Reaper Tales

This week the Gals tell each other about a local swamp cryptid. If you listen carefully you'll hear Montana's soul leave her body mid episode when an intruder enters her home. This episode is smelly and slimy friends so be prepared. Resources:https://original.newsbreak.com/@abby-joseph-1591107/2959455897651-remarkable-footage-florida-skunk-ape-allegedly-captured-on-camerahttps://www.bfro.net/GDB/show_report.asp?id=44837https://www.westpalmbeach.com/the-skunk-ape/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skunk_ape#cite_note-25https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lizard_Man_of_Scape_Ore_Swamphttps://discoversouthcarolina.com/articles/beware-the-lizard-manhttps://www.southcarolinapublicradio.org/sc-news/2018-06-15/30-years-later-the-legend-of-the-lizard-man-lives-on-in-bishopvillehttps://www.scetv.org/stories/2022/lizard-man-bishopville-south-spookyhttps://www.cnn.com/2015/08/04/us/south-carolina-lizard-man-feat/index.html

This week Samantha tells Montana about one of the worst mass killings in Mobile county history. The story is loaded with hot topics to say the least. This is a case of a clear perpetrator, but the excuses/explanations provided are sure to cause all kinds of feelings... they sure did for the gals.

Resources:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/derrick-dearman-suspect-in-gruesome-alabama-murder-of-5-offers-explanation/

https://www.al.com/news/mobile/2018/10/derrick_dearman_to_face_final.html

https://www.al.com/news/mobile/2018/09/derrick_dearman_found_guilty_o.html

https://www.wkrg.com/true-crime/derrick-dearman-man-murders-6-people-in-citronelle-with-an-axe/

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3753069/I-woke-holding-knife-throat-bed-baby-Ex-wife-Alabama-man-murdered-five-beds-kidnapping-estranged-girlfriend-describes-horrific-temper.html

https://www.wdhn.com/news/derrick-dearman-charged-in-citronelle-quintuple-murder-asks-to-visit-crime-scene-trial-date-set/

https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2016/oct/17/hearing-new-details-emerge-about-gun-and-ax-slayin/

https://www.wvtm13.com/article/video-california-residents-trapped-by-walls-of-snow/43202429

This week the gals tell each other about odd and spooky occurrences from their area. Some how aliens and Mary Magdalena play a roll in all of this. Not to mention a ghost trying to get a very weird leg workout in the afterlife.

Resources:

https://www.exploresouthernhistory.com/sketoe.html

https://www.themoonlitroad.com/ghost-bill-sketoes-hole/

https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/alabama/sketoes-hole-al/

https://styleblueprint.com/birmingham/everyday/12-haunted-places-alabama/

https://www.wral.com/no-human-knows-devil-s-tramping-ground-legend-predates-founding-of-the-united-states/20699351/

https://northcarolinaghosts.com/piedmont/devils-tramping-ground/scary-truth/

https://magdalenahealing.com/about/

https://www.moleopedia.com/the-devils-tramping-ground-magdalena-energy/

https://greensboro.com/my-night-with-the-devil-a-reporter-makes-it-back-from-a-night-on-the/article_7b0d519b-d37e-5d86-91f9-9b6a1e85feb2.html

https://trippingonlegends.com/2018/02/03/travel-log-the-devils-tramping-ground/

https://www.ncpedia.org/devils-tramping-ground

The Gals are back after a week off from moving and exploding bladders! This week Montana tells Samantha about the legends surrounding Payne road.... or is it Edwards road? Who knows?

Resources:

https://original.newsbreak.com/@travel-maven-561551/2768369514769-one-of-the-most-haunted-roads-in-america-is-located-here-in-north-carolina

https://capefearnn.com/2020/05/04/the-legend-of-payne-road/

https://americanghoststories.com/southern-ghost-stories/payne-road-rural-hall-nc

https://www.southernspiritguide.org/just-whistling-dixie-rural-hall-north-carolina/

https://northcarolinaroom.wordpress.com/2015/10/29/the-legend-of-payne-road/

https://law.justia.com/cases/north-carolina/supreme-court/1996/139a94-0.html

Book: Ghost Stories of North Carolina By Edrick Thay

This week, Samantha tells Montana about Daniel Lee Siebert. If you need a plushie to help get you through this episode, we won’t judge. Montana had her happy/angry octopus handy to help her cope during this recording.

https://murderpedia.org/male.S/s/siebert-daniel.htm

https://medium.com/@writermsmith/daniel-lee-siebert-an-alabama-serial-killer-125c2571dfcf

http://serialkillersink.net/skistore/index.php?seo_path=daniel-siebert-extremely-graphic-handwritten-letter-and-envelope-deceased.html

https://www.peacocktv.com/watch-online/tv/worlds-most-evil-killers/6899149153586402112/seasons/4/episodes/daniel-lee-siebert-episode-7/49926efc-5a0d-3228-b9b5-38b9cccbe78a

https://www.truecrimeauctionhouse.com/artwork/siebertart0101

https://www.cjlf.org/files/Siebert/SiebertStTrialCtOpn.pdf

https://www.documentingreality.com/forum/f10/daniel-lee-siebert-serial-killer-90840/

https://caselaw.findlaw.com/al-court-of-criminal-appeals/1474292.html

https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca11/07-14956/200714956-2011-02-28.html

http://hyaenagallery.com/truecrime/siebert.html

This week the Gals tell each other about a different unsolved valentines tragedy. While both cases have a great suspect, there is no evidence to convict in either. This wasn't planned on our part.

Resources:

https://people.com/crime/shemethia-coteat-stanton-alabama-mom-fatally-shot/

https://www.al.com/news/2021/10/a-murdered-alabama-womans-wedding-ring-was-sold-at-auction-the-missouri-man-who-bought-it-wont-sell-to-her-grieving-husband.html

https://abc3340.com/news/local/hoover-police-offer-reward-for-info-about-valentines-day-murder-of-shemethia-coteat

https://www.wvtm13.com/article/hoover-murder-shemethia-tynise-coteat-reward/40576296

Book – North Carolina Murder & Mayhem by Rick Jackson

https://www.cbs17.com/news/local-news/durham-county-news/couples-abduction-torture-murder-remains-a-valentines-day-mystery-in-durham-almost-4-decades-later/

https://www.newsoforange.com/news/article_b9e5fb30-377c-11e8-89de-2f9c73bd334f.html

https://www.wral.com/new-test-fails-to-find-enough-dna-to-close-orange-county-cold-case/17626847/

https://orangecountync.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=61&ARC=100

https://www.websleuths.com/forums/threads/nc-jesse-mcbane-19-patricia-mann-20-durham-12-feb-1971.268138/

https://apnews.com/article/a02d60eb760021bc617a06f5de2826ce

If you know anything about the homicide of Shemethia Coteat, you are asked to call Crime Stoppers at 205-254-7777 or Hoover Police Detective Brad Fountain at 205-444-7562. You can submit an anonymous tip online at www.crimestoppersmetroal.com.

This week Montana tells the bizarre story of the murder of Judy Smith. Boston residents Judy and her husband Jeffrey travel to Philadelphia for a work conference Jeffrey is attending. On their first day there Judy disappears while out sight seeing around the city. Only to show up months later hundreds of miles away murdered in a state park.

Resources:

https://mycitypaper.com/articles/100997/cb.buncombe.shtml

https://mycitypaper.com/articles/071797/article010.shtml

https://mycitypaper.com/articles/100297/cb.smith.shtml

https://unsolved.com/gallery/judy-smith/

https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Judith_Smith

https://journalnews.com.ph/the-strange-disappearance-and-death-of-judy-smith/