Las Cruces Bowling Alley Massacre: Part One

About this episode

This episode discusses the Las Cruces Bowling Alley Massacre that occurred on February 10th, 1990.

February 10th, 1990. Saturday morning in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The place is Las Cruces Bowl—nothing special from the outside. Low building, wide parking lot, the kind of spot people go to because they’ve been going there for years. Inside, it’s exactly what you’d expect. Long rows of lanes stretching out under fluorescent lights, the steady smell of oil and cleaner baked into the wood and carpet. Front counter off to one side where they handle shoes and payments. And behind that, a small office—tight, functional, where they keep the safe, the paperwork, the money from the night before. Mornings like that don’t carry much weight. You’re not dealing with a crowd yet. It’s just opening up—lights, registers, getting everything ready before the first customers drift in. The routine doesn’t change. Unlock the doors, count the cash, check the drawers, make sure nothing’s off from the previous night. It’s muscle memory more than anything. People move through it without thinking. There were seven people inside that morning. Employees getting the place ready, moving between the counter and the office, handling the same tasks they handled every weekend. A couple of kids were there too…

People in this episode

Host: Zevon Odelberg

Topics covered

• true crime
• murder stories
• historical events
• Las Cruces
• bowling alley massacre

Keywords

• Las Cruces
• bowling alley
• massacre
• true crime
• February 10th, 1990

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Las Cruces, New Mexico

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