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Erica Kelley is a native Tennessean exploring historical and contemporary true crime in the South. S

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Today's episode is a "best of October" Southern Fried is from 2022, 167: The Murder of Fred JablinDr

The last time anyone saw 49-year-old Emily Anderson was December 29, 2005. As husband, Jerry Anderso

Texas is known for being tough on crime and those who commit it. Or at least the ones who get caught

On September 1, 2016, 52-year-old Rhonda Oakley was due home from a business trip. Only gone one nig

In the dark morning hours of September 11th 1991, in the small town of Jasper Alabama, a couple name

In the wee hours of September 11, 1991, Earl and Carrie Lawson were awoken by an urgent phone call f

In May of 1993, 18-year-old student Charlotte Childs was eagerly anticipating her high school gradua

For nearly a decade, the Wellnitz family murders haunted the small town of Columbia, Kentucky. The t

Parents have to trust caregivers. It’s just a fact of life. Often we feel more comfortable with a fa

Nancy Brophy fills her novels with romantic betrayals and murder. It’s a far cry from her quiet life

After Laura Ackerson lost full custody of her sons, she was heartbroken, but she sprang into action.

27-year-old Laura Jean Ackerson had a really tough start in life. The single mother of two worked ha

In December of 2003, 23-year-old Bart Whitaker had just finished his finals and was about to graduat

On May 22 1992, Betty Wilson frantically called 911 from her Huntsville, Alabama home. She found her

Late on a Sunday night in September of 2016, Atlanta power couple, Tex and Diane McIver, were drivin

Late on a Sunday night in September of 2016, Atlanta power couple, Tex and Diane McIver, were drivin

When Officer Keith Turner pulled over a car in Moody, Alabama on June 25, 1998, he thought it was a

In November of 1999, 24-year-old Cherica Adams was eight months pregnant when she and the father of

When a charismatic young doctor announces revolutionary treatments for cancer and HIV, patients from

25-year-old Shadow McClaine was 39 days from retiring from the US Army. She’d begun her service in 2