Pamela Faith Roach was last seen on February 4, 2019, in the area of Corey Road and Coffee Road in Walhalla, South Carolina, and has not been seen since. Faith was just 26 years old at the time of her disappearance. Faith is described as having strawberry-blond hair with blue eyes, standing at 5 feet…
The 1976 Cold Case: Pamela Buckley and James Freund
The 1976 cold case in Sumter County, South Carolina, involved two murder victims, James Paul Freund and Pamela Mae Buckley, who were found shot to death on August 9, 1976. They were initially known as “John Doe” and “Jane Doe,” with their identities remaining a mystery for nearly four decades until they were identified in…
What Led to Clemson University student Tucker Hipp’s Death
It will soon be eleven years since Tucker Hipps was reported missing on Monday, September 22, 2014. Hipps failed to return from an early morning fraternity run around 5:30 am, near the Clemson University campus. Later that afternoon, Tucker’s body was discovered in Lake Hartwell, below the Highway 93 Bridge. Tucker was pledging the Beta…
The Cold Case of University of South Carolina student Dail Dinwiddie
In the early hours of September 24, 1992, a young University of South Carolina student, Dail Dinwiddie, disappeared from a popular college hangout in the Five Points area of Columbia after attending a concert at Williams-Brice Stadium to see the band U2 with some friends. The friends traveled together to the nightclub Jungle Jim’s, but…
The Blue Lady of Hagan’s Mountain
Hagan’s Mountain in Thomaston, Georgia, in Upson County, is said to be home to a ghost called the Blue Lady. Jim Miles covered the story in his book, Haunted Central Georgia, and even references an eBook, The Blue Lady of Ada’hi. The Hagan family owned much of this property for generations, with the land rising…
The Mysterious 1998 Disappearance of Sheila Ann Carver
Sheila Ann Carver was reported missing by her father on June 20, 1998. Sheila Carver is officially considered missing and last seen on June 16, 1998, near B&B Trailer Park located on the Utica mill hill in Seneca, SC, where it is believed she lived with her boyfriend. Sheila was just 33 years old at…
The 1992 Cold Case of Norsaadah Husain
It has been 33 years this month since a Malaysian graduate student, Norsaadah Husain, at Clemson University was tragically abducted from a laundromat in Central, South Carolina in June 1992. Later, her body was found in the woods near the Oconee Nuclear Station later that summer. To date, her death remains unsolved, and the case…
The Michael Steven Akey Cold Case
Fifty-three years ago, on June 24, 1972, 14-year-old Michael Steven Akey, with two juvenile friends, hitched a ride with an unknown white male in a 1962 or 1963 four-door Chevrolet. The kids visited a watermelon patch at Trammell’s Market in Burton, Beaufort County, South Carolina. When they arrived, two of Akey’s friends were in the…
The Gilgo Beach Serial Killings
The Gilgo Beach serial killings were a series of murders in Long Island, New York, which spanned from 1993 to 2011. Many of the victims’ remains were found over months in late 2010 and 2011 during a police search of the area after victim Shannon Gilbert ran from the house of a client. No one knows what…
The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral Had Nothing on this Small S.C. Town
The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral had nothing on this small South Carolina town. On August 12, 1878, two Edgefield County families had a shootout downtown to settle an almost 10-year feud between the two, when in 1869, Benjamin Booth killed Luther Toney. In the midafternoon, Brooker and Mark Toney sat in the bar room…