Warbeast Films Final Music Video With ‘Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ Actor
Veteran Texas Chain Saw Massacre movie actor Edwin Neal resurrects hitchhiker role for Warbeast’s final music video.
Veteran Texas Chain Saw Massacre movie actor Edwin Neal resurrects hitchhiker role for Warbeast’s final music video.
The street racers thundered down the stretch of roadway near an industrial area in the 8400 block of Eastpoint Drive last Saturday night. They drove mostly foreign cars, but Mustangs and other American-made muscle cars sometimes made an appearance. When the racers appeared again last Monday, Dallas police’s Southeast Deployment and Crime…
Denton’s suspected serial rapist has a history of peeping in windows and masturbating in public. Police reported that he’s been attempting to break into apartments where his female victims lived since at least October 2016.
Denton resident Earl Leroy Thompson Jr. has been arrested in connection with a string of attempted and actual sexual assaults near the University of North Texas campus and Denton’s downtown square. Scott Fletcher, deputy chief of the Denton Police Department, told the Observer on Tuesday that Thompson confessed and gave significant details to…
After a grand jury indicted him in May, John Tufts make his first court appearance to face felony child abuse charges.
The bounty hunters had been staking out their prey for several hours at the Nissan dealership just off Interstate 30 in Greenville. Dressed casually, they claimed when they first arrived Tuesday afternoon that they were plainclothes federal agents trying to apprehend a suspect. They never presented badges. The pair, 33-year-old…
At about 4 a.m. on a Tuesday in May, a woman in her early 20s woke up to the feeling of a strange man lying on top of her. He’d broken into an apartment in the 2300 block of West Hickory Street in Denton, which has buildings filled with students who…
Sitting in a hospital room in Irving, 54-year-old Bruce Corbitt prepares to announce the end of his dream as the frontman for local metal band Warbeast. His hair ratted, black heavy-metal T-shirt replaced with a loose-fitting hospital gown, Corbitt looks into his cellphone and does his best to hold back…
The Denton County Sheriff’s Office set out to find victims of human trafficking using Backpage.com. Instead, it nabbed 11 people for prostitution, compelling prostitution and a couple of drug charges. The three men arrested were Micah Freeman, James Allen and Craig Childers. The eight women arrested were Meeliasha Escobedo, Kearis…
It started with a phone call March 29. Two University of North Texas students, 33-year-old Brian Emerson Johnson and 23-year-old Derail Jarvis Green, called a female student to set up an appointment for paid sex. Unfortunately for them, the woman placed their call on speakerphone. A University of North Texas resident assistant…
Collin County Sheriff Jim Skinner calls the weeklong, multi-agency investigation that led to 15 arrests May 15 “Operation Medusa.” The charges included possession of child pornography, invasive visual recording, online solicitation of a minor and possession with the intent to promote child pornography. One of the people arrested is fairly…
Gabe Reed opened the door to the house he shares with his daughter, grandchild and a couple of younger roommates in a middle-class neighborhood on the east side of McKinney. The modest house on Legend Drive is a far cry from the mansion, yacht and expensive sports cars and motorcycle…
The National Trust for Historic Preservation issued a list on Wednesday of America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places, a list that they want to serve as a catalyst for the preservation of threatened historic sites around the country. The National Trust for Historic Preservation is a privately-funded nonprofit organization based…
Roy Oliver, a six-year veteran Balch Springs police officer who shot and killed 15-year-old Mesquite high school freshman Jordan Edwards on Saturday, has been charged with murder, according to news reports. The Dallas County Sheriff’s Department issued an arrest warrant for Oliver late Friday after a judge signed a murder warrant…
Gabe Reed’s arrest was nearly as mysterious as the Dallas-based concert tour promoter’s business. According to business partners, he left a trail of musicians and promoters across the world bereft of thousands of dollars and, in some cases, fearing for their lives as heavy metal concerts fell apart. Reed, 46,…
Sitting behind her beauty bar in downtown Denton, Amanda Dawn Servis now understands why Hunter S. Thompson often called the political arena a pit of vipers. Since the 32-year-old Denton native announced her candidacy for the District 4 City Council seat a few months ago, she’s been attacked for her…
After weeks of battling 20 other local Dallas bands to reach the final round of Metallica’s “Hit The Stage” contest, Messer and Mothership took to their social media accounts to lead for support. If enough fans voted for them, they would win the chance of a lifetime: to open for Metallica…
A Perfect Circle Verizon Theatre, Grand Prairie Sunday, April 23, 2017 Standing atop a dais at the back of center stage at Verizon Theater on Sunday night, Maynard James Keenan put on an emotional show filled with dark rhythms and an occasional screaming rift that transported the sold-out crowd to…
What happened to Dallas Fire Station 57? Dallas Fire-Rescue announced its closure in early April after an inspection by the city revealed asbestos in the floor tiles. City officials claimed that it was a precautionary measure until further testing could be conducted and that a number of stations have been…
Muffled by a silencer, the gunshots from the killer’s 9mm made no more noise than a six-pack opening as he fired into a parked Range Rover. Wearing a hoodie, his face covered by a bandanna, the drug cartel hit man tattooed the front passenger side window with at least seven…
It’s the ultimate battle of the bands. Metal bands from North Texas submitted their videos to 97.1 the Eagle this month in hopes of being selected to open for Metallica during five dates of their upcoming worldwide stadium tour. Only two Dallas bands advanced to the finals of the Hit…
The FBI calls it a “virtual kidnapping,” and typically involves callers who contact victims via telephone and demand a wire transfer of money for the return of a “kidnapped” family member or friend. Sometimes they represent themselves as a members of a drug cartel or a corrupt law enforcement officials…