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146: Accepting Rides From Strangers - September 26 2019 - Today in True Crime History

Morning Cup of Murder

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

4.7723 Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2019

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Keep up with current episodes of Morning Cup of Murder at morningcupofmurder.com We now live in a world of Lyft and Uber where we rely on drivers, who are vetted by a company, to take us safely to our destinations. Those in past generations, weren’t so lucky and had to rely on complete strangers to get rides. On September 26th 1995 a 43 year old mother of 2 would accept a ride from a stranger she met in a bar and was never seen again. Alive that is. Jerry Ray Davidson Kills Virginia Jackson(1995) Become a supporter of this podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/morningcupofmurder Follow Morning Cup of Murder on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cupofmurder @cupofmurder Follow MCOM on Instagram: @morningcupofmurder Have a Murder or strange true crime story you want to share, email the show here: [email protected] Morning Cup of Murder is researched, written and performed by Korina Biemesderfer. Follow Korina on Instagram: @kbiemesderfer Information for this podcast collected from: https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/dickson/2015/09/28/daughter-mothers-killer-needs-die/72981868/ https://www.google.com/url?q=http://caselaw.findlaw.com&sa=D&ust=1569301706091000&usg=AFQjCNHl0lt_8dvw3Hg8NBruE6vEPKzSwA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

There were two more murders, 15 miles away.

0:02.6

We have a electricity line.

0:05.5

We're described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird religion.

0:09.5

We now live in a world of Lyft and Uber, where we rely on drivers who are vetted by a company to take us safely to our destinations.

0:19.7

Those in past generations weren't so lucky and had to rely on complete strangers to get rides.

0:26.2

On September 26, 1995, a 43-year-old mother of two would accept a ride from a stranger

0:33.1

that she met in a bar and was never seen again.

0:36.3

Alive, that is.

0:39.9

So, if you like your coffee hot but your bones chilled, sit back and start your day with a morning cup of murder. Sometime between

0:48.1

8 and 9 p.m. on September 26, 1995, a woman named Virginia Jackson arrived in a taxi at Broncos Bar in Dixon, Tennessee.

0:58.2

With her was her dog, a large purse, and a pillow.

1:02.3

She seemed to be going to spend the night somewhere and stopped at the bar beforehand.

1:06.6

Already in the bar it was Jerry Ray Davidson.

1:09.6

The two sat near one another but did not converse. Eventually,

1:13.6

the bar began to close down and Virginia called the cab company to pick her up. However, it was

1:18.4

already closed. So instead, she accepted a ride from Davidson. Getting into his pickup truck

1:24.1

around 1130 with her belongings and dog was the last time anyone ever saw

1:29.3

Virginia Jackson. On October 1st, after not hearing from Virginia for about a week, her family

1:35.3

grew concerned and filed a missing persons report. Prior to reporting her missing, Virginia's

1:41.1

brother-in-law saw a pile of clothing lying alongside the road leading to her home,

1:45.5

but thought nothing of it. But by the 18th, he reported the clothing after growing suspicious

1:51.5

of her disappearance. When police investigated the pile, they found hair clips that Virginia was

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