And we’re back. This episode we’ll be continuing to discuss the life of Dr. King and how it got cut short. Was the right person caught? Was it a conspiracy? What was the aftermath? We’ll delve into it. Important Links: Audience Survey Episode Page NamUs #UP52531 Episode Sources: 1968 Memphis, TN Memphis Riots of 1866 Martin Luther King Jr. – Biography. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2020. From Nobel Lectures, Peace 1951-1970, Editor Frederick W. Haberman, Elsevier Publishing Company, Amsterdam, 1972 Martin Luther King Jr - History.com article by History.com Editors (November 9, 2009). Rosa Par ..read more

This episode we’ll be talking about the amazing young life of Dr. King that ultimately led to his murder. We’ll also discuss the Civil Rights movement of the past and how it parallels what we’re still seeing to this very day. Important Links: Audience Survey Episode Page Episode Sources: 1968 Memphis, TN Memphis Riots of 1866 Martin Luther King Jr. – Biography. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2020. From Nobel Lectures, Peace 1951-1970, Editor Frederick W. Haberman, Elsevier Publishing Company, Amsterdam, 1972 Martin Luther King Jr - History.com article by History.com Editors (November 9, 2009 ..read more

This episode we’ll be talking about the 2019 shooting at The University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Important Links: Audience Survey Episode Page NamUs #UP58098 Episode Sources: UNCC gunman: I did it to avoid student loan debt - WCNC article by WCNC STaff (September 19, 2019) UNCC: Area in Kennedy Hall where deadly shooting occurred won’t be used in upcoming school year - WCNC article by WCNC STaff (May 30, 2019) ‘May he rot in hell’: Sentence for UNC Charlotte gunman splits victims, prosecutors - Charlotte Observer article by Joe Marusak, Fred Clasen-Kelly, Anna Douglas, and Théoden Janes ..read more

What were you doing at the age of 23? Some of us had just graduated college and finding our way into adulthood. Some of us were preparing to walk down the aisle. If you’re Jeffrey Matthews, you were making plenty of dough in your pizza shop. But it had nothing to do with the pies. Important Links: Audience Survey Episode Page NamUs #UP5315 Episode Sources: United States District Court Middle District of Florida website Man Who Bombed DEA Office Gets Life in Prison Without Parole - AP article (October 1, 1990) Federal Agents: Drug Suspect Threatened DEA Office Bombing - South Florida SunSentine ..read more

In a small town collapsing under the weight of opioid addiction, former magistrate Eugene Crum ran for Sheriff, vowing to clean the streets up. Sheriff Crum became a local hero. But along the way, he made a few enemies. Drugs. Corruption. Murder. Williamson, West Virginia had it all. Important Links: Audience Survey Episode Page NamUs #UP12180 Human remains found by hunters in Harpers Ferry believed to be Hispanic man Episode Sources: Eugene Crum Dead: Mingo County Sheriff Fatally Shot Near West Virginia Courthouse - Huffpost article by Hunter Stuart (April 3, 2013) Mingo Sheriff Eugene Crum s ..read more

Fayette County, Alabama. December 1991. Having just returned home after a trip to church, Bessie got ready for bed and settled in to watch a little TV. Her husband, Minister Bill, began putting together Christmas toys for the grandkids. Then the lights went out… Important Links: Audience Survey Episode Page NamUs #UP13101 Case Updates: Bills murder suspect may need new lawyer - Niagara Gazette article by Rick Pfeiffer (March 29, 2020) Episode Sources: Supreme Court of Alabama. Ex parte Christopher Lee PRICE. (Re Christopher Lee Price v. State). 1970372. Decided: September 04, 1998 Alabama exec ..read more

This episode we’ll be finishing up our two parter on The Zoo Man. We'll talk about his trial and the defense he used to try escaping justice. Audience Survey - https://www.blubrry.com/murder_down_south/survey/ Episode Page - https://www.murderdownsouth.com/podcasts/2020/3/30/episode-41-the-zoo-man-part-2 NamUS Case #UP63541 - https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/63541 Case Updates: https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/crime/chillicothe-missing-women-disappearances-true-crime-podcast-update-investigation/95-3f04f710-eb25-4e5e-9cd6-7c80341967dc The Chillicothe Six: Podcast explores the ..read more

This week we’ll be covering The Zoo Man. A serial abuser turned murderer, Thomas Dee Huskey, preyed upon several women in Knoxville, Tennessee in 1992. Audience Survey - https://www.blubrry.com/murder_down_south/survey/ Episode Page - https://www.murderdownsouth.com/podcasts/2020/3/16/episode-40-the-zoo-man-part-1 Case Updates: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Knoxville,_Tennessee Knoxville, TN Wiki https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1992 1992 Info https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-03-13/sacramento-judge-oks-more-dna-tests-from-golden-state-killer-suspect Sacramento Cou ..read more

September 29, 1984. Best friends Richard Stephenson and Scott Nelson were heading to their schools away football game. But they got a bit lost. They stopped by a restaurant to get directions. And that’s when things took a turn for the worse. Audience Survey - https://www.blubrry.com/murder_down_south/survey/ Episode Page - https://www.murderdownsouth.com/podcasts/2020/2/17/episode-39-the-trinity-murders NamUs #UP75 - https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/75?nav Episode Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Louisville,_Kentucky https://www.onthisday.com/date/1984/ https ..read more

After 20 years of marriage, Gina was unhappy. Instead of getting a divorce, she began having an affair. But, that wasn’t enough for Gina. She wanted her husband out of the picture completely. Audience Survey - https://www.blubrry.com/murder_down_south/survey/ Episode Page - https://www.murderdownsouth.com/podcasts/2020/2/3/episode-38-mario-scramuzza NamUs #UP14679 - https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/14679?nav Episode Sources: https://www.nola.com/news/crime_police/article_7abe99b5-7f66-5490-8742-84e3a0bdfb8d.html Covington murder-for-hire: How it happened - Times-Picayune articl ..read more