The Devil of Pope County
How did Christmas turn into a brutal family massacre?
4.3 (14)
66 mins
Explore the events of December 1987 when Ronald Gene Simmons murdered fourteen people, including his own family, over the course of a week. Discover how years of control, isolation, and abuse inside his home escalated into calculated violence during the holiday season.
Ep 1:
The Monday Morning Massacre Begins
A quiet Arkansas town erupts in gunfire on a December morning as a mysterious man in a cowboy hat leaves a trail of blood through four businesses in forty minutes.
Ep 2:
The Master Sergeant's Secret Fortress
Behind the rampage stands a decorated Air Force veteran named Ronald Gene Simmons, and the horrifying discovery on a remote hilltop compound reveals the massacre was far larger than anyone imagined.
Ep 3:
Mockingbird Hill's Darkest Secret
Inside a fenced, isolated compound called Mockingbird Hill, a family lived under total control, hiding a monstrous secret rooted in obsession, incest, and a father's unbearable need for possession.
Ep 4:
The First Blood on Mockingbird Hill
Four days before Christmas, Ronald Gene Simmons begins methodically murdering his own family one by one, believing he's giving them a holiday surprise.
Ep 5:
Christmas Dinner with the Dead
As surviving family members arrive for a joyful Christmas reunion, they walk straight into a house of horrors, unaware the massacre didn't end with the first seven victims.
Ep 6:
Justice, Delayed but Done
Convicted and unrepentant, Ronald Gene Simmons fights to speed up his own execution while investigators tally the staggering scope of America's deadliest family annihilation.
Discussions (2)
Abel
Level 4 · 4 mo agoThe guy was a walking HR nightmare long before he snapped. Quitting because a female boss told him to do his job and getting fired for creeping on coworkers proves he was a toxic shit storm.
Paisley
Level 7 · 4 mo agoI live in a VERY rural county and can confirm people really do not understand how easy it is to hide things when you are that isolated. As a single mom this entire story makes me physically sick 😭
