True Crime on Easy Street

This week Scott takes us to 1994 to tell the tragic story of the Susan Smith and the murder of her two children.

This episode is sponsored by:

GO Realty

Cherokee Family Healthcare

The Cherokee County Chamber of Commerce

Easy Street, Restaurant, Bar, and Performance Hall

Theme song is The Legend of Hannah Brady by the Shane Givens Band

This week we are headed to New Orleans, LA in 2005 during the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina. The team is detailing the horror that took place at Memorial Hospital in New Orleans during the five days immediately following the landfall of Katrina.

This episode is sponsored by:

GO Realty

Cherokee Family Healthcare

The Cherokee County Chamber of Commerce

Easy Street, Restaurant, Bar, and Performance Hall

Theme song is The Legend of Hannah Brady by the Shane Givens Band

This week we are finishing spooky season in style with Kelly (the Queen of Halloween) in the big chair to tell us about some Halloween lore and the sad story of the murder of Doreen Erberts.

This episode is sponsored by:

GO Realty

Cherokee Family Healthcare

The Cherokee County Chamber of Commerce

Easy Street, Restaurant, Bar, and Performance Hall

Theme song is The Legend of Hannah Brady by the Shane Givens Band

Source Material:

time.com

https://www.biography.com/crime/elizabeth-bathory

https://www.huffpost.com/

https://collider.com/

https://www.crimescenecleanup.com/doreen-erberts-murder/

This week Scott takes us to California in 1982 to detail the incident that occurred on the set of the Twilight Zone movie that we have dubbed "The Twilight Zone Tragedy."

This episode is sponsored by:

GO Realty

Cherokee Family Healthcare

The Cherokee County Chamber of Commerce

Easy Street, Restaurant, Bar, and Performance Hall

Theme song is The Legend of Hannah Brady by the Shane Givens Band

This week Katy takes us to Kentucky and Florida in 1996 to tell the story of Rod Ferrell, a 16 year old who also believed he was a 500 year old Vampire name Vesago. Yes, you read that right, another vampire.

This episode is sponsored by:

GO Realty

Cherokee Family Healthcare

The Cherokee County Chamber of Commerce

Easy Street, Restaurant, Bar, and Performance Hall

Theme song is The Legend of Hannah Brady by the Shane Givens Band

The team is continuing into Spooky Season with an account of real life "Vampire." This week, Kelly takes us to Malabar, Florida in 1985 to tell the story of John Brennan Crutchley, also known as "Count Malabar."

This episode is sponsored by:

GO Realty

Cherokee Family Healthcare

The Cherokee County Chamber of Commerce

Easy Street, Restaurant, Bar, and Performance Hall

Theme song is The Legend of Hannah Brady by the Shane Givens Band

Sources:

https://www.ranker.com/list/facts-about-john-brennan-crutchley/cat-mcauliffe

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2002/04/02/vampire-rapist-is-found-dead-in-prison-from-apparent-suicide-2/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1986/04/26/floridas-vampire-rapist-investigated-in-78-fairfax-killing/260e4ff0-c7c9-42dc-aa40-b3db799fc43d/

https://www.nytimes.com/1996/08/09/us/freed-but-shunned-a-rapist-is-confined.html

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-08-10-mn-32981-story.html

This week Scott takes us to the Whitechapel district in London England in 1888 to give you the 101 version of the mystery of the serial killer named Jack the Ripper. This is a can't miss!

This episode is sponsored by:

GO Realty

Cherokee Family Healthcare

The Cherokee County Chamber of Commerce

Easy Street, Restaurant, Bar, and Performance Hall

Theme song is The Legend of Hannah Brady by the Shane Givens Band

This week Katy takes us to Macon, GA in 2011 to tell the tragic story of the murder of recent law school graduate, Lauren Giddings.

Video links:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSK47WlZ6Ac

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ma0wDl10bT0

This episode is sponsored by:

GO Realty

Cherokee Family Healthcare

The Cherokee County Chamber of Commerce

Easy Street, Restaurant, Bar, and Performance Hall

Theme song is The Legend of Hannah Brady by the Shane Givens Band

This week Kelly takes us back to the 1800's in Massachusetts to tell the story of Jane Toppan, nurse turned serial killer who earned the nickname of Jolly Jane.

This episode is sponsored by:

GO Realty

Cherokee Family Healthcare

The Cherokee County Chamber of Commerce

Easy Street, Restaurant, Bar, and Performance Hall

Theme song is The Legend of Hannah Brady by the Shane Givens Band

Sources:

Book: The Poisonous Life of a Female Serial Killer by Harold Schechter

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Toppan

https://newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/jolly-jane-toppan-killer-nurse-obsessed-death/

https://www.lowellhistoricalsociety.org/lowells-ties-to-jolly-jane-massachusetts-female-serial-killer/

https://www.capecodtimes.com/story/news/2010/10/25/serial-killer-jolly-jane-still/51426686007/

This episode was originally posted September 2021.

Glenn Holladay tormented our small home town when he escaped from the Cherokee County Jail in 1986. Little did everyone know, that was just the beginning. Most locals will recall this one! 

This episode is sponsored by:

Cherokee Family Healthcare

The Cherokee County Chamber of Commerce

Easy Street, Restaurant, Bar, and Performance Hall

Theme song is The Legend of Hannah Brady by the Shane Givens Band