Over 10 weeks in 1946, a predator known only as the 'Phantom Killer' attacked four sets of couples in Texarkana, leaving five people dead, before vanishing completely.

In 1946, a masked killer haunted the twin towns of Texarkana in Texas and Arkansas. The so-called Phantom Killer attacked young couples over a terrifying 10 week period, ultimately killing five people. But despite a vigorous investigation, the Texarkana Moonlight Murders have never been solved.

Though police had a prime suspect, a career criminal and car thief named Youell Swinney, Swinney was never charged with murder. Instead, the Texarkana Murders have become one of the region’s most infamous cold cases, with the Texas Department of Public Safety declaring the 1946 killings “the number one unsolved murder case in Texas

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