<div>In December 1997, the quiet town of Santa Claus, Georgia was shaken by a heartbreaking tragedy. 20-year-old Jerry Scott Heidler broke into the Daniels family home, taking the lives of four loved ones and kidnapping three children.⁣<br>⁣<br>This week, we’re sharing the story behind the case known as <em>The Santa Claus Murders</em>—a devastating event that left a lasting impact on the community and sparked a statewide investigation.⁣<br><br></div>

In December 1997, the quiet town of Santa Claus, Georgia was shaken by a heartbreaking tragedy. 20-year-old Jerry Scott Heidler broke into the Daniels family home, taking the lives of four loved ones and kidnapping three children.⁣ ⁣ This week, we’re sharing the story behind the case known as The Santa Claus Murders—a devastating event that left a lasting impact on the community and sparked a statewide investigation.⁣

In December 1997, the quiet town of Santa Claus, Georgia was shaken by a heartbreaking tragedy. 20-year-old Jerry Scott Heidler broke into the Daniels family home, taking the lives of four loved ones and kidnapping three children.⁣<br>⁣<br>This week, we’re sharing the story behind the case known as <em>The Santa Claus Murders</em>—a devastating event that left a lasting impact on the community and sparked a statewide investigation.⁣<br><br>

76: The Santa Claus murders

<div>In the South, no one talks more than a woman in a hair salon. As hairstylists in Appalachia, we hear it all. From gossip to ghost stories and the kind of true crime that makes you check your locks twice. <br>
We are a Southern True Crime podcast dedicated to sharing exclusively Southern cases and all the Spooky Thangs that lurk in the hollers, bayous, and backroads of the South. From unsolved mysteries to hauntings that will give you chills, we dive deep into the dark side of our region.<br>
Don’t whistle in the woods at night. </div>

True Crime

In the South, no one talks more than a woman in a hair salon. As hairstylists in Appalachia, we hear it all. From gossip to ghost stories and the kind of true crime that makes you check your locks twice. We are a Southern True Crime podcast dedicated to sharing exclusively Southern cases and all the Spooky Thangs that lurk in the hollers, bayous, and backroads of the South. From unsolved mysteries to hauntings that will give you chills, we dive deep into the dark side of our region. Don’t whistle in the woods at night.

In the South, no one talks more than a woman in a hair salon. As hairstylists in Appalachia, we hear it all. From gossip to ghost stories and the kind of true crime that makes you check your locks twice.&nbsp;<br>
We are a Southern True Crime podcast dedicated to sharing exclusively Southern cases and all the Spooky Thangs that lurk in the hollers, bayous, and backroads of the South. From unsolved mysteries to hauntings that will give you chills, we dive deep into the dark side of our region.<br>
Don’t whistle in the woods at night.&nbsp;

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