In July 2017, an Upstate South Carolina mother snapped, when she killed 28-year-old Meredith Rahme at a parking garage, near an apartment complex in downtown Greenville, around 5:00 p.m. Jessica Edens was the suspected shooter of…
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The Deadly Loray Mill Strike of 1929
Demands for higher pay and a 40-hour workweek ignited the Loray Mill Strike in Gastonia, North Carolina, in 1929. We often like to think that we have come a long way with better working conditions, higher…
The 1993 Be-Lo Grocery Store Murders
On Sunday, June 6, 1993, a black male was hidden inside an eastern North Carolina grocery store in Windsor, North Carolina. Around 6:15 p.m. that evening, the culprit, who was already hiding in the store, waiting…
The 1934 Chiquola Mill Massacre
The Chiquola Mill Massacre, also known as Bloody Thursday, occurred on September 6, 1934, in Honea Path, South Carolina. During a textile workers’ strike, seven striking workers were killed and at least 30 others were injured…
Cold Case of Natasha Warren
23-year-old Natasha Warren was found murdered on an I-26 exit ramp in August 2008 in Richland County, South Carolina. Reportedly, Warren had just graduated from college and wanted to be a medical office assistant. She was…
The Cold Case of Malakia “Kia” Logan
Malakia “Kia” Logan’s life ended tragically at just eight years old, when she mysteriously vanished from a park near her apartment in Greenwood, South Carolina, on May 15, 1988. The case seemed to be heading in…
The 2015 Pendleton Quadruple Homicide: Taken for Money
On November 2, 2015, four people were found murdered in their home in Pendleton, South Carolina, near Clemson. The bodies of Michael Scott, his wife, Cathy, and their mothers, Barbara Scott and Violet Taylor, were found…
The 2013 Disappearance of Heather Elvis
On December 17, 2013, 20-year-old Heather Elvis went on a reported first date that ended when he dropped Elvis off at her apartment the following morning, around 1:15 a.m. The date was an attempt to move…
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…
The Witch of Coffee County
Just off Highway 55 in Coffee County, Tennessee, in Tullahoma, at Concord Cemetery, lies the grave of an alleged witch that is said to walk the grounds still and haunt the area. Inside the cemetery, a…