Cola City Crime - A True Crime Podcast

Wearing glasses or contact lenses is a pretty normal thing for lots of visually impared people around the globe, but little did the family of Janet Abaroa know that her contacts would lead to the arrest of her murderer almost 10 years after her unfortunate death.Janet and her husband Raven seemed to be the perfect couple to all their family and friends, but 7 years into their relationship and only a few years into marriage, Raven would get "the itch" and cheat on his unsuspecting wife. Shortly after revealing his infidelity, Janet would find out she was pregnant with a baby boy, and Raven promised to do everything in his power to change and become a better husband and father. On the evening of April 26, 2005 Raven decided he would leave his wife and 6 month old son at home to go to the fields to play soccer, but would return home a few hours later to his wife's lifeless body. Listen to Sam tell the sad story of the loss of Janet and the insane years after her death that left her family with so many questions. Facebook Group: www.facebook.com/groups/colacitycrimeInstagram: @ColacitycrimeBuy Me a Coffee: www.buymeacoffee.com/colacitycrimeEmail your listener stories and case suggestions: [email protected] Please subscribe, rate, and review our show on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!Sourcesabcnews.go.com/US/contact-lenses-blew-2005-murder-case-wide-open/story?id=61872691

AHHH, we have been so busy and we still wanted to bring you some content so please enjoy the very first episode we recorded for our Patreon.Sam walks us through the insane history of the Salem Witch Trials, and it might make you sit back and think.... Wow, were people really that horrible to each other?Damned if you do, damned if you don't back in the time of the witch trials, and if you were a woman and made the slightest mistake or let any color of the freak flag fly, people would be shouting from the roof tops "SHE'S A WITCH!!"Please enjoy this bonus content from our way back files, and join us as we venture outside of our normal scope of the Carolinas. Facebook Group: www.facebook.com/groups/colacitycrimeInstagram: @ColacitycrimeBuy Me a Coffee: www.buymeacoffee.com/colacitycrimeEmail your listener stories and case suggestions: [email protected] Please subscribe, rate, and review our show on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!

Have you ever had the overwhelming urge to creep around a neighborhood at night, break into someone's home, and physically assault them to the point of death? Yeah, no... Me neither. Linwood Earl Forte's childhood was definitely not ideal, and ultimately his environment shaped him into a very terrible person, whose desires, no matter how depraved they were, became amped up while he was using drugs. Linwood would prey on elderly women hidden by the darkness of the early morning hours, and take advantage of them when they least expected it. Listen as Tiffany tells his twisted story that will leave you with so many questions, but more than likely the main one of... Why?Facebook Group: www.facebook.com/groups/colacitycrimeInstagram: @ColacitycrimeBuy Me a Coffee: www.buymeacoffee.com/colacitycrimeEmail your listener stories and case suggestions: [email protected] Please subscribe, rate, and review our show on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!Sourceshttps://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/nc-supreme-court/1292205.htmlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linwood_Fortehttps://murderdb.com/linwood-forte-north-carolina-serial-killer/https://www.wral.com/story/101852/https://www.studocu.com/en-us/document/kent-state-university/human-genetics/final-gentetics-essay-using-dna-to-solve-cold-case-in-the-1990s-in-goldsboro-north-carolina-there/43120893

Do you think someone can be born evil, or do you think someone's heinous actions are a result of their upbringing and childhood experience? This is a hot topic of discussion this week with Sam's coverage of the notorious Donald "Pee Wee" Gaskins, who ultimately is known by his nickname Pee Wee, due to his small stature.Pee Wee had a very rough childhood which included lots of sexual assault, mistreatment, joining a gang when he was an adolescent, and overall negative life experiences that more than likely made him turn to a life of crime at the very young age of 11. Unfortunately Pee Wee was triggered easily by people's comments on his appearance, so he would never have a chance to calm his temper and try to become a better person. It seems like evil was in his blood and there was no turning back, therefore he was also known as the Meanest Man in America.Listen to our second heavy hitter from South Carolina, where Sam talks us through Pee Wee's life and death and all of the unfortunate victims he claimed throughout.Sourcesmurderpedia.orgFacebook Group: www.facebook.com/groups/colacitycrimeInstagram: @ColacitycrimeBuy Me a Coffee: www.buymeacoffee.com/colacitycrimeEmail your listener stories and case suggestions: [email protected] Please subscribe, rate, and review our show on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!

Have you ever had a gut feeling that someone was following you or watching you perform your usual daily tasks of life? Unfortunately for the two victims highlighted in our case this week, they did not have that feeling. Maybe 17-year-old Shari Faye Smith was just riding the high of excitement with her impending high school graduation, and was too focused on the next chapter of her life to notice that someone followed her to her home, her safe space, to invade her personal privacy.Maybe 9-year-old Debra Helmick was too busy playing pretend with her 3-year-old brother in her front yard right outside a window to notice the silver car stalking them. This week we bring you the case of the notorious Larry Gene Bell, a South Carolina murderer who doesn't even need to be name dropped for locals to know who you are talking about. Listen to Tiffany and Sam discuss his evil plot to disrupt the lives of the Smith and Helmick family by abducting and murdering their sweet, bright blue-eyed, blonde daughters in the daytime hours for everyone to see. This case has been a long time coming, so let us know what you think, did we do it justice?Facebook Group: www.facebook.com/groups/colacitycrimeInstagram: @ColacitycrimeBuy Me a Coffee: www.buymeacoffee.com/colacitycrimeEmail your listener stories and case suggestions: [email protected] Please subscribe, rate, and review our show on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!Sourceslaw.justia.com/cases/south-carolina/supreme-court/1990/23163-2.htmlallthatsinteresting.com/larry-gene-bellen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Gene_Bellwww.talkmurderwithme.com/blog/2020/12/26/larry-gene-bell

Due to the sickness this week, we are releasing a special collaboration episode that Tiffany recorded with Beth from True Crime BnB last year. Please listen in as this episode is very near and dear to Tiffany as the assailant's name mimicks her mother who passed away on the very day this episode was recorded.Facebook Group: www.facebook.com/groups/colacitycrimeInstagram: @ColacitycrimeBuy Me a Coffee: www.buymeacoffee.com/colacitycrimeEmail your listener stories and case suggestions: [email protected] Please subscribe, rate, and review our show on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!Podcast we collaborated with: True Crime BnbInstagram: @truecrimebnb

Have you ever heard a strange noise in your home, or started missing items that you can never seem to find? Was your first thought that there might be a stranger in your home, maybe a ghost, or did you just think it was the house settling and absent mindedness that led you to these questions?This week, Sam and Tiffany will be discussing a case that will make you start paying more attention to the items in your home and the possibility of the noise not just being the house settling.A young UNC-Greensboro college student, Maddie, would be faced with the same questions when her personal items started to go missing and handprints started appearing in her bathroom. All her questions would be answered, and the truth would be more terrifying than the ghost story she had created in her head.Be sure not to miss this week’s episode and tell us what you think! Do you think the punishment fits the crime? Would you have done what Maddie did? Send us an email or message and let us know what you think you would do if you were in Maddie’s shoes. Facebook Group: www.facebook.com/groups/colacitycrimeInstagram: @ColacitycrimeBuy Me a Coffee: www.buymeacoffee.com/colacitycrimeEmail your listener stories and case suggestions: [email protected] Please subscribe, rate, and review our show on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!Sourceswww.dictionary.com/e/slang/phrogging/people.com/crime/college-student-who-thought-she-had-ghost-allegedly-finds-man-in-home/www.wfmynews2.com/article/news/local/uncg-student-finds-man-in-her-closet-police/83-7ff5dd89-3a14-445f-b8cf-a59a8dde5efawww.newsweek.com/ghost-north-carolina-college-students-closet-turns-out-be-man-wearing-all-her-1317757

Money.... Is the key to happiness or the root of all evil? I'm sure everyone has their own opinion, however money was one of the key motivators in our case this week. Susan Hendricks may have suffered from several mental illnesses, however we think she knew EXACTLY what she was doing.Listen to Tiffany and Sam bring you through the twisted story of a Mother who secretly takes out life insurance policies on her immediate family, including her own children, in hopes that she will never have to worry about finances for the rest of her life. Rest assured, she doesnt!Facebook Group: www.facebook.com/groups/colacitycrimeInstagram: @ColacitycrimeBuy Me a Coffee: www.buymeacoffee.com/colacitycrimeEmail your listener stories and case suggestions: [email protected] Please subscribe, rate, and review our show on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!SourcesSerialkillercalendar.comwww.foxnews.com/us/woman-who-murdered-4-in-family-brought-them-together-to-pray-before-killingswww.cbsnews.com/news/horrendous-act-of-evil-cops-say-sc-woman-susan-hendricks-killed-family-for-insurance-money/patch.com/south-carolina/easley/liberty-murder-suspect-spent-insurance-benefits-after6818803c9fwww.wyff4.com/article/mother-charged-in-quadruple-killings/6998927murderpedia.org/female.H/h/hendricks-susan.htm

We are back for episode 70 in South Carolina. Have you ever heard that everyone has some secrets? Well this case is proof of it!Christina Parcell was going through a nasty custody battle with her ex John, which may have led to her gruesome murder, but Christina had secrets that could have been another motivator for her murder.Listen to Sam and Tiffany discuss Christina’s case. Be sure to buckle up for this wild ride so that you don’t wind up with whiplash! We promise when you think you have this case figured out, more information will come out that will make you question everything about it.Let us know what you think! This case will inspire conversation and if you are a true crime enthusiast, you will tell everyone you know about this one.Facebook Group: www.facebook.com/groups/colacitycrimeInstagram: @ColacitycrimeBuy Me a Coffee: www.buymeacoffee.com/colacitycrimeEmail your listener stories and case suggestions: [email protected] Please subscribe, rate, and review our show on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!SourcesRose Petal Murder: The Suspect - FITSNewsVet Tech Is Stabbed to Death in S.C. Home, Suspect is Concert Pianist (people.com)Explicit photos were mailed before Christina Parcell murder (lawandcrime.com)Estate of Christina Parcell and her fiancé accused sexual exploitation (greenvilleonline.com)GREER: Co-workers remember woman found dead in her home (wyff4.com)

Being a part of the LGBTQ+ community is challenging to say the least in 2023, however the members of the community found it hard to even celebrate the loss of a life in their community without fear of being targeted by gathering at a local church in early 1990.Talana Quay Kreeger was a wonderful woman who would essentially give you the shirt off her back if you needed it and her brutal death would spark fire amongst her community in February of 1990. Listen to Tiffany tell you her story, one of the most brutal cases we have covered to date on our podcast, of a gay woman enjoying a nice night out at a local lesbian bar that would go horribly wrong and cause Talana to lose her life due to a hate crime. No one deserves to lose their life due to someone not agreeing with your lifestyle or who you love. If you are experiencing any hate or brutal judgement simply because of the people you love, please reach out to the US department of justice at Hate Crimes | Working with LGBTQ Communities | United States Department of JusticeFacebook Group: www.facebook.com/groups/colacitycrimeInstagram: @ColacitycrimeBuy Me a Coffee: www.buymeacoffee.com/colacitycrimeEmail your listener stories and case suggestions: [email protected] Please subscribe, rate, and review our show on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!SourcesStarnewsonline.comLaw.justia.comTalana Kreeger « Unfinished Lives (unfinishedlivesblog.com)