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The 2019 Case of Samantha Josephson

Samantha Josephson was a 21-year-old senior at the University of South Carolina. After a night out with friends in Five Points, a popular nightlife district in downtown Columbia, she got into a vehicle that she mistakenly thought was her Uber, around 2:00 a.m. on March 29, 2019. That would be the last time that Samantha…

The 1985 Eastburn Family Murders

For whatever reason, it seemed the 1980s produced a ton of true crime and killings across the United States. One case that should be mentioned more is the May 1985 slayings of the Eastburn family. Kathryn “Katie” Eastburn and her two daughters, Erin and Kara, were found murdered inside their Fayetteville, North Carolina, home. This…

The Bitter Blood Murders

On June 3, 1985, a Chevrolet Blazer was involved in a police chase in Summerfield, north of Greensboro, North Carolina. Law enforcement tried to stop the vehicle, driven by Fritz Klenner, who was a suspect in the murders of three people in Winston-Salem and two in Kentucky. Also inside the Blazer on that day were…

The 1970 Fort Bragg Murders

Jeffrey MacDonald was born in Jamaica, Queens, New York, on October 12, 1943. He was raised in a poor household on Long Island with a disciplinarian father. During high school, MacDonald’s grades were good enough to earn him a three-year scholarship at Princeton University. Sometime, around August 1963, MacDonald’s girlfriend, Colette, became pregnant, and they…

The Rock Hill Murders in 2021

Phillip Adams was born on July 20, 1988, in Rock Hill, South Carolina. Adams would go on to attend Rock Hill High School, where he played football and basketball. Adams would later enroll after graduating from high school at South Carolina State in Orangeburg, where he played cornerback on the team from 2006 until 2009….

The 1972 Durham family Triple Homicide

On February 3, 1972, on a cold, snowy night in Boone, North Carolina, the Durham family, who owned a nearby automotive dealership named Modern Buick, was murdered. The cause surrounding their mysterious slayings would haunt Western North Carolina for nearly fifty years. Weather conditions on that night were treacherous, with four inches of snow caked…

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