The Bird Hex
Despite us talking about this episode in the future on the podcast, I still wanted to write about it because this case still scares South Dakota. This is known as the Bird Hex. Jake Bird was born in an unknown location in Louisiana. At the age of 19, Bird was forced to leave home and did what any other homeless person would do. In order to keep warm, he would stay in box cars. He would work for sleep and meals. For work, he was a manual laborer and a railroad dancer that laid and maintained tracks. A thing to note about how Bird got away with his crimes was his job required him to travel. Other than what he did as work, he is known for his label as a serial killer. Even though there is a complete timeline, we need to go back to October 30th, 1947 and the trial that brought the Bird Hex. In not just my personal opinion, b...