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Let's Get Dark: A Paranormal & Crime Podcast

03 - The Mysterious Death of Kendrick Johnson

Let's Get Dark: A Paranormal & Crime Podcast

Let's Get Dark

Religion & Spirituality, Unsolved Mystery, Conspiracies, Spirituality, Creepy, Cover-up, Comedy, True Crime, Murder, Cold Case, Mystery, Government Projects, Disappearances, Crime, Paranormal

4.6604 Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2018

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

The morning of January 11, 2013 17 year old Kendrick Johnson's body was found in a rolled up gym mat at his high school in Valdosta, Georgia. Police immediately ruled his death an accident, but his family and many others in the community felt foul play was likely. It has been over five years, and Kendrick's family is still seeking justice for their son. In this episode, we discuss the startling details of the case that will leave you wondering just what in the heck went on in that high schoo...

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10.30 a.m., January 11th, 2013 in Valdosta, Georgia. During morning gym class at Lowndes High School,

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a few students climbed on top of the vertical gym mats to do schoolwork when they discovered

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a pair of white socks sticking slightly from the top of one of the mats. Thinking someone was playing a

0:16.8

joke, they called a few others over and eventually the gym teacher joined them. He pulled a few of the mats down so that he could reach the mat in question, and pulled it on its

0:25.2

side. What he discovered was a male student dead inside the rolled-up gym mat.

0:29.9

Authorities were alerted, and that very same day, the police department made a statement

0:33.8

that they were sure no foul play had taken place in the death of this child.

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Five years later, the family is still fighting for answers about what really happened to their son.

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You're listening to Creep It Real, and today we are discussing the mysterious death of 17-year-old Kendrick Johnson.

1:19.2

Thank you. Creep it Reel is a weekly podcast where we present our theories of the subjects we cover based on our interest and research.

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Some material may be graphic and disturbing, so proceed with caution.

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Hey everybody. We're back again with a new case. This case isn't as popular as it should be. We feel nonetheless, it's very interesting, very mysterious, and we have been beating our heads against the wall, trying to find anything and everything we possibly can. Unfortunately, the case of Kendrick Lamar Johnson is shrouded again in mystery.

1:50.5

Yeah, it is a really controversial case we have noticed.

1:56.0

It's honestly also difficult to find a straight answer about certain things. It's just there's so much mysterious circumstances going on here.

2:00.8

Lacks the days little police attitude, mishandling the crime scene.

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We got everything and anything that could go wrong.

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Yeah.

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So let's begin with Thursday evening of January 10th, 2013.

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Jackie Johnson reported her son Kendrick missing when he was not home by 10.30 p.m.

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The last time that Kendrick was seen was at school that day.

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So the following morning when she still hadn't heard anything from him, she went up to the

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school to talk to the administrators to see if they had any information on where he may be

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