Southern Fried True Crime

The Christmas Eve murder of a beloved bartender and manager of a gay nightclub in Houma, Louisiana. Hate crime or robbery? Or maybe both.

Sources: https://www.southernfriedtruecrime.com/36-the-murder-of-robert-lecompte

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In 1997, in the tiny town of Santa Claus, Georgia, a former foster child returned to the loving family who had taken him in. Jerry Scott Heidler destroyed their family and almost destroyed the “town who loves children.”

Sources: https://www.southernfriedtruecrime.com/35-santa-claus-georgia

Suggested Reading: Fear Came to Town: The Santa Claus, Georgia Murders

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In 1992, A young mother in Atlanta was in a loveless marriage. Her husband was a criminal. She wanted to leave, but he had too many legal connections and kept complete control of their money. When she decided to prove what he was, he had her shot to death in front of their two little boys.

Sources: https://www.southernfriedtruecrime.com/34-the-execution-of-sara-ambrusko-tokars

Special Thanks to listeners Sara Lindsey and John Williams who suggested today’s case.

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In 1974, a feisty, outspoken woman in St. Augustine, FL became embroiled in a ridiculous feud with her neighbors, one that went public and turned most of the old city against her. Then she was brutally murdered with a machete on her own front porch, in broad daylight. And her murderer was set free.

Sources: https://www.southernfriedtruecrime.com/33-an-inconvenient-woman

If you're interested in reading more about this fascinating and infuriating case, please check out "Murder in St. Augustine: The Mysterious Death of Athalia Ponsell Lindsley" by Elizabeth Randall:

Special thanks to Southern Fried listener, Chadwick, for suggesting this case.

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Corpsewood Manor in Northern Georgia is an infamous haunted tourist attraction. And many believe it is cursed. Either by the ghosts of the men murdered there, or by a more mysterious and evil entity.

Sources: https://www.southernfriedtruecrime.com/32-the-corpsewood-manor-murders

Reading recommendation: The Corpsewood Manor Murders of North Georgia by Amy Petulla

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Double jeopardy protects our citizens from malicious prosecution. But every now and then, the good guys lose. And the bad guy benefits from this protection we all enjoy. The Brenda Schaefer case is an extreme example of dedicated police work and earnest prosecution still losing to abject evil.

Sources: https://www.southernfriedtruecrime.com/31-justice-denied

Special thank you to author Bob Hill. His book, Double Jeopardy, was an incredible resource in researching this case.

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In August of 2017, Hurricane Harvey was bearing down on the gulf coast and a beautiful mother of two vanishes. In the days that followed, Baytown, Texas had to contend with historic rainfall and flooding while searching for Crystal McDowell. But if it wasn't for the storm, her murderer would probably have gotten away with it.

Sources: https://www.southernfriedtruecrime.com/30-the-disappearance-of-crystal-mcdowell

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The conclusion to the Narcissistic Family Annihilator, Jeffrey MacDonald. MacDonald is a brutal and cold murderer that destroyed his family to save himself and in doing so, brought family annihilators into the public consciousness.

Sources: https://www.southernfriedtruecrime.com/28-29-jeffrey-macdonald

Key:
A – Colette MacDonald
B – Jeffrey MacDonald
AB – Kimberley MacDonald
O – Kristen MacDonald

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There are some murders that are so intrinsically shocking that we all become obsessed. Known as the family annihilator, these horrific cases dominate our news and social media. This is the historic case of one of the most infamous monsters who destroy their families: Jeffrey MacDonald.

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The 1980’s were the beginning of a sea change in politics and drug culture in the United States. Listen to this tale of how a cocaine, corruption, a double murder, and a dead patsy trumped justice in one Ozark town.

Sources: https://www.southernfriedtruecrime.com/27-murder-in-the-ozarks

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