Missing in the Carolinas

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

28 Aug 202026min

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

7 Aug 202020min

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 missinginthecarolinas.com. Show Sponsor: WOW! Women on Writing www.wow-womenonwriting.com

24 Jul 202024min

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

10 Jul 202022min

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 Multimedia

26 Jun 202021min

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 Sound Effect Credit "Airplane, Boeing, Flyby, Right to Left, A.wav" by InspectorJ (www.jshaw.co.uk) of Freesound.org

19 Jun 202025min

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, chronicling the recollections of the men and women who worked for and knew Fraser, the iconic founder of Sea Pines Plantation. Charlie Ryan was, over a span of eighteen years, a radio and television news director and anchor, Associated Press state broadcast editor and newspaper columnist. He reportorial years were spent in West Virginia and St. Louis. In his journalism career he focused on politics and interviewed notables including Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Eleanor Roosevelt and Robert Kennedy. He is a recipient of numerous honors and a member of the West Virginia Broadcasting Hall of Fame. Following his broadcast career, Charlie founded and grew four media firms in West Virginia, Virginia and Washington, DC. After 35 years he sold the firms and became the founding dean of the Graduate School of Business at the University of Charleston in Charleston, WV. Charlie and his wife Becky moved to Hilton Head where he served three years on the board of directors of the Sea Pines Plantation Community Services Association as chairman and the Association of Property Owners. They now reside in Charlotte, NC. Charlie has also written Dead Men’s Clubs and Alacrity, his memoir. Pamela Martin Ovens has lived on Hilton Head Island for almost 40 years. She and her husband, legendary boat captain Peter Ovens, are widely known for their charter sailboat business of 16 years, hosting hundreds of tourists on the 62-foot yacht Schooner Welcome. Pamela is the chief executive and owner of Single Star Publishers. She was a radio and television professional in Cincinnati prior to her move to Hilton Head Island and hosted an island radio show on WHHR. Today she is an accomplished “voice over artist” for radio and television commercials. Additional sources: https://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/10/24/justice.grace.coldcase.calvert/index.html https://www.cbsnews.com/news/man-linked-to-missing-couple-found-dead/ Show Sponsor: WOW! Women on Writing https://www.wow-womenonwriting.com/ Cover Art by Mackintosh Multimedia

5 Jun 202032min

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 Martin Ovens. Cover Art by Mackintosh Multimedia

29 Mai 202025min