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Podcast: True Crime Reporter
Episode: The Bank Robber, The Fugitive, The Pilot, and The Mena Arkansas Conspiracy.
Description: This story shrouded in mystery, involves a Texas prison escapee that could be ripped straight from a spy novel.
Bank robber and suspected drug smuggler Charles J. Woods of Dallas made a daring escape from a Texas prison and subsequently disappeared into the realm of the Mena Arkansas Conspiracy.
In my exclusive interview with fugitive hunter Louis Fawcett, we unravel the threads of Woods’ escape to the mysterious town of Mena, Arkansas.
The town’s small airport in the Quachirta mountains was the base of operations for Barry Seal, a notorious drug and arms...