Real Oklahoma Outlaws

The true story of the Justice & Davis Crime families

“No more worries for the mother of a man hell-bent on a life of crime — Nellie’s baby was back in his hometown for keeps. On the visits to her son’s grave, his loyal mother would have plenty of time to reflect on the empty promises she had made to the juvenile court — that she would keep Glen out of any more trouble.”

Kathyrn

The True Story of Machine Gun Kelly's Wife

It was in 1933 that Charles Urschel, an Oklahoma City multimillionaire oilman, was kidnapped. The manhunt for the kidnappers became fodder for newspapers nationwide. For ninety days relentless newsmen stayed on top of the biggest crime story and manhunt in the nation’s history.

A Requiem For Judith

Shortly after midnight, Echo Henderson and her boyfriend Jerry Carroll returned from a date. The gruesome scene the pair discovered would shock a city and lead detectives on an enigmatic mission to find and bring to justice the heartless perpetrator. This is the true story of that investigation.

A background drawing on lived experience

After serving in the U.S. Navy, Richard worked a variety of jobs including in the oil fields as a roughneck in the scorching sun and in freezing Oklahoma weather. In 1964 a recruiter from the Oklahoma City Police Department came to Tulsa, Oklahoma providing testing for needed new recruits. Richard passed the test to became a proud member of the department that fall. His career began riding the downtown streets of OKC in a scout car. Within four years he was promoted to Detective. He would go on to serve 21 years rising to the rank the of Detective Sergeant in seven years. In the next fourteen years he headed up the first ever Sex Crimes Unit as well as overseeing the Auto Theft and Crime Analysis Units.

From handguns & handcuffs to keyboards & notepads

After retirement from the OKC Police Department Richard was employed as by the state of Oklahoma as the first Environmental Criminal Investigator in Oklahoma State History. Over the years since leaving law enforcement he began to gather research notes and ponder ideas for True Crime books. Using firsthand knowledge of criminal investigation and a number of interviews with survivors and family of the perpetrators and victims of the incidents that interested him, Richard began work on a series of books.

Coming Soon: A true account of a squad car Patrolman in 1960s Oklahoma City

Things back then were very different from the high-tech world of today for the uniformed men who guarded the citizens of a fast growing metropolis. From worn out old patrol cars with standard shifts, no power steering or air conditioning to fist fights with drunks, to low pay and long hours, this was a tough time to be an officer of the law. Fact is often stranger than fiction - so are the real stories of the events in Richard’s time on patrol, before he traded his uniform in for a suit and hidden .38 snub nose.

Praise for Kathryn

"Exercising the same intrepid effort, heart, and discerning detective's eye with which he himself built a career of enduring import as an Oklahoma lawman, Richard Mullins tells the true story of a singular woman–Kathryn Kelly, wife, love, and in many ways creator of the legendary George 'Machine Gun' Kelly. Mullins misses no detail, nor colorful stroke. 'Kathryn' is real American history, with a heartbeat, and real American people, compellingly presented."

John Dwyer
History Professor, Southern Nazarene University

Mullins’ book is an important contribution to Oklahoma law and order history. This well-researched book corrects many of the myths surrounding this Depression era husband and wife outlaw gang. Included are details not previously reported about the life of Kathryn, wife of Machine Gun Kelly.

Dee Cordry
Retired OSBI Agent, Author of Alive if Possible,
Dead if Necessary

Praise For A Requiem For Judith

"Richard Mullins has had his share of real-life investigations, solved crimes and put villains in jail. He is perhaps one of the best investigators and researchers I have met. A Requiem For Judith is a page turner that will keep the reader wanting to find out what happens next in the story—a real world investigation of a heinous crime. For the reader of true crime this book will not disappoint.

Craig Roberts
Tulsa Police Department (Retired)