Joe Metheny was a huge man who had a serious drug habit. The only difference between Metheny, who owned a roadside barbecue stand in the 1990s, and others we have written about in the past was the fact that he had alleged that some of his victims ended up on the menu, because he claimed…
The Disappearance of Donna Barnhill
Donna Barnhill was just 13 years old at the time of her disappearance when she left her family’s residence in Lexington, North Carolina, to go to a nearby friend’s home. Barnhill vanished on the afternoon of March 18, 1981, and 44 years later, her family and friends are still looking for answers. A billboard on…
The 1974 Abduction of Kathleen Ruth Smiley
Kathleen Ruth Smiley was known to her family and friends as “Kathy.” Smiley was just 16 years old when she was abducted off I-85 in Georgia in 1974. Kathy was born in Florida in 1957, and after several years living in Hong Kong, due to her father’s job, the family relocated to the Atlanta area…
The cold case of 15-year-old Silene Eaddy
Silene Eaddy was just 15 years old at the time of her death in 2004. Eaddy, also known as Erica, lived in Columbia, South Carolina. Eaddy’s body was found in the early morning hours of April 17, 2004, after the Columbia-Richland Fire Department responded to a call for a brush fire near the intersection of…
The 1986 Disappearance of Elizabeth “Libby” Crawford
On the evening of July 16, 1986, Elizabeth “Libby” Crawford received a call. Ms. Crawford, just 34 years old at the time, was living at 108 Cherrywood Mobile Park in Simpsonville, South Carolina, when she went missing. Crawford told her son that she was going to a friend’s house after receiving a call from a…
The National Forest Serial Killer
Gary Michael Hilton was born on November 22, 1946, in Atlanta, Georgia. Hilton was a drifter who was characterized by his unsavory looks of pure evil. He was known to terrorize mountain trails along the eastern United States in Georgia and North Carolina. On October 21, 2007, an elderly couple in Horse Shoe, North Carolina,…
The Disappearance of Stephanie Womacks at Table Rock
Stephanie Womacks was just 52 years old when she went missing at Table Rock State Park on March 3, 2025. Womacks was last seen around 6 p.m., an hour after her husband left to get supplies for the couple. A search would ensue to find Stephanie Womacks, but it was almost like she vanished into…
The 1998 Disappearance of Clemson University student Jason Knapp
Jason Andrew Knapp disappeared on April 12, 1998. Knapp was a sophomore at Clemson University when he went missing during that Easter weekend, 27 years ago. Knapp’s mother received the call that no parent wants to receive when Knapp’s college friends called to alert her that they hadn’t seen Jason all week. Around a week…
The 2014 Disappearance of Tammy Kingery
On September 20, 2014, Tammy Kingery disappeared from her Edgefield, SC, residence. It should be added that Wikipedia says North Augusta, while local newspapers state Edgefield.. At the time, Kingery was just 37 years old, and reportedly left a note behind that she was going for a walk and would return soon. The note read,…
Jana Manasco in Union County, South Carolina, is still missing
Jana Manasco was last seen in the Monarch area of Union County, South Carolina, in August 2023. Manasco was just 31 years old at the time of her disappearance. The case has been cold for two years, but someone knows what happened to Jana Manasco. Do you know where she is? If you have information…