Hard Times and True Crimes
Listen to two Southern, Christian women tell each other historical true crime stories.
Podcasting since 2022 • 113 episodes
Hard Times and True Crimes
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111. The Phillips Family Murders: Winston-Salem’s New Year’s Eve Tragedy (1947)
On New Year’s Eve, 1947, Winston-Salem was still glowing with Christmas decorations when a tragedy unfolded that shocked Forsyth County and made headlines across the state of North Carolina. Everett and Margaret Phillips were ...
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Episode 111
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110. The Murder of Dr. Cozart in Fuquay-Varina | True Crime in Wake County
In the early 1950s, the quiet community then known as Fuquay Springs - today's Fuquay-Varina in Wake County, North Carolina - was shaken by the violent killing of Dr. Cozart, a respected local physician. His sudden death stunned the to...
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Episode 110
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109.The Rowan County Axe Murders: The Lyerly Family
In July of 1906, Rowan County, North Carolina, was shaken by one of the most brutal crimes in state history. Isaac Lyerly, his wife Augusta, and two of their young children were murdered in their farmhouse near Barber Junction. Bludgeoned with ...
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Episode 109
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108. A Shot in the Dark: The Barbara Stager Case
In February 1988, a single gunshot shattered the quiet of a Durham, North Carolina, neighborhood. Barbara Stager told police her husband Russ's death was a tragic accident. But as investigators dug deeper, the picture-perfect image of a devoted...
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Episode 108
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107. Paradise Lost: The Chillingworth Murders of 1950s Florida
In the warm summer of 1955, Judge Curtis Chillingworth, Florida’s youngest ever circuit judge and a man known for his fairness would vanish from his beachside cottage in Manalapan, just south of West Palm Beach. His wife, Marjorie, d...
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Episode 108
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