153. [Virginia] Bethany Decker

Bless This Mess: A Southern True Crime Podcast

Bless This Mess

Society & Culture, True Crime, History

4.8 • 733 Ratings

🗓️ 21 August 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Bethany Decker, a 21-year-old college student, disappeared in January 2011 from Ashburn, Virginia. Her disappearance remained a mystery for over a decade until police finally received a break in the case.

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0:00.0	When segregation was a law, one mysterious black club owner, Charlie Fitzgerald, had his own rules.
0:06.5	Segregation and a day integration at night.
0:09.7	It was like stepping on another world.
0:12.2	Was he a businessman? A criminal. A hero.
0:16.2	Charlie was an example of power. They had to crush him.
0:21.9	Charlie's Place from Atlas Obsc, and visit Myrtle Beach.
0:25.9	Listen to Charlie's Place wherever you get your podcasts.
0:49.8	Music Hey, everyone to bless this mess in the true crime podcast.
0:50.1	I'm Kara.
0:50.5	Who is Stu? Hey.
0:51.5	All right.
0:51.7	We're back this week and we are going to oh god i've
0:55.6	forgotten oh virginia it is virginia because i was thinking we've been to virginia a lot here lately
1:03.4	west virginia regular virginia virginia virginia virginia so meet virginia do you know that song i've heard it by train is that who sings it Virginia. Meet Virginia.
1:12.1	Do you know that song?
1:12.9	I've heard it.
1:13.6	By train?
1:15.0	Is that who sings it?
1:15.4	Yes.
1:15.7	Oh.
1:17.1	Yes, I've heard it.
1:18.5	Anyways, okay.
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