Deadly Dames I
Episode 4
A devious Atlanta bride whose careful planning couldn’t ensure her new husband’s death. The sensational murder trial of a South Florida socialite ends with a question mark. An Alabama serial killer who disappeared only to return as her own twin sister.
Six true tales from the Gothic South with a single thread running through: woman who said “Til death do us part” and truly meant it.
In this episode:
The historic true crime case of Frankie Silver who, in 1833, became the first white woman executed in North Carolina
The 1805 murder trial of Polly Barclay who paid her brother and her lover to shoot her husband as he returned to their farm in Wilkes County, Georgia
The sensational case of Daisy Grace who shot her husband Eugene in 1912 but managed to secure her freedom on a technicality
The unsolved murder of Jacques Mossler, possibly by his eccentric wife Candy Mossler and nephew Mel Powers, in his Key Biscayne apartment
Florida serial killer Judy Buenoano who used arsenic, a canoe trip, and explosives to take care of husbands, boyfriends, and her own son
The bizarre case of serial killer Audrey Marie Hilley who escaped prison more than once before dying in the Alabama wilderness
Listener discretion advised for graphic true crime content.
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Haunts & Hollows: True Tales Of The Gothic South is where true crime meets Southern folklore. Every other week, mystery author Liam Ashe digs past the haunted plantations, urban legends, and moss-draped cemeteries to uncover the real, often much darker history behind them. Lower the lights, lock the doors, and settle in. Tonight, the truth may just be stranger than the legend.
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