😎🤘 You can now WATCH MrBallen Podcast videos the same day they drop on all podcast platforms on my main channel 👉 ⁨ @MrBallen In February of 1985, a couple (a man and a woman) were sitting inside of a car chatting about their relationship, when the woman finally just turned to the man and said, “OK, you have to tell me, it’s now or never.” The man looked at her, and could see she was serious, and so after a long pause, the man sighed and then leaned across the center console of the car, and whispered something into her ear. Little did he know, she was not the only person who could hear him. For 100s more stories like this one, check out our main YouTube channel just called "MrBallen" -- https://www.youtube.com/c/MrBallen If you want to reach out to me, contact me on Instagram, Twitter or any other major social media platform, my username on all of them is @MrBallen . . . . Note about content: We do not do any original reporting. The stories we tell are based on events that we research and describe using existing source material. While we make every effort to use the best quality sources we can access within our production deadlines, and while we make every effort to verify facts through multiple sources, we do make occasional mistakes, and we cannot verify the accuracy of the source material we use. Please note that creative liberties have been taken in the creation and presentation of the material on which we have based this podcast. HIGH QUALITY: Ray v. State: https://www.leagle.com/decision/19881170764sw2d40611109 Inmate record of David West: https://inmate.tdcj.texas.gov/InmateSearch/viewDetail.action?sid=03823868 Custodial death report of Cynthia Ray Campbell: https://oagtx.force.com/cdr/VIPForm__VIP_FormWizardPDF?id=a2Ct0000003BbtMEAS&templateId=a2x5A000001M2UWQA0 Obituary of the Campbells https://www.newspapers.com/image/208611613/?terms=james%20virginia%20campbell&match=1 BOOKS: Olsen, Jack. Cold Kill: The True Story of a Murderous Love New York: Atheneum, 1987. NEWSPAPER ARTICLES ON WEB: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1985/02/26/true-confessions/718e2739-0997-4ac0-a551-d860a9f51b7f/ https://apnews.com/article/b5ec69c275b56b9382fd387709f6caac Rookie PI cracks the case https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-02-27-mn-8692-story.html SUBSCRIPTION NEWSPAPER ARTICLES: February 1985: Woman faces charges for mother’s murder (2/25) https://www.newspapers.com/image/589027873/?terms=%22james%20campbell%22%20%22virginia%20campbell%22&match=1 Woman charged in hired killing of her parents (2/26) https://www.newspapers.com/image/590279017/?terms=%22james%20campbell%22%20%22virginia%20campbell%22&match=1 Romance snares suspect (2/27) https://www.newspapers.com/image/299544756/?terms=cynthia%20ray&match=1 March 1985: Relatives sue woman accused in slayings of her parents (3/2) https://www.newspapers.com/image/758207750/?terms=%22james%20campbell%22%20%22virginia%20campbell%22&match=1 Bond set for daughter in hired killing of parents (3/5) https://www.newspapers.com/image/36354544/?terms=%22james%20campbell%22%20%22virginia%20campbell%22&match=1 Private eye will probe case broken by another detective (3/8) https://www.newspapers.com/image/760076696/?terms=virginia%20and%20james%20campbell&match=1 Detective who romanced man into confession would do it again (3/14) https://www.newspapers.com/image/590271414/?terms=%22james%20and%20virginia%20campbell%22&match=1 Woman no-billed in mother’s death (3/15) https://www.newspapers.com/image/590271650/?terms=%22james%20campbell%22%20%22virginia%20campbell%22&match=1 Woman’s son plays key role in made for tv murder case (3/24) https://www.newspapers.com/image/59250277/?terms=%22james%20and%20virginia%20campbell%22&match=1 December 1985: Girlfriend taped murder confession (12/2) https://www.newspapers.com/image/639087164/?terms=%22james%20and%20virginia%20campbell%22&match=1