Renee Roberson interviews Crystal Cavalier-Keck, Founder of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in North Carolina. They discuss the mission of the organization, the unsolved murders in Robeson County, recent developments in Faith Hedgepeth’s case, and the need for a comprehensive database of missing and murdered people in Native American communities. Show Notes: Visit https:www.mmiwnc.com to learn more. Cover Art by Mackinstosh Multimedia. Sound Editing by Mia Roberson.
Oct 15, 2021•39 min
Renee Roberson discusses the cases of Rhonda Jones, Christina Bennett, Megan Oxendine, Sara Nicole Graham, Brittany Locklear, Faith Hedgepeth, Jessica Lowery and Sharletha Maynor. Show Notes: For a full list of cases resources used in this episode, visit missinginthecarolinas.com. Cover Art by Mackinstosh Multimedia. Sound Editing by Mia Roberson.
Oct 08, 2021•23 min
In this bonus episode, host Renee Roberson discusses four North Carolina murder cases from 1959, 1966, 1999 and 2002 that are still unresolved. Learn more about the cases of Foy Dixon Cooper, Davina Buff Jones, Franklin “ReRe” Freeman, Vernon Shipman, Charles Glass and Louise Shumate. Show Notes: For a full list of show resources, visit missinginthecarolinas.com. "Charlotte: Murder, Mystery and Mayhem by David Aaron Moore" "True Crime Stories of Eastern North Carolina by Cathy Pickens" Featured ...
Jun 14, 2021•37 min
4,400 unidentified bodies are recovered in the United States each year. Approximately 1,000 of those bodies remain unidentified after one year. Thanks to advances in genetic genealogy, more and more of these unidentified people, often the victims of homicide, are getting their names back. Host Renee Roberson discusses those whose identities are still unknown, as well as some recent cases in the Carolinas that have been solved. Show Notes: For a full list of resources used in this episode, visit ...
May 21, 2021•29 min
When a mother goes missing her family members are often left to wonder, how, and why? This episode takes a look at several moms in North Carolina who have gone missing over the years--some cases have been solved, others have not. Show Notes: For a full list of resources used in this episode, visit missinginthecarolinas.com Sponsor: WOW! Women on Writing Cover art by Mackintosh Multimedia Sound Editing by Mia Roberson Support for creator of the music used in the Terry Hyatt segment: https://www.p...
Apr 30, 2021•26 min
After a recent trip to the island of St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands, host Renee Roberson explores the disappearance of a British woman who mysteriously went missing off a catamaran sometime in the early morning hours of March 8, 2021. Show Notes: Sponsor: WOW! Women on Writing Cover art by Mackintosh Multimedia Sound Editing by Mia Roberson
Apr 16, 2021•13 min
Renee Roberson discusses missing persons cases from South Carolina that have been featured on the true crime series “Disappeared.” Show Notes: Sponsor: WOW! Women on Writing Cover art by Mackintosh Multimedia Sound Editing by Mia Roberson Music used: Acoustic in B Minor by ValentinSosnitskiy - (freesound.org) Soundscape-Dust and Soundscape-Find Nothing by "Music by Tri-Tachyon - https://soundcloud.com/tri-tachyon/albums".
Mar 05, 2021•33 min
Learn more about missing people from North Carolina who have been featured on the Investigation Discovery show, "Disappeared." Show Notes: Sponsor: WOW! Women on Writing Cover art by Mackintosh Multimedia Sound Editing by Mia Roberson Learn more at missinginthecarolinas.com. Music used: Acoustic in B Minor by ValentinSosnitskiy – (freesound.org) Soundscape-Dust and Soundscape-Find Nothing by "Music by Tri-Tachyon - https://soundcloud.com/tri-tachyon/albums".
Feb 26, 2021•30 min
In this bonus episode, host Renee Roberson pulls two mysteries from the Carolinas out of her research files. What is Lavinia Fisher from South Carolina known for and how did a young college student die on the banks of the Catawba River in North Carolina? Show Notes: Cover art by Mackintosh Multimedia Sound Editing by Mia Roberson Learn more at missinginthecarolinas.com.
Feb 19, 2021•14 min
They only wanted to attend a concert and enjoy a fun evening out. But after doing so, Dail Dinwiddie, Sarah and Kimberly Boyd and Linda McCord were never seen again. Host Renee Roberson explores the parallels between their cases and other people who went missing under similar circumstances in the Carolinas. Show Notes: Sponsor: WOW! Women on Writing Cover Art: Mackintosh Multimedia Sound Editing: Mia Roberson Music used provided by the user ITheRealGooglekatClaire on Freesound.org For a full lis...
Jan 29, 2021•23 min
A teenage girl and a 9-year-old boy mysteriously go missing from their homes in the early 1970s in South Carolina. While the cases don't seem to be related, what happened to Eva DeBruhl and Michael Woodward remains a mystery. Show Notes: Sponsor: WOW! Women on Writing Cover Art: Mackintosh Multimedia Sound Editing: Mia Roberson Music used provided by the user SoundFlakes on Freesound.org https://www.donationalerts.com/r/soundflakes For a full list of episode resources, visit missinginthecarolina...
Jan 15, 2021•18 min
Host Renee Roberson discusses the creation of "Missing in the Carolinas," what she's learned in her first year of podcasting and the most downloaded episodes of the show. Show Notes: Sponsor: WOW! Women on Writing Cover Art: Mackintosh Multimedia
Dec 28, 2020•26 min
Enjoy a spine-tingling campfire tale in the spirit of Halloween. “The Monster in the Woods” is an original short story written by Renee Roberson, inspired by the murders of three Girl Scouts in Oklahoma in the 1970s. All Rights Reserved. Written and produced by Renee Roberson. Sound Editing by Mia Roberson. Music credits: AudryPsyche.com “Awkward Meeting” and “Evening of Chaos” by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
Oct 31, 2020•24 min
Are you a fan of ghost stories? Join host Renee Roberson as she shares a few of her own and explores haunted high schools, universities, theatres, hotels and much more from North and South Carolina. Show Notes: Sponsor: WOW! Women on Writing Cover Art: Mackintosh Multimedia For a full list of episode resources, visit missinginthecarolinas.com.
Oct 30, 2020•40 min
Fear and confusion struck the Charlotte area real estate industry in the 1980s when two agents went missing after making appointments to show houses. What happened to Bruce Ruffin and Dianne Gabriel? Show Notes: Sponsor: WOW! Women on Writing Cover Art: Mackintosh Multimedia Music provided during Dianne Gabriel's segment by AudryPsyche.com For a full list of episode resources, visit missinginthecarolinas.com.
Oct 09, 2020•23 min
Two murder victims found on a rural road in 1976 have never been identified, two girls are abducted from their homes, and two other women remain missing with foul play suspected. Explore these cases from South Carolina that were featured on "Unsolved Mysteries" over the years. Show Notes: Sponsor: WOW! Women on Writing Cover Art: Mackintosh Multimedia For a full list of episode resources, visit missinginthecarolinas.com.
Sep 11, 2020•22 min
Renee Roberson interviews North Carolina writer Cathy Pickens, an attorney turned mystery and true crime writer whose latest release, "True Crime Stories of Eastern North Carolina," will be released Sept. 28, 2020. They talk true crime in North and South Carolina, Cathy's research and writing process, and what readers can expect from the book. Show Notes: Visit cathypickens.com for more information about the author. Show Sponsor: WOW! Women on Writing www.wow-womenonwriting.com
Sep 04, 2020•40 min
Host Renee Roberson explores five different cases from North Carolina that were featured on the popular TV show "Unsolved Mysteries." Show Notes: For a full list of resources used to compile this episode, visit missinginthecarolinas.com. Show Sponsor: WOW! Women on Writing www.wow-womenonwriting.com
Aug 28, 2020•27 min
Two stories. Four missing children. What happened to Diane Moon, Mark Yoli and Alan and Terry Westerfield who went missing from North Carolina in the 1960s? Show Notes: For a full list of resources used to compile this episode, visit missinginthecarolinas.com. Show Sponsor: WOW! Women on Writing www.wow-womenonwriting.com
Aug 07, 2020•20 min
Larry Gene Bell terrorized two families of two girls in South Carolina in 1985, but over the years, investigators have speculated he may have been responsible for the disappearances of other women in Charlotte, N.C. Show Notes: "Murder in the Midlands:Larry Gene Bell and the 28 Days of Terror That Shook South Carolina" by Rita Y. Shuler "Charlotte True Crime Stories: Notorious Cases from Fraud to Serial Killing" by Cathy Pickens For a full list of resources used to compile this episode, visit mi...
Jul 24, 2020•25 min
Host Renee Roberson shares ten of her favorite true crime podcasts. Show Notes: For a full list of resources used to compile this episode, visit missinginthecarolinas.com. Show Sponsor: WOW! Women on Writing www.wow-womenonwriting.com Music used in sponsor message: "Funkorama" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Cover art by Mackintosh Multimedia
Jul 10, 2020•22 min
College is a time for young people to explore their individuality and take on new responsibility. Because of this, it can take days for anyone to realize a student is actually missing. This episode explores the still-unsolved missing persons cases of Jason Knapp, Virginia "Ginni" Wood and Martin Roberts. Show Notes: For a full list of resources used to compile this episode, visit missinginthecarolinas.com. Show Sponsor: WOW! Women on Writing www.wow-womenonwriting.com Cover art by Mackintosh Mul...
Jun 26, 2020•22 min
Nikki McPhatter was a hard-working young woman from Charlotte, N.C when she met a charming man on a dating website. But after she announced her plans to confront him on his philandering ways, she went missing. This episode also takes a look at the unconscious bias of media when reporting the disappearances and crime of minorities. Show Notes: For a full list of resources used to compile this episode, visit missinginthecarolinas.com. Show Sponsor: WOW! Women on Writing www.wow-womenonwriting.com ...
Jun 19, 2020•25 min
What happened to the investigation into Liz and John Calvert's disappearance from Hilton Head Island once the prime suspect was found deceased? Featuring interviews with the authors of a true crime book written about the case. Show Notes: Book: Deceit, Disappearance & Death on Hilton Head Island by Charlie Ryan and Pamela Martin Ovens Author bios: Charlie Ryan and Pamela Martin Ovens previously collaborated on The Pullman Hilton, A Christmas Mystery and My Life with Charles Fraser, chronicli...
Jun 05, 2020•33 min
John and Liz Calvert were last seen heading to a meeting with their accountant, a man they suspected of embezzling money from their business accounts. In part one of this week's episode, we'll explore the details around that fateful meeting, and why investigators suspected the embezzlement accusations may have cost the Calverts their lives. Show Sponsor: WOW! Women on Writing www.wow-womenonwriting.com Resource: "Deceit, Disappearance & Death on Hilton Head Island" by Charlie Ryan and Pamela...
May 29, 2020•25 min
Last August, Missing in the Carolinas host Renee Roberson attended the most unusual writing conference she had ever been to—Writers’ Police Academy’s MurderCon. She shares the details of the conference, where it took place, and what she learned there. Show Sponsor: WOW! Women on Writing Wow-womenonwriting.com Writer’s Police Academy https://writerspoliceacademy.com/ SIRCHIE https://www.sirchie.com/
May 22, 2020•19 min
Kyle Fleischmann was 24 years old when he went missing from uptown Charlotte after a night of drinking with friends. His disappearance is one of the city’s most troubling mysteries. Renee Roberson dives into some of the theories surrounding this case, and how similar it is to the Brian Shaffer disappearance in Columbus, Ohio. To learn more, visit: www.missinginthecarolinas.com Show Sponsor: WOW! Women on Writing WOW! Women on Writing is an e-zine and writing community dedicated to promoting comm...
May 15, 2020•20 min
Asheville resident Zebb Quinn went missing in January 2000, after meeting up with a friend to look at a car he wanted to buy. Years later, the disappearance of another local couple would help to solve the mystery of what happened to Zebb on that night. To learn more, visit www.missinginthecarolinas.com. Show sponsor: WOW! Women on Writing-An ezine and writing community dedicated to promoting communication between writers, authors, editors, agents, publishers and readers. https://www.wow-womenonw...
May 08, 2020•20 min
Missing in the Carolinas is a podcast spotlighting missing persons cases in North and South Carolina. This episode will preview three cases discussed in future episodes: Zebb Quinn, Kyle Fleischmann and Liz and John Calvert. To learn more, visit www.missinginthecarolinas.com. Show sponsor: WOW! Women on Writing-An ezine and writing community dedicated to promoting communication between writers, authors, editors, agents, publishers and readers. www.wow-womenonwriting.com/
May 02, 2020•13 min
