Today we're talking with true crime writer Cathy Pickens about Sam Wodke, a South Carolina criminal who ended up on "Unsolved Mysteries," The Shaw Creek Killer from South Carolina, several mysterious disappearances from the Great Smoky Mountains, the Boone bathtub murders, and the murder of Erin Johnston, the step-daughter of an Appalachian State University professor that took place in China.

To learn more about Cathy's work, including her books, "True Crime Stories of Western North Carolina" and "True Crime Stories of Upstate South Carolina," visit her website at www.cathypickens.com.