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Why A Serial Killer’s Cell Phone Threats from Death Row Haunt Us Today

December 12, 2023
Death Row Calling–I Know Where Your Daughters Live

I delve into the shadowy underworld of contraband communication, where prisoners wielding illegal cell phones orchestrate a web of threats and criminal enterprises from behind bars. 


My story revolves around the chilling case of Richard Tabler, a serial killer on Texas Death Row. 


Tabler’s audacious use of a smuggled cell phone to threaten a Texas Senator ignited a political firestorm, unmasking a glaring security breach within the prison system. 



Contraband Cell Phones Seized at the Polunsky Prison Unit in Texas

I reveal the alarming extent to which inmates can exploit contraband technology to reach beyond prison walls, posing a significant threat to public safety and the integrity of the penal system.



Serial Killer Richard “Blue” Tabler on Texas Death Row 2007

You will also get a look inside the mind of a bizarre, cold-blooded serial killer who recruited an Army soldier from Fort Hood as his accomplice.


And shocker, Tabler was a police drug informant committing murders.



Serial Killer Richard Tabler — Mugshot Texas Death Row

In a typewritten letter to me from death row, Tabler claimed he had found Jesus there.


Once you hear this, tell me if you believe him.



READ: Serial Killer Richard Tabler’s Death Row Letter To Reporter Robert Riggs



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