Tonight on BucklesBerry Lemonade, we step away from true crime and into the quiet, shadowed woods of the American South—where not every voice belongs to who you think it does.

This episode features true paranormal encounters shared by listeners and firsthand witnesses, including:

• A gentle but unsettling ghostly presence in a farmhouse kitchen near Grifton, North Carolina

• A replay of the Appalachian “mimic” encounter, where a voice called from the woods pretending to be someone familiar

• A deeply personal Eastern North Carolina encounter involving a voice that knew the host’s name

• Reports of shadowy figures, unexplained sounds, and call-and-response howls deep in the Southern woods

We also include a bonus replay of our previously released episode, Strange Encounters, featuring additional real-world paranormal stories that listeners continue to talk about.

These aren’t urban legends or folklore.
They’re moments—quiet, strange, and unforgettable—shared by people who swear something followed them home.

If you enjoy true paranormal podcasts, Southern ghost stories, Appalachian encounters, and real unexplained experiences, you’re in the right place.

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He Blamed the Moon: The Williamston Murder That Shocked North CarolinaIn 1960, the murder of 17-year-old Judith Diane Hardison stunned the small town of Williamston, North Carolina — but what followed in court was even more disturbing.In this episode of BucklesBerry Lemonade, Tim breaks down the Jimmie Lee Honeycutt case, a historic North Carolina true crime story that featured one of the strangest defenses ever presented in a courtroom: blaming the crime on the moon.Using verified court records, trial testimony, and contemporary reporting, this episode examines the final hours of Judy Hardison’s life, the discovery at Woodlawn Cemetery, and why the so-called “lunar defense” was ultimately rejected.This is a small-town murder story, grounded in fact — not folklore — and a reminder that violence doesn’t come from superstition, but from human choice. Told in a southern gothic tone If you follow true crime podcasts, southern crime stories, or historic murder cases, this episode belongs in your queue. #podcast #crime #northcarolina

Unsolved True Crime Cases from the South’s Past – Where the Past Doesn’t Rest

From moonlit lovers’ lanes to quiet front porches… and from highways that erase identities to a small Southern town shattered by gunfire—this episode dives deep into four of the most chilling true crime cases in Southern history.

We begin with The Texarkana Moonlight Murders (1946)—the infamous Phantom Killer who stalked couples under cover of darkness, wore a mask, wrote taunting letters, and was never caught.

Then we move to Columbus, Mississippi, where a series of elderly stranglings (1996–1998) turned a quiet town into a place of whispered fear, raising the terrifying possibility that the killer was someone familiar… someone local.

Our noir closer follows The Man in the Suitcase, an unidentified victim found near an interstate in South Carolina in 1968—a traveler erased by highways, anonymity, and time.

And finally, we return to North Carolina for the 1933 Taylorsville Bank Robbery, a failed heist at the Merchants & Farmers Bank that left a beloved cashier dead, a town traumatized, and three members of the same family executed—one of the most tragic and shocking crimes in state history.

These are not just stories of violence—but stories of place, silence, and what happens when justice never comes.

If you enjoy unsolved true crime, Southern mysteries, historical cold cases, and stories where the past refuses to stay buried, this episode is for you.#podcast #TrueCrime #subscribe

North Carolina’s Missing: The Last Ordinary Day

Five people. Five separate disappearances. One shared truth:
each of them woke up to what should have been an ordinary day — and were never seen again.

In this episode of North Carolina’s Missing, we examine five unresolved missing persons cases from across the state, spanning different years, counties, and circumstances — yet all bound together by unanswered questions and lives left in limbo.

Cases covered in this episode:

• Rossana Miliani

• Douglas Eugene Dayton

• Darrell Todd Barham

• Wayma Lynn White

• Ronnie Dean Royal

• Kevin Perry Fields

Each name represents a story interrupted — a final confirmed sighting, a last phone call, a routine errand, or a moment that, at the time, seemed insignificant. These are not legends or folklore. These are real people from North Carolina whose absences still echo through families, communities, and case files.

This episode focuses on:

• Verified timelines and last-known movements

• What investigators know — and what they still don’t

• Patterns, inconsistencies, and lingering questions

• Why some cases fade from headlines while others endure

We avoid speculation and sensationalism, choosing instead to honor the facts, the missing, and the families still waiting for answers.

If you have any information related to these cases, no matter how small it may seem, please consider contacting local law enforcement or submitting a tip through appropriate channels. Sometimes the smallest detail is the one that matters most.

Because every missing person deserves to be remembered.
And every last ordinary day deserves to be understood.

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"Pull up a chair and pour a glass of tea—tonight, we’re traveling from the Blue Ridge peaks to the salt spray of the Outer Banks to uncover 7 of North Carolina's most enduring mysteries."

In this special "Shadow Side" anthology, we explore the legends that live in the gaps of history. We lead with our anchor story, The Pactolus Light. Journey back to 1910 to hear the tragic tale of Edwin Cox and a promise that death couldn't break—then hear a modern, firsthand account from 2004 that proves this light is still searching the tracks today.

The Full Lineup Includes:

• The Moon-Eyed People: The ancient, nocturnal race that called the mountains home long before the maps were drawn.

• The Hunter of the High Country: A turn-of-the-century mystery of a seasoned woodsman who went into the brush and never came out. Was he the hunter... or the one being hunted?

• The Beast of Bladenboro: The 1954 "vampire" predator that left a trail of bloodless victims and a town in total lockdown.

• The Goatman of Nags Head: The chilling coastal legend that has haunted the dunes for generations.

• The Ghost Ship Carroll A. Deering: The five-masted schooner found abandoned on the Diamond Shoals with dinner still warm on the table.

• The Grey Man of Hatteras: The spectral sentinel who appears as a final warning before the great hurricanes hit.

From the high country to the coast, these are the stories that the North Carolina soil refuses to forget. #podcast #urbanlegends #folklore #scary

Welcome to this episode-TRACES, PLACES, AND CASES: Where the Clues Don't Add Up!

In this special, high-octane episode, we break down three of the most bizarre and frustrating UNSOLVED mysteries in American history, proving that the truth is often hidden in the last place you look—or in the clues that make the least sense.

We investigate:

The mystery of Brandon Lawson starts and ends with a chilling, garbled 911 call. We analyze the audio that captured his final, terrifying moments on a desolate highway. What did Brandon see that night in Texas? Why did his brother, Kyle, miss him by mere minutes, and how did a suspected homicide remain unsolved after his body was identified 11 years later? A true missing person nightmare.

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75-year-old Ruby Akers vanished without a trace from a nursing home while recovering from a minor injury. She left behind her eyeglasses and dentures—items she couldn't live without. We discuss the shocking, anonymous tip that suggests Ruby didn't walk away, but was accidentally killed and hidden in a deadly cover-up involving a powerful drug, Thorazine. A baffling Texas cold case.

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A century-old murder that remains one of the greatest unsolved homicides in US history. An Episcopal priest and his choir mistress are found murdered and posed under a crab apple tree. We explore the central trace—the damning love letters—and the way high society wealth and influence shielded the main suspects from justice. It was the original tabloid true crime circus of the Roaring Twenties.

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1. The Vanishing of Brandon Lawson (West Texas, 2013)2. The Disappearance of Ruby Akers (Sherman, Texas, 1986)3. The Hall-Mills Family Murders (New Jersey, 1922)#podcast #crime #subscribe

Three victims. Three graveyards. Three stories the stones refused to bury.
In this Southern Gothic true-crime episode of Bucklesberry Lemonade, Tim takes you deep into the chilling cases of:

William Deshawn Hamilton — The Cemetery Child of DeKalb County
Curry Spivey — The 15-Year-Old Found in a New Bern Cemetery
Margaret Fetterolf — The Woodlawn Jane Doe Identified After 45 Years

Each case began in a cemetery—or ended in one—and every story carries its own haunting secrets, DNA twists, and unanswered questions.
From Georgia’s backwoods to Alabama’s red clay to North Carolina’s moss-covered headstones, these unsolved murders show how the dead sometimes hold the loudest truths.

If you’re drawn to:
• Southern Gothic true crime
• Cold cases cracked by DNA
• Cemeteries with dark histories
• Unsolved homicides with eerie patterns

…then this episode is for you.

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Four Florida women vanished under hauntingly strange circumstances — Jeana Burrus, Cindy Rogers, Susan Basile, and Gail Joiner. In this Southern-Gothic true crime deep dive, we uncover the clues, the theories, and the secrets the pines still keep.

NEW EPISODE: 50 States, 50+ Strange Unsolved True Crime Cases + BONUS STORY — The Tale of Two Irenes
Dive into one of our most ambitious true crime episodes yet. We explore every U.S. state, uncovering mysterious unsolved homicides, chilling missing persons cases, and the strange patterns that still haunt investigators decades later.

From small-town vanishings to cases with eerie coincidences, this episode is packed with the unknown, the unexplainable, and the unforgettable.

BONUS SEGMENT — The Tale of Two Irenes
Two women.
Two murders.
Decades apart.
Separated by over a thousand miles…
Yet both victims shared the exact same name — Irene Wilson, and both were killed in disturbingly similar ways.
Is it coincidence… or something darker?What You’ll Hear in This Episode:

• 50+ unsolved cases across the United States
• Chilling cold cases from 1976-1986
• Missing persons mysteries still wide open
• Unsettling patterns that cross time and geography
• The bizarre double-case of Irene Wilson

If you love strange, unsolved, dark-corner true crime—this episode is for you.

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A chilling 20-year pattern of disappearances and death in East Lumberton, NC — a killer who may still walk free.#TrueCrime #UnsolvedMystery #Lumberton #NorthCarolina #BucklesBerryLemonade #Podcast