Carolina Crimes

Straight out of an urban legend, a couple on a date in 1958 decided it would be a good idea to park in a Dillon County cemetery in the wee hours of the morning. What happened next was terror come to life. Gunshots blasted through the back window of the vehicle causing a foot pursuit, a 200 person manhunt, and a convoluted confession of sorts.

In 2021, an armored car containing close to $1 Million dollars was robbed by unknown assailants. What seemed to be an ambush was investigated and it was discovered that the perpetrator was "not that unknown" after all.

In 2014, 911 dispatchers in Pickens County,SC were called to the scene of a murder which looked to be the work of an intruder. Indeed it was an intruder, but a phone fauxpas revealed something much more sinister was at play.

In 1980, a service station in North Charleston,SC was found unmanned. No sign of struggle was found, the two employees were gone and so was the cash. Little did police know that the same scenario was playing out just 17 miles North as well at the same time.

After returning home from the Civil War, and Anderson County man was met with tragic news. That coupled with the state of his community riled his anger and the results were deadly. Folklore, legends and truth surrounds this story and we examine the tales and questions that still exist to this day.