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Renaissance, Texas

Fantasy and Murder at the World's Biggest RenFaire

Renaissance, Texas: Fantasy and Murder at the World's Biggest RenFaire [Post 1]Listen now | George Coulam wanted to live like a renaissance man. So he bought a Texas town and made it into a fantasyland for his chainmail-wearing fr…

Sep 26

The new season for the King of Texas is about to begin.

Oct 4

The verdict arrives on the murder of Brandon Smith.

Oct 3

Renaissance, Texas: Fantasy and Murder at the World's Biggest RenFaire [7]Listen now | It ain't easy being the Sheriff of Rennie town. Just ask Grimes County's own cowboy, Don Sowell.

Oct 2

How a glassblower from Utah turned a tiny Texas town into Renaissance land.

Oct 1

When Rennies don't play by King George's rules, he sends in the bulldozers.

Sep 30

"Live blow-up dolls" and tankards of ale. At the Texas Renaissance Festival, the Lone Star locals learned to let loose.

Sep 29

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