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Southern Fried True Crime

102: The Sinclair Murders

Southern Fried True Crime

Erica Kelley

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

4.610.5K Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2020

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

In 1967, The Sinclair family in Auburn, Alabama had been stalked for over a year. A college kid named Edward Seibold had briefly dated the oldest daughter, Cathey. When she rejected him, he became fixated on her widowed mother, 44 year old Juanita. His obsession with these women would turn into a murderous rage. Edward Seibold’s crimes shocked and traumatized the small city of Auburn. Over fifty years later, residents still cannot shake the horror of what happened.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Canada. The Great White North, a utopia of manners, healthcare, and big-hearted people saying

0:08.5

A. Sadly, that place doesn't exist. I'm Jordan, and on my show nighttime, I uncover

0:16.7

a version of Canada that is far darker than the one used in advertising to sell coffee,

0:21.9

beer, and cars. The Canada I discuss on nighttime is a twisted maze of crime, missing persons

0:29.0

cases, unexplained events, and stories that prove Canada is not what they want you to think.

0:35.2

If you want to join me, subscribe to the nighttime podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts,

0:41.8

or anywhere else.

0:59.0

Please call the National Suicide Hotline at 1-800-273-TALK or 8255. If you're suffering from domestic

1:07.3

violence, please call 1-800-799-SAFE or 7233 or DAL-NON-111. The Trevor Project has a hotline

1:17.3

for young LGBTQ people who are struggling. Call 1-866-488-7386. Remember, you are not alone.

1:27.4

I'll have international resources as well as these US numbers in today's show notes.

1:34.3

Southern Fried True Crime covers cases that are not suitable for young listeners,

1:38.5

and there may also be some explicit language used. Today's episode involves violence against

1:43.8

children, so listener discretion is strongly advised. In 1967, Auburn Alabama was devastated by a

1:53.8

shocking, imbrutal attack on a widow and her four daughters. It was the kind of crime

2:00.8

that outraged citizens and reverberated for generations, and it was complicated because this

2:07.8

was at a time that we didn't fully understand the danger of stalking. The first time stalking

2:13.4

was criminalized was in California in 1990, 23 years after the attack on the Sinclair.

2:21.2

In truth, Edward Seabold had terrorized the Sinclair family for more than a year before his

2:27.8

horrific rampage. The mother, Juanita Sinclair, was not naive. She tried to protect her family.

2:35.4

She did call the police. Neighbors urged her to buy a gun, but no one could have imagined the

2:42.4

horror that Eddie Seabold would bring to the Sinclair home. It's another case of an obsession,

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