On Christmas Day in 1929, the community of Germanton, North Carolina, was forever changed by the tragic murders of seven members of the Lawson family. One fact remains indisputable: Charlie Lawson was responsible for the deaths of his family. However, the question that has lingered for nearly a century is: why did he commit such a heinous act?
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Episode Sources
Greensboro Daily News): Stokes Farmer Murders Family, Dec 26, 1929
Greensboro Daily News:) Victims to be Buried in Single Grave, Dec 27, 1929
Statesville Record and Landmark:) Only One Member of Family of 9 Left, Dec 30, 1929
The Sentinel:) No Report on Brain of Charlie Lawson, Jan 7, 1930
Statesville Record): Commercializing the Lawson Home, Feb 3, 1930
PlanetSlade): So hard to die: Murder of the Lawson Family
Murderpedia): Charles Davis Lawson
CLEWS): Christmas Murders and the Lawson Family Massacre, December 2006
M. Bruce Jones with Trudy Smith:) White Christmas, Bloody Christmas, 1990.
Trudy Smith): The Meaning of Our Tears
Episode Music
Out of the Mines, courtesy of Ross Gentry, Asheville, North Carolina.
