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Serial killers are the folklore monsters of the media age. And to hear him tell it, Henry Lee Lucas was the most monstrous of them all. After his arrest in 1983 on a weapons charge, the one-eyed drifter startled Texas police by confessing to scores of aimless murders in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Master Of Cant and Recant | 1/12/1987 | See Source »

When his 18-month talkfest stopped, there were estimates that Lucas had committed as many as 600 killings. He was convicted in ten. Then suddenly, in early 1985, he started to take it all back. No doubt to his delight, that has created a monumental legal quagmire, which got deeper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Master Of Cant and Recant | 1/12/1987 | See Source »

The collapse of the Apodaca case, following a prolonged pretrial hearing, "puts in doubt the prosecution of Lucas on any case based on a confession," contends his co-counsel Rod Ponton. That could include not only previous convictions, which Lucas now wants to fight, but also some 20 pending charges...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Master Of Cant and Recant | 1/12/1987 | See Source »

THE DEADEST DUCK George Lucas' $40 million Howard the Duck as it sank into box-office oblivion, proving that even the empire can strike out.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Most of '86 | 1/5/1987 | See Source »

In his new film Murphy is discovered -- promisingly -- as a tracer of lost children in low-life Los Angeles. But he is immediately hired by an oriental religious cult to find the golden child of the title, their missing messiah who they believe will bring peace to this tired, troubled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Lost Star the Golden Child | 12/22/1986 | See Source »

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