Tag: Missing in the Carolinas

Episode 165-End-of-Year Review

For the second year in a row, I released weekly episodes with a few exceptions. Because this podcast has been running for five years now, I decided to repurpose older content about once a month and release it as part of the regular schedule. For example, I’ve shared various folklore and stories of ghostly apparitions in the south over the years, usually in the fall. This past October, I pulled together several of those segments into an...

Episode 164-The Abduction and Murder of Peg Cuttino in South Carolina

Margaret “Peg” Cuttino was born and raised in Sumter County, South Carolina. She was the daughter of South Carolina state senator James Cuttino, a democrat. Peg was 13 years old and an eighth grader at Alice Drive Junior High School. She played on the school’s varsity basketball team. Peg had grown up campaigning for her father and sang in her church’s youth choir. On December 18, 1970, she left her home to walk to the nearby...

Episode 163-Interview with Stephanie Tinsley, Host/Creator of “Everything They Missed”

While Tennessee native Stephanie Tinsley has always been a fan of true crime, she never expected to make the career pivot into podcaster. After her family became part of a national murder trial in South Carolina, she wondered how she could make a difference in the justice system. Her podcast, "Everything They Missed," explores a case from Memphis, where an innocent man may be sitting in prison for a crime he didn't commit. Check out...

Episode 162-Interview with Dick Harpootlian, Author of “Dig Me a Grave”

If the name Dick Harpootlian sounds familiar to you, it's probably because he was involved in one of the most high-profile murder cases in the past 20 years. He was one of Alex Murdaugh's defense attorneys in South Carolina, and represented Alex during his trial in 2023. One of the most notorious criminals Harpootlian ever crossed paths with was a man named Pee Wee Gaskins, a South Carolina man who was known to have murdered over a dozen...

Episode 161-Missing in November

I first talked about the disappearance of Jeffrey Mays and Ted Wallin Episode 120. On November 13, 1980, 21-year-old Harold Jeffrey Mays, who went by Jeffrey, boarded his boat, the Sea Ox, with a friend, 21-year-old Ted Wall, off Cape Hatteras in North Carolina. Jeffrey had grown up in Pennsylvania, the son of a father who ran a successful photocopy business in the 1970s. Eventually, the family sold the business, and they reinvested that money...

Episode 160-Todd Kohlhepp’s Crimes in South Carolina

In 2016, a South Carolina couple went missing and their families knew something was wrong, especially when their Facebook accounts seemed to remain active. With the use of their cell phone data, investigators quickly zeroed in on the last location the man and woman had visited, and what they found there was terrifying. But not only that—the discovery on that November day in 2016 unraveled the mystery of a local quadruple-homicide that taken...

Episode 159-The Murder of Michelle Young in Raleigh

The Enchanted Oaks subdivision in Raleigh lived up to its name, with traditional-style homes, tree-lined streets with lampposts, and basketball hoops in driveways, like something you’d see out of a sit-com or family movie. But on November 3, 2006, that neighborhood’s quiet existence was shattered when residents noticed a police presence at 5108 Birchleaf Drive. They knew the two-story brick home was occupied by Michelle and Jason Young, two...

Episode 158-The Murder of Dr. Joe Smith in Lancaster, S.C.

51-year-old Dr. Joe Smith was a fixture around the Lancaster, South Carolina community for many years. He had a practice as a general practitioner, worked as the jail physician for Chester County and the city, and the assistant coroner for Lancaster County. He’d grown up in Anderson, where his father was employed by Swift and Company. After graduating from high school, he joined the military. After a tour of duty, he entered medical school....

Episode 157-Stories of Spirits from the Carolinas

Renee discusses origin stories from Carolina folklore, whether or not places can hold onto spiritual energy, and why so many universities seem to be haunted. Episodes Mentioned: Ep. 16-Ghostly Tales from the Carolinas Ep. 22-Two True Tales from the Carolinas Ep. 31-Where Are the Children?