EPISODE 295: "The Family Secret": The Murder of Susan Willkes

From the not too distant past comes this case that has several involved parties. A mother is found murdered in her home by her fiancee in October 2021. She was embroiled in a custody dispute with her ex who lived an ocean away. With the prime persons of interest eliminated, Ring camera footage was key to exposing the truth. Little did investigators know that the truth would prove to be way odder than fiction.

This week, we get you ready for spooky season with tales from around South Carolina about legendary witches, a strage UFO sighting, and some creatures that no one can explain.

In 2014, a West Columbia man went to authorities to file a missing persons report for his wife. It seemed that she had vanished into thin air. But when investigators began to search the family's home, secrets slowly started to leak out.

Straight out of an urban legend, a couple on a date in 1958 decided it would be a good idea to park in a Dillon County cemetery in the wee hours of the morning. What happened next was terror come to life. Gunshots blasted through the back window of the vehicle causing a foot pursuit, a 200 person manhunt, and a convoluted confession of sorts.

In 2021, an armored car containing close to $1 Million dollars was robbed by unknown assailants. What seemed to be an ambush was investigated and it was discovered that the perpetrator was "not that unknown" after all.

In 2014, 911 dispatchers in Pickens County,SC were called to the scene of a murder which looked to be the work of an intruder. Indeed it was an intruder, but a phone fauxpas revealed something much more sinister was at play.

In 1980, a service station in North Charleston,SC was found unmanned. No sign of struggle was found, the two employees were gone and so was the cash. Little did police know that the same scenario was playing out just 17 miles North as well at the same time.

After returning home from the Civil War, and Anderson County man was met with tragic news. That coupled with the state of his community riled his anger and the results were deadly. Folklore, legends and truth surrounds this story and we examine the tales and questions that still exist to this day.

In 2001, an Easley,SC gold and silver trader began contacting his friends about a safe investment opprotunity. After a decade, his true plan began to unravel and the only beneficiary of his his investments was himself!

In 1996, a young lady in North Myrtle Beach,SC was trying to get her life together. She was finally found a loving fiance and was contemplating a move away from risky work. Just as everything seemed to be turning around, the worst happened. It took decades for authorities to get the break they needed and they finally got it in an unlikely place.