Southern True Crime Episodes
Aug. 22, 2023
27. Poor Naomi Wise
Naomi (Omie) Wise was an orphan girl. She fell in love with a young gentleman named Johnathan Lewis. Naomi found out she was pregnant. When she told Lewis, he told her to meet him that night so they could run away and get ...
June 29, 2023
19. Bloody Edgar Watson
In 1910, a mob of angry Floridians gathered at Smallwood store in Chokoloskee. They gunned down their neighbor, a plantation owner named Edgar Watson. He was a suspected and feared serial killer. Want to support us? Go to h...
May 25, 2023
15. Brenda Holland: The Outer Banks Murder
In the summer of 1967, on a small island off the coast of NC a young intern at the outdoor drama, The Lost Colony, vanished. Nineteen year old Brenda Holland's body was found five days later in the Albemarle Sound. The suspec...
March 30, 2023
11. North Carolina: Legend of Tom Dooley
One morning in May 1866, just before daybreak Laura Foster quietly left her home with a bundle of clothes and her father's horse. She was going to rendezvous with her beau, Tom Dooley. Rumor had it they were going to run off ...
March 16, 2023
10. Alabama Snake Preacher
An Appalachian, snake handling preacher named Glenn Summerford tried to murder his wife using a rattlesnake as his weapon. Or did he? Music: "Hard Times" By Isaiah Hildreth Male Narrator : Curtis Hildreth Sources: Salvation ...
Jan. 19, 2023
6. Bloody Woolfolk
In Bibb county Georgia on August 6, 1887 a prominent farmer, Captain Richard Woolfolk and eight members of his family were axed to death as they lay sleeping. The Woolfolk murders would be known as the bloodiest mass murder ...
Jan. 5, 2023
5. Velma Barfield / Death Row Granny Pt.2
Velma Barfield had America torn between justice and mercy. Was she a repentant murderer or an unrelenting master-manipulator? Send us a text Support the show hardtimesandtruecrimes.com buymeacoffee.com/hardtimesTC
Jan. 5, 2023
4. Velma Barfield / Death Row Granny- Pt 1
Velma Barfield was a beloved mother, grandmother and Sunday school teacher. She was also a master manipulator and serial killer. Send us a text Support the show hardtimesandtruecrimes.com buymeacoffee.com/hardtimesTC
Dec. 22, 2022
2. The Fogleman Murders: Liberty, North Carolina
An elderly couple is murdered in their home in a small town in North Carolina. Who would've believed that a man who played Santa in the town's Christmas parade would end up being the main suspect? Send us a text Support the s...
Nov. 18, 2022
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