Southern Fried True Crime

Erica Kelley

Erica Kelley is a native Tennessean exploring historical and contemporary true crime in the South. Southern charm is attempted but southern sass is bountiful. Join her as she shows you just how southern fried the justice system can be in the Deep South.

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256 episodes
Updated Oct 24, 2024
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Oct 24, 2024 · 1 hr 19 min
The Best of October Southern Fried: 2022, Ep167: The Murder of Fred Jablin
Today's episode is a "best of October" Southern Fried is from 2022, 167: The Murder of Fred Jablin Dr. Fred Jablin, a highly regarded professor of communication, was a dedicated husband to his wife, Piper Rountree. For years, he did everything in his...
Jul 21, 2024 · 52 min
The Disappearance & Murder of Emily Anderson - Part 1 of 2
The last time anyone saw 49-year-old Emily Anderson was December 29, 2005. As husband, Jerry Anderson was naturally the first suspect. But he seemed to be able to account for his time that day and he passed a polygraph. After an anonymous call,...
Jul 4, 2024 · 8 min
Introducing Gone Cold – Texas True Crime
Texas is known for being tough on crime and those who commit it. Or at least the ones who get caught. There are tens of thousands of unsolved homicides in Texas and nearly as many open missing persons cases. Every week, Gone Cold Podcast—Texas true...
Jul 3, 2024 · 1 hr 7 min
220: The Murder of Rhonda Oakley
On September 1, 2016, 52-year-old Rhonda Oakley was due home from a business trip. Only gone one night, she and her husband of less than three years had missed each other. The empty nester and single dad had been inseparable since they met. Rhonda had...
Jun 17, 2024 · 53 min
219: The Kidnapping of Carrie Lawson, Part 2
In the dark morning hours of September 11th 1991, in the small town of Jasper Alabama, a couple named Earl and Carrie Lawson were awoken by a fake emergency phone call that lured them out of the house. A masked man was waiting in their carport. Earl...
Jun 13, 2024 · 44 min
218: The Kidnapping of Carrie Lawson, Part 1
In the wee hours of September 11, 1991, Earl and Carrie Lawson were awoken by an urgent phone call from a woman claiming to be a nurse who said Earl’s father was hospitalized and might not make it through the night. The couple threw on clothes and...
May 28, 2024 · 33 min
217: The Murder of Charlotte Childs
In May of 1993, 18-year-old student Charlotte Childs was eagerly anticipating her high school graduation in Holly Hill, South Carolina. She was busy attending all sorts of pre-graduation celebrations in the lead-up to the big day, including a...
May 24, 2024 · 1 hr 16 min
216: The Wellnitz Family Murders
For nearly a decade, the Wellnitz family murders haunted the small town of Columbia, Kentucky. The tight knit community had no clue why these good people were mercilessly executed in their own home. They were known for their thriving veterinary clinic...
May 11, 2024 · 1 hr 3 min
215: The Death of Annie Burkett Shell
Parents have to trust caregivers. It’s just a fact of life. Often we feel more comfortable with a family friend than a daycare. That’s what Tiffany and David Shell did for their daughter Annie. They trusted Brandi Giannunzio. She babysat their two...
May 9, 2024 · 5 min
Listen Now: Happily Never After: Dan & Nancy
Nancy Brophy fills her novels with romantic betrayals and murder. It’s a far cry from her quiet life in the suburbs, where she and her chef husband, Dan, are living out their golden years. But when Dan is shot dead, Nancy finds herself at the center...
May 1, 2024 · 1 hr 40 min
214: Erasing Laura Ackerson, Part 2
After Laura Ackerson lost full custody of her sons, she was heartbroken, but she sprang into action. Within 2 weeks, she got another hearing but she still only got weekends. She had to completely overhaul her life. Within a year, Laura found a great...
Apr 22, 2024 · 53 min
213: Erasing Laura Ackerson, Part 1
27-year-old Laura Jean Ackerson had a really tough start in life. The single mother of two worked hard to build her own small support system in Kinston, North Carolina. Her brother and best friend were the only people she really had. After Laura...
Mar 26, 2024 · 1 hr 2 min
212: The Whitaker Family Slayings
In December of 2003, 23-year-old Bart Whitaker had just finished his finals and was about to graduate from college. That night, he went to dinner to celebrate with his parents, Tricia and Kent, and his younger brother Kevin. As they returned home and...
Mar 10, 2024 · 1 hr 25 min
211: Evil or Innocent Twins: Betty, Peggy & The Murder of Dr Jack Wilson
On May 22 1992, Betty Wilson frantically called 911 from her Huntsville, Alabama home. She found her husband, the esteemed Dr. Jack Wilson, in a pool of blood. Someone had bludgeoned and stabbed him to death. Initially, police had no suspects. Until...
Mar 4, 2024 · 43 min
210: Update on the Tex McIver Case
Late on a Sunday night in September of 2016, Atlanta power couple, Tex and Diane McIver, were driving back into the city and got caught in Atlanta’s notorious traffic. Diane’s best friend was driving as Diane rode in the passenger seat and her...
Mar 4, 2024 · 48 min
REMASTERED Ep66: Tex & Diane McIver: Accident or Murder?
Late on a Sunday night in September of 2016, Atlanta power couple, Tex and Diane McIver, were driving back into the city and got caught in Atlanta’s notorious traffic. Diane’s best friend was driving as Diane rode in the passenger seat and her...
Feb 27, 2024 · 1 hr 5 min
209: The Disgraced Hero & Fugitive: Mario Centobie
When Officer Keith Turner pulled over a car in Moody, Alabama on June 25, 1998, he thought it was a routine traffic stop. The 29-year-old husband and father had no idea that the men in the car were two escaped convicts, Mario Centobie and Jeremy...
Feb 13, 2024 · 1 hr 8 min
208: The Murder of Cherica Adams
In November of 1999, 24-year-old Cherica Adams was eight months pregnant when she and the father of her child, 25-year-old Carolina Panthers wide receiver Rae Carruth, went on a double date. They saw a late-night showing of a serial killer flick at...
Jan 24, 2024 · 5 min
Listen Now - Dr. Death: Bad Magic
When a charismatic young doctor announces revolutionary treatments for cancer and HIV, patients from around the world turn to him for their last chance. As medical experts praise Serhat Gumrukcu’s genius, the company he co-founded rockets in value to...
Jan 16, 2024 · 44 min
207: The Murder of Shadow McClaine
25-year-old Shadow McClaine was 39 days from retiring from the US Army. She’d begun her service in 2011 and, now, her contract was up. She was thrilled to go back home, enroll in college, and try her hand at a different career. In 2015, Shadow alleged...