Ep. 268 — The Choctaw Three: A Murder that Never Happened

About this episode

The episode discusses a bizarre murder case in Butler, Alabama, involving three defendants accused of killing a non-existent baby.

Send us Fan Mail *The most bananas case I’ve covered* In 1999, the tiny town of Butler, Alabama, made national headlines when three intellectually disabled defendants were accused of killing a baby that never existed. What started out as a lie told by Victoria Banks to get a lower bail quickly spiraled, landing her estranged husband, Medell Banks, Jr., and her sister, Diane Tucker, in handcuffs alongside her. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod PodMoth: https://podmoth.network...

People in this episode

Host: Danielle Blinka

Topics covered

• true crime
• murder case
• false accusations
• intellectual disability
• legal system
• small town

Keywords

• Choctaw Three
• murder
• Butler Alabama
• false claims
• intellectual disability
• 1999
• true crime

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Places: Butler, Alabama

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