Crooked Tree: A West Memphis 3 Podcast
Oct 6, 2026 · 1 hr 56 min · 12 segments
In this pivotal episode of Crooked Tree, forensic geologist and victim advocate Paul Day and criminologist and victim advocate Kristin Rich take a meticulous, slow-crawl look at one of the most…
Paul DayHostKristin RichHostDetective Ridge, I want to direct your attention to May the 10th, 1993.
On that date, did you have a conversation with the defendant, Damien Eccles? Yes, sir.
And approximately what time did you start talking to him? A little bit
before 1154 AM.
All right.
I want to show you what I've marked for identification purposes at station 298 and ask if you can identify that.
Yes, sir, I can.
What is that? That's a copy of a subject description form filled out on that date.
All
right, and where do you get the information to complete that form? From the person being spoken with.
And is that the form you used in this case in regard to Damien Echols? Yes, sir.
Detective Ridge, did you ask him his name? Yes, sir, I did.
All right,
and what did he tell you? He told me his name was Damien Wayne Echols and also known as Michael Wayne Hutchison.
All right.
Did he tell you any alias or nicknames? Yes, sir.
Alias.
He said his nickname was Icky.
And what was his date of birth? 12-11-74.
And where did he live? 2706 South Grove in Broadway Trailer Park, West Memphis.
And what was his height and weight? Five foot eight inches in height, weight 175 pounds.
And what tattoos did he have? He had a tattoo of Domini on his right arm, a cross between his thumb and first finger, an Egyptian ankh, he called it, and a pentagram on his chest, and two earrings in his left ear, one earring in his right ear.
This Egyptian ankh, what does that look like? It's a circle, and it looks like a stick figure with a cross below that.
And what was on
his
Detective Ridge, I want to direct your attention to May the 10th, 1993.
On that date, did you have a conversation with the defendant, Damien Eccles? Yes, sir.
And approximately what time did you start talking to him? A little bit
before 1154 AM.
All right.
I want to show you what I've marked for identification purposes at station 298 and ask if you can identify that.
Yes, sir, I can.
What is that? That's a copy of a subject description form filled out on that date.
All
right, and where do you get the information to complete that form? From the person being spoken with.
And is that the form you used in this case in regard to Damien Echols? Yes, sir.
Detective Ridge, did you ask him his name? Yes, sir, I did.
All right,
and what did he tell you? He told me his name was Damien Wayne Echols and also known as Michael Wayne Hutchison.
All right.
Did he tell you any alias or nicknames? Yes, sir.
Alias.
He said his nickname was Icky.
And what was his date of birth? 12-11-74.
And where did he live? 2706 South Grove in Broadway Trailer Park, West Memphis.
And what was his height and weight? Five foot eight inches in height, weight 175 pounds.
And what tattoos did he have? He had a tattoo of Domini on his right arm, a cross between his thumb and first finger, an Egyptian ankh, he called it, and a pentagram on his chest, and two earrings in his left ear, one earring in his right ear.
This Egyptian ankh, what does that look like? It's a circle, and it looks like a stick figure with a cross below that.
And what was on
his
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