Mountain Murders

This week's Offbeat catches us up on some listener stories! These tales were emailed, DM'ed and messaged to us for the past couple months. Hope you enjoy hearing about ghosts, UFOs, and creepy pictures!Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mountain-murders--3281847/support.

23 Jun 202144min

In 2008, a group of Atlanta friends decides after a night of driving around the city smoking marijuana to hit up a casino nearly 150 miles away. Jeffrey Miles, the oldest of the group and self proclaimed leader, spends the morning playing Black Jack with some success. After several days of drug use and partying, the group runs out of money. Low on cash, they decide to "hit a lick" meaning rob someone. After hooking up with two locals, the group embarks on a violent home invasion with leads to senseless double murder. Intro Music By Joe Buck YourselfHosts: Heather and Dylan PackerEmail: mountainmurderspodcast@gmail.com To support the show sign up at www.patreon.com/mountainmurderspodcastBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mountain-murders--3281847/support.

20 Jun 20211h 4min

Welcome to our mini-mid week show Offbeat! This week Dylan breaks down some true crime news for us while Heather completely derails the conversation. Enjoy our role reversal on this week's show. Join us for true crime on Sunday! Hosts: Heather & DylanEmail: mountainmurderspodcast@gmail.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mountain-murders--3281847/support.

16 Jun 202132min

In 1988, 9 year old South Carolina girl Kia Logan is playing with her sister and a friend at a neighborhood basketball court. Kia takes off on her bike riding a few hundred feet to her mother's apartment when she vanishes. A year and a half later, a child's skull is found in a neighboring town some 35 miles away. It will take years and advancements in DNA technology to identify Kia's skull--her only remains. The case hits a wall until a suspect emerges. Charles Wade Hampton matches witness descriptions of the man who took Kia. He is a known sex offender from Georgia who goes onto admit to multiple child abductions, sexual assaults and even a murder. Trouble is--even with Hampton's confessions, police have trouble linking physical evidence to him. Join us for a tragic case out of South Carolina as we look into Kia's kidnapping and murder and then man likely responsible for the crime. Intro by Joe Buck YourselfHosts Heather and Dylan PackerEmail mountainmurderspodcast@gmail.com To support the show join www.patreon.com for access to exclusive bonus episodes and become part of our Discord chat all about true crimeBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mountain-murders--3281847/support.

13 Jun 202139min

On this week's Offbeat, we take a look at an Appalachian legend which has survived several decades and continues fascinating folks. Point Pleasant, WV is known as home of the Mothman. However, cryptic sightings were not the first unusual thing to happen in Point Pleasant. Just before Mothman sightings began, an area man had a strange experience with UFOs and an alien which he claimed communicated with him. Following his encounter, area residents began spotting a human-like creature with giant wing span that would become known as the Mothman. Join us for an interesting look at the history of a local legend including the famous tragedy associated with Mothman. Hosts:Heather and Dylan PackerEmail: mountainmurderspodcast@gmail.comwww.patreon.com/mountainmurderspodcast to support the show and access exclusive content!Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mountain-murders--3281847/support.

9 Jun 202146min

This week Mountain Murders brings to you the serial pedophile and child murderer, Fred Coffey Jr. A former Navy veteran, Fred was a convicted sexual predator who seemingly preyed on children everywhere he lived. His story begins in 1975 when he was a suspect in the death of a Maryland girl then later connected to multiple abductions and child murders in North Carolina and later Virginia. It was not until 1986, law enforcement was finally able to obtain enough evidence to charge Fred in one of several murder cases. Listen as Mountain Murders tells you about a little known monster who lurked in the Mid-Atlantic region for over a decade. Intro Music By Joe Buck YourselfHosts: Heather and Dylan PackerEmail: mountainmurderspodcast@gmail.comTo support the show join us at www.patreon.com/mountainmurderspodcastBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mountain-murders--3281847/support.

6 Jun 20211h 17min

We're back with another Offbeat episode of Mountain Murders! This week, Heather and Dylan present some hot takes with unpopular true crime theories and share some of our listeners theories, too. From Maura Murray to Jodi Arias, check out some of our opinions in a relaxed mini episode. Hosts: Heather and Dylan PackerEmail: Mountainmurderspodcast@gmail.comTo access more content and support the show join us at www.patreon.com/mountainmurderspodcastBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mountain-murders--3281847/support.

2 Jun 202150min

From the early 1980s and into the mid-1990s, a serial killer was terrorizing sex workers in Florida and North Carolina. William Lindsey was arrested in Asheville after beating a prostitute to death in 1996. A retired former police officer living in the area sent a newspaper clipping to the St Johns County Sheriff. The Sheriff's office had been investigating brutal cold case murders of Florida sex workers for a decade and a half. William Lindsey's crimes were surprising to a lot of people as he seemingly represented a normal family man in everyday life. Join Mountain Murders for another tale of a cold, calculating monster who preyed on vulnerable women. Intro Music By Joe Buck YourselfHosts Heather and Dylan PackerEmail: mountainmurderspodcast@gmail.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mountain-murders--3281847/support.

31 Mai 20211h 19min