The Big Story
Witness to Drama of Violence & Death
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A violent series of killings unfolds among railroad workers in a story of jealousy and suspicion. Wayne Tyler takes his wife, Evelyn, and co-worker Galen Gilmore out of town, where he kills Gilmore and leaves his body in the desert. After returning to town, Tyler kills Evelyn and later his friend Charles Decker. When police confront him, Tyler turns his gun on himself.
The account follows the investigation as officers try to make sense of the murders and come to believe that Tyler suspected Evelyn of romantic interest in one or both men. The story’s stark sequence of events and the discovery of Gilmore’s body give this crime report a grim, unsettling tone.
The title identifies John F. Cahlan of the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Cahlan was a prominent Las Vegas journalist whose career included reporting, editing, and advocacy for the city’s development. His background provides a local journalistic context for this account of violence and its aftermath.
This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.