The “Dream Hunch” that Spawned a Killing Spree

Posted on March 11, 2022 | 1 Comment

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In his infamous nonfiction novel In Cold Blood, Truman Capote briefly mentions the colder and bloodier story of George “Ronnie” York and James Latham, whose cross-country murder spree began in York’s hometown of Jacksonville, Florida. National newspapers published the “murder map,” which stretched from Jax to Utah, while Jax papers published the “Route of Death” across the Westside for Patricia Anne Hewett and Althea Ottavio, two Valdosta women who’d decided to play a “dream hunch” at the dog tracks.

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One response to “The “Dream Hunch” that Spawned a Killing Spree”

  1. Ann Kjellberg | March 11, 2022 at 7:16 pm |

    Hi! Thanks for the great site! I just drew on your post on Harry Crews for the publication of an introduction to A Childhood by Tobias Wolff in my newsletter BookPost. Left you a donation by way of thanks. Ann Kjellberg

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