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Podcast: True Crime Reporter
Episode: Don’t Fence Me In — No Texas Prison Could Hold Dennis Wayne Hope
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Dennis Wayne Hope
Willie Nelson sings about riding in the wide-open spaces with lyrics titled “Don’t Fence Me In”.
“Don’t Fence Me In” was the ballad of Texas inmate Dennis Wayne Hope.
Hope bragged that there wasn’t a prison in Texas that could hold him.
The convicted armed robber even imitated the prisoner played by Paul Newman in Hollywood’s Cool Hank Luke.