In 2017, an uncharacteristically polite bank robber pulled a heist in Simpsonville in broad daylight. He wore no mask and even wished the bank employees a good day as he exited. Almost instanly, he was recognized by law enforcement officers and friends throughout the upstate.
In this episode we delve into the physiology of the brain's frontal lobe and explore why and how a once "pillar of the community" transformed into a bank robber.

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https://ground.news/article/solicitors-office-former-sc-police-chief-sentenced-for-2019-bank-robbery#

https://www.postandcourier.com/myrtle-beach/news/former-sc-police-chief-pleads-guilty-to-robbing-pawleys-island-bank-his-second-bank-heist/article_a07d660c-10df-11ec-b879-df8ded7a21e7.html

https://williamstonsc.us/history/
https://www.postandcourier.com/news/he-was-a-revered-south-carolina-police-chief-then-he-robbed-a-bank/article_b7d92d44-a765-11e9-8e01-6f701ee6a014.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/12/us/south-carolina-police-chief-bank-robbery.html

In the Spring of 2018, a young father went inexplicably missing in Sumter County. It took law enforcement a lot of decipering, questioning, and searching due to the ammount of people involved. Finally, fingers started pointing and people starting talking after a fisherman had an unexpected catch in Lake Marion.

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A school resource officer prided himself in being a mentor and role model to children in and outside of school. What the public didn't know was that he lived a double life and he was surrounding himself with prey. When his plan and deeds were exposed, he turned desperate and deadly.


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The Hunt with John Walsh Season 2 Episode 3.

https://www.live5news.com/story/31485316/after-11-years-us-marshals-still-looking-for-ex-charleston-cop-accused-of-killing-wife/?outputType=amp

https://www.postandcourier.com/news/ex-charleston-cop-dan-hiers-on-lam-for-17-years-removed-from-most-wanted-list/article_b5ee44ca-38d4-11ed-aa9a-537b5e9c6424.html


https://www.insider.com/police-officer-dan-hiers-who-spent-13-years-on-the-run-is-arrested-2018-9?amp


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pwvlSaDrvUs


https://www.wistv.com/story/4082720/hiers-case-to-be-featured-on-americas-most-wanted/

https://amp.thestate.com/latest-news/article218785335.html

In 1979, a well respected doctor and Deputy Coroner in Lancaster unexpectly missed work one Monday morning to the surprise of his staff. Things escalated when he could not be reached the following Tuesday. The upstanding doctor had been brutally murdered in his own bed with no suspects. After over a year of unraveling and building their case, law enforcement finally found their suspect and rocked the Lancaster community.

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The Lancaster News

The Gaffney Ledger

The Charlotte Observer

findagrave.com

Newspapers.com

In 1990, a young Winthrop Graduate was beginning a career that she loved,teaching children. Her kindess and beauty were admired by all, including the monster that would end her life. After suspects began to fall off of investigators' list, they relied on a fairly new scientific method to catch the killer : DNA.

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In 1913, a Confederate veteran and landowner in Blackstock, SC was inexplicably murdered in his home. With nothing more than rumors, hearsay, and the testimony of a known miscreant, four men were sentenced to death. Almost a century later, the case was rexamined by famed relative who fought for justice for the wrongly accussed.

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In 2009, a young Charleston woman was finding her way and becoming established in life. She was overcoming challenges and making her mark on the world as a truly caring individual. But unfortunately, there are people who take advantage of those with a heart of gold and the subject of our story met one of those vultures on a train from D.C. to Charleston. The situation turned grave when the con artist was confronted.

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As the 1990's drew to a close, a man in a white van unabashedly approached young attractive women in Aiken and Augusta parking lots. His pitch was simple; pose for a few photos and he would pay them. What he had in mind for the subjects of his photographs was more depraved than one could ever imagine.


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The Augusta ChronicleTuesday, January 27, 2004

Rivera gets long termTempers flare; judge gives maximum penaltyBy Sandy Hodson - The Augusta ChronicleThursday, February 12, 2004


https://www.wrdw.com/content/news/20-year-old-slaying-of-Tiffaney-Wilson-gets-Investigation-Discovery-treatment-508266411.html

Southern Fried Homicide Season 2 Episode 6

In the very recent past, the Traveler's Rest community became alarmed when a beloved 81 year old bail bondswoman went missing. Several inconclusive clues came up before law enforcement officers could piece them together. When the clues led them north of the state line, that's when they were really horrified.

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In 1955, a caretaker for an elderly couple found them bludgeoned and beaten inside their home. The lone survivor would be the key to finding whomever could commit such a crime.

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Small Town Slayings in South Carolina by Lt. Rita Y. Shuler