that it's unlocked,
(27:32):
which she thinks is strange.
And I'm just repeating the samething.
But I want to set the stage.
You know, but she figuresAndrea's home, maybe forgot to
lock the door.
You know, like I said, the veryhigh security house, you know,
but she figures andrea's homeand maybe forgot to lock the
door.
You know, like I said, the veryhigh security house, you know,
you got to push keypads, maybeshe just figured she slipped up.
She goes into the kitchen, seesthe door that we believe leading
to the basement, sees someblood and then, out from the
shadows, a figure comes out andsays hi, and she looks and it's
(27:56):
colon and a long wig and blackclothes.
He shoots her in the chest andactually, from my understanding,
her breast implant.
I don't know if that's sendinga message or whatnot.
She falls to the ground andtells Stan Cullen it's Cullen,
he shot me run.
Cullen comes around the cornerand shoots Stan.
Four times.
She runs out of the house.
She is kind of frantic.
(28:18):
According to accounts too, sheis running and running and
running.
I think at some point she doesreport.
She realizes where is Andrea.
Speaker 1 (28:30):
Yeah, my daughter, her daughter, her daughter.
Speaker 2 (28:31):
She's.
This has still not beenresolved.
Speaker 1 (28:33):
She's run out of the house.
She's run out of the housetrying to save herself.
Speaker 2 (28:36):
Not really, I don't want to say save herself, but
getting away for the scene, youknow.
And about this time that she isexiting the house.
Uh, two of priscilla's friends,a friend of hers and her
fiancee, are arrived there aswell and and her friend the
female sees the same shadowyfigure coming out the long wig
(28:57):
and tells her fiance that'sColin, what's he doing here?
He's not supposed to be here.
And at that time he realized hesees the two people, fires a
few shots, hits her fiance, oneof the bullets goes through his
spine and severs it, falls tothe ground.
He's paralyzed.
Beverly is her friend's name.
She runs away because I believeher fiance says you know, get
(29:21):
out of here yeah she doesn'treally know where colin is and,
mind you, we keep saying colinbecause there's two people now
that have identified that thisis colin.
Speaker 1 (29:29):
That's done this oh, and we want to say this is at
night time.
It is at night time, yeah, thisisn't like during the day,
where everybody can see eachlittle past midnight, yeah okay,
um, and so she runs away.
Speaker 2 (29:42):
Priscilla has made her way to another neighborhood.
You know she's screaming forhelp.
She's bleeding, it shot in thechest but you know she's still
alive.
She's able to make it to thisneighborhood To get some help,
some medical attention, you know.
And of course she is tellingeverybody Colin, colin did this.
Everybody knows who he is inthis, around this area.
(30:02):
You know, um, her friend,beverly, makes it back the house
, obviously to tend, she think,you know, kind of the coast is
clear, we'll say and ceo goesback to assess her fiance.
Obviously he is a, you knowhe's alive, but he's a pretty
bad shape.
But they call the police.
You know the police show up atthe house and obviously I'm
looking, and then they realize,you know, like for the reports.
You know, I think beverly mightmention, you know, I believe
(30:26):
maybe her daughter was here.
And as they go and lookingthrough the house, they do find
andrea has been shot,essentially execution style.
She's 12 years old at the timeit's terrible you know we're
getting all these accounts.
Obviously at this timepriscilla's made the hospital we
have, of a child.
Well, murder of a child, you gota murder of a guy, her
boyfriend, stan Farr.
Priscilla's shot in thehospital.
(30:46):
And so, you know, police,probably in two locations.
Of course her oldest daughterthey do reach out to D.
She does make it a hospital.
And the first thing Priscillasays and Dee will even say this
this day, if you look atinterviews, I mean everybody's
convinced.
You know, in the meantime,obviously this is rolling around
in the morning time Fromreports, colin was called by his
(31:07):
oldest brother that followingmorning at his you know hotel
room he was staying at or livingin, and says you know, just
want to let you know Priscillaand Andrea have been shot,
andrea's dead.
You know, according to reportsColin was not really phased by
this, but his brother also tellshim too.
Just so you know you're thesuspect, thank you.
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