Author Harper Lee, who wrote ''To Kill a Mockingbird,'' is pictured at the Stage Coach Cafe in Stockton, Ala., in August 2001.

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The Rev. Willie Maxwell

Tom Radney with Robert and Vera Burns

Lawyer Tom Radney, left, leaving an arraignment hearing in Alexander City, Alabama, in 1977 with Robert Burns, who was accused of killing the Rev. Willie Maxwell. At right is Burns' wife, Vera. (The Alexander City Outlook)

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Harper Lee’s investigation into Reverend Willie Maxwell

1. “Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud and the Last Trial of Harper Lee” by Casey Cep

2. “Harper Lee & Murderer Willie Maxwell w/ Casey Cep” (Most Notorious podcast) 2022

3. “Harper Lee’s Abandoned True-Crime Novel” by Casey Cep (New Yorker) 2015

4. “'Furious Hours' Tells the Tale Of Harper Lee And Her Unfinished Work” by Ilana Masad (NPR) 2019

5. “The real story behind Harper Lee’s lost true crime book” by Casey Cep (The Guardian) 2019

6. The Mystery Behind Harper Lee's Lost True Crime Book” by Camille Leblanc (Crime Reads) 2019

7. “Voodoo vs. Hoodoo: Are They Really That Different?” (Cultures of West Africa) 2024

8. “Alabamian Is Acquitted in Slaying Of Suspect in a Series of Deaths” (New York Times) 1977

9. “The Hidden Harper Lee” by Casey Cep (The Paris Review) 2019

10. “Review of “Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee” by Casey Cep” by Andrew Toler (Alabama Law/Unviersity of Alabam) 2020

11. “Furious Hours” by Daniel D. Skwire (Contingencies / America Academy of Actuaries)

12. “Readers gain insight into enigmatic Harper Lee with new book, ‘Furious Hours’” by Mary Colurso (AL.com) 2019

13. “Vodou” (Britannica)

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