THERE’S A REASON the Toadies’ 1994 alt-rock hit “Possum Kingdom” remains a classic 30 years on: It has a knockout guitar riff, slamming ensemble playing, impassioned vocals and a ghoulish lyric about a murderer who haunted Possum Kingdom Lake in North Texas in search of a woman to take as his bride. As the song explains, one night the killer found his victim, and horror ensued.
There’s just one caveat.
“It was complete
