The Wicked South

The Wicked South episodes:

• 02.13.2024

  The Best Little Whorehouse in South Carolina

  The Best Little Whorehouse in South Carolina For more than 30 years, Madame Hazel operated the Sunset Lodge, a high-end brothel and the "best-kept" secret in Georgetown, S.C., serving state senators, prominent local officials and even the occasional pastor or...

  
• 02.05.2024

  Headless Horror in Colleton County

  Headless Horror in Colleton County   The remains of a human head were discovered in rural Colleton County this week, and police are searching for the missing body in a bizarre case that has captured media and public attention. But...

  
• 01.24.2024

  “God knocked my socks off” - From Ruin to Rehab and Redemption

  “God knocked my socks off” - From Ruin to Rehab and Redemption   David Carson, once a meth, opiate and heroin addict, was arrested in what was reported as the historic, first-ever meth bust in the tiny town of Hampton,...

  
• 01.20.2024

  How a Mule Kicked Killed 8 People, and a Woman's Sexual Prowess Became World Famous

  How a Mule Kicked Killed 8 People, and a Woman's Sexual Prowess Became World Famous This story has it all: Mules gone bad, women gone wild, a political sex scandal and a high body count. Join the Wicked South crew...

  
• 01.11.2024

  The Most Heated Rivalries & Worst Feuds in History

  There is a lot of competition and even some online feuding surrounding the Murdaugh crime saga and its online true crime community. Some competition and rivalry can be good things, but bitter blood feuds always end tragically. To demonstrate, let’s...

  
• 01.06.2024

  Worst Diets In History

  It’s the new year. That means the feasting of the holidays is behind us, as well as those ten extra pounds on our rear ends. What also means New Year’s Resolutions. Lose weight. Get in shape. Cut back on the...

  
• 12.14.2023

  Moonshine, murder and mayhem: A sneak peek at the new book, Fall of the House of Murdaugh

  Moonshine, murder and mayhem: A sneak peek at the new book, Fall of the House of Murdaugh  Brace yourselves, Wicked South listeners, for a behind-the-scenes, sneak peek into two of the hottest Southern nonfiction books coming out this winter. ...

  
• 12.08.2023

  Torture, Scalping, Pickled Skulls, and the Headless “Toms” of Four Hole Swamp

  Seton, Matt, and Michael travel back in time to when North American rivers ran red with blood to bring you a “potluck” of Native American tales of murder, massacre and betrayal that helped shaped our history here in the Southeast....

  
• 11.22.2023

  Thanksgiving Shooting Death Leads To Questions

  In 2010, Tracey Piotrowski and her husband, James traveled from Florida to spend Thanksgiving with seven family members at the home of Richard and Caroline Santee in Bray’s Island Plantation in SC. Thanksgiving Day on member of the family would...

  
• 11.16.2023

  Modern Day Moonshine Part Two-Born to Bootleg

  Modern Day Moonshine Part Two – Born to Bootleg In the second installment of a two-part series on modern day moonshining and South Carolina's moonshine culture, we welcome two special guests, Trey Boggs, who is a descendant of a bootlegger,...

  
• 11.09.2023

  Modern Day Moonshine Part One - Moonshine Memories with Dr. Kenny Kinsey

  Modern Day Moonshine Part One - Moonshine Memories with Dr. Kenny Kinsey In the first installment of a two-part series on modern day moonshining and South Carolina's moonshine culture, special guest (and one of the star witnesses of the Murdaugh...

  
• 11.02.2023

  Buster Murdaugh and the "Witch Doctor Sheriff"

  For nearly half a century, Randolph "Buster" Murdaugh Jr. was the chief prosecuting officer of a circuit that harbored bootleggers, poachers, rumrunners, and cold-blooded murderers. But the Murdaughs were not the only interesting personalities in the South Carolina Lowcountry. The...

  
• 10.26.2023

  The Murdaugh Wives and the "Real Story" Behind the Mysterious Fake Obituary

  Behind every dynasty are the wives and mothers who helped build it, and the Murdaugh clan is no exception. In this episode of The Wicked South, we introduce you to five generations of Murdaugh women who helped stabilize and ground...

  
• 10.19.2023

  Witchcraft and the "Diabolical Arts"

  Did you know that the last witchcraft-related trial in America was not held in Salem, in South Carolina? The Wicked South Podcast explores the fascinating case of Barbara Powers, a woman accused of practicing "diabolical arts" on a young victim,...

  
• 10.12.2023

  12: The Hills Are Alive...With Moonshine Stories

  The Hills Are Alive... With Moonshine Stories From Buster Murdaugh to Becky Hill, the legacy of bootlegging has touched many families. On this episode of The Wicked South, Matt, Seton and Michael explore the Great Colleton County Whiskey Conspiracy which...

  
• 09.28.2023

  11: Baptists, Bootleggers, and Moonshine Mammas

  Baptists, Bootleggers, and Moonshine Mammas In this episode of The Wicked South Podcast, Kathryn Smith, author of Baptists and Bootleggers andMethodists and Moonshiners, shares tales of shoot-outs and showdowns in gritty, violent locales such as Dark Corner and Hell Hole Swamp. Then storyteller...

  
• 09.21.2023

  Ep 10: Madness and Mystery: The History of the Bull Street Asylums

  Thousands shuffled through those dark doorways each year, from every county in South Carolina. Many were helped, many died, and some had no business being there at all.  In this episode of The Wicked South Podcast, Seton, Matt and Michael...

  
• 08.31.2023

  Ep:9 Buster Murdaugh and the Fairfax Five

  A Black teenager is killed in a shotgun slaying during a racially turbulent time of our S.C. Lowcountry history. It takes four years, a wealthy Yankee do-gooder, and an FBI investigation before five well-known white men, including two public officials,...

  
• 08.24.2023

  Ep 8: From Hampton To Selma-The Civil Rights Crusaders

  From Hampton, S.C. to Selma - The Civil Rights Crusaders From seemingly insignificant small towns like Hampton, South Carolina, to historic landmark locations like Selma, Alabama, crusaders at home and from abroad walked a hostile road of racism and resistance...

  
• 08.10.2023

  Ep 7: The Devils Among Us: Family Annihilators

  The devil has always walked among us, often disguised in the friendly faces of family members, but driven by wild demons: alcohol, drugs, or mental illness. In The Wicked South Podcast Episode 7, Michael, Seton, and Matt study family...

  
• 08.01.2023

  Ep:6 Crooked Cash & Colorful Characters, The Bankers Of Hampton County

  Matt and Michael dive into the fascinating history of banking in Hampton. During the Great Depression, Randolph Murdaugh Sr. prosecuted crooked, corrupt bankers and sent them to prison. Almost a century later, his descendant, Alex Murdaugh, conspired with a...

  
• 07.27.2023

  Ep:5 Randolph Murdaugh Sr & The Case of The Pedophile Preacher

  Matt Harris and Seton Tucker continue to tell the story of the Wicked South. The wicked preacher took the underaged girl under his wing, then fast and prayed until God "sanctioned their union." But lo and behold, a child was born,...

  
• 07.21.2023

  Ep:4 Unrequited Justice: Another Stephen Smith-like case in Hampton County?

  Michael Dewitt, Seton Tucker and Matt Harris bring you another case from the Wicked South. It is a case eerily similar to Stephen Smith's unsolved homicide. Another dead Hampton County teen found in the middle of a H.C. road with...

  
• 07.13.2023

  Ep:3 Trains, Tragedy, and Murdaughs

  Trains and tragedy steam through the history of the Murdaugh dynasty, leaving behind both great fortune and mysterious deaths. Michael, Seton and Matt take a train ride back into history to possibly solve an 83-year old Murdaugh mystery involving the...

  
• 07.06.2023

  Ep 2: The Charlotte Strangler-The One That Got Away

  A wicked man was just passing through the 14th Circuit when he ran afoul of the law. In an ill-advised show of mercy, 14th Circuit Solicitor Randolph Murdaugh III released him, not knowing of his violent past in multiple states. That suspect...

  
• 06.29.2023

  Ep 1: The Wicked South, The History of The Murdaugh Family

  In the first episode of The Wicked South, Seton, Matt and Michael take a dive into the history of the Murdaugh family. Every good family story begins on a bloody battlefield and ends in disgrace in a courtroom -- or...

  
• 06.23.2023

  Trailer: The Wicked South

  We are thrilled to team up with journalist and gifted story teller, Michael DeWitt for a new podcast, The Wicked South. We will explore the dark history of the Murdaugh legal dynasty, as well as the fascinating criminal cases on...