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Southern Fried True Crime

by Erica Kelley
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  • The Best of October Southern Fried: 2022, Ep167: The Murder of Fred Jablin

    October 24, 2024 · 1 hr 20 min

    Today's episode is a "best of October" Southern Fried is from 2022, 167: The Murder of Fred Jablin Dr. Fred Jablin, a highly regarded professor of communication, was a dedicated husband to his wife, Piper Rountree. For years, he did…

  • The Disappearance & Murder of Emily Anderson - Part 1 of 2

    July 21, 2024 · 52 min

    The last time anyone saw 49-year-old Emily Anderson was December 29, 2005. As husband, Jerry Anderson was naturally the first suspect. But he seemed to be able to account for his time that day and he passed a polygraph. After an anonymous…

  • Introducing Gone Cold – Texas True Crime

    July 4, 2024 · 9 min

    Texas is known for being tough on crime and those who commit it. Or at least the ones who get caught. There are tens of thousands of unsolved homicides in Texas and nearly as many open missing persons cases. Every week, Gone Cold…

  • 220: The Murder of Rhonda Oakley

    July 3, 2024 · 1 hr 8 min

    On September 1, 2016, 52-year-old Rhonda Oakley was due home from a business trip. Only gone one night, she and her husband of less than three years had missed each other. The empty nester and single dad had been inseparable since they…

  • 219: The Kidnapping of Carrie Lawson, Part 2

    June 17, 2024 · 53 min

    In the dark morning hours of September 11th 1991, in the small town of Jasper Alabama, a couple named Earl and Carrie Lawson were awoken by a fake emergency phone call that lured them out of the house. A masked man was waiting in their…

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  • 218: The Kidnapping of Carrie Lawson, Part 1

    June 13, 2024 · 44 min

    In the wee hours of September 11, 1991, Earl and Carrie Lawson were awoken by an urgent phone call from a woman claiming to be a nurse who said Earl’s father was hospitalized and might not make it through the night. The couple threw on…

  • 217: The Murder of Charlotte Childs

    May 28, 2024 · 34 min

    In May of 1993, 18-year-old student Charlotte Childs was eagerly anticipating her high school graduation in Holly Hill, South Carolina. She was busy attending all sorts of pre-graduation celebrations in the lead-up to the big day…

  • 216: The Wellnitz Family Murders

    May 24, 2024 · 1 hr 16 min

    For nearly a decade, the Wellnitz family murders haunted the small town of Columbia, Kentucky. The tight knit community had no clue why these good people were mercilessly executed in their own home. They were known for their thriving…

  • 215: The Death of Annie Burkett Shell

    May 11, 2024 · 1 hr 4 min

    Parents have to trust caregivers. It’s just a fact of life. Often we feel more comfortable with a family friend than a daycare. That’s what Tiffany and David Shell did for their daughter Annie. They trusted Brandi Giannunzio. She babysat…

  • Listen Now: Happily Never After: Dan & Nancy

    May 9, 2024 · 5 min

    Nancy Brophy fills her novels with romantic betrayals and murder. It’s a far cry from her quiet life in the suburbs, where she and her chef husband, Dan, are living out their golden years. But when Dan is shot dead, Nancy finds herself at…

  • 214: Erasing Laura Ackerson, Part 2

    May 1, 2024 · 1 hr 41 min

    After Laura Ackerson lost full custody of her sons, she was heartbroken, but she sprang into action. Within 2 weeks, she got another hearing but she still only got weekends. She had to completely overhaul her life. Within a year, Laura…

  • 213: Erasing Laura Ackerson, Part 1

    April 22, 2024 · 53 min

    27-year-old Laura Jean Ackerson had a really tough start in life. The single mother of two worked hard to build her own small support system in Kinston, North Carolina. Her brother and best friend were the only people she really had. After…

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About the show

Erica Kelley is a native Tennessean exploring historical and contemporary true crime in the South. Southern charm is attempted but southern sass is bountiful. Join her as she shows you just how southern fried the justice system can be in the Deep South.