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302. [TENNESSEE] Young Love Vanished || The Murders of Adam & Samantha Chrismer

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🗓️ 3 March 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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A young wedding, a terrifying lake discovery, and a storage unit.  For information pertaining to this case, check out the highlight at the top of my profile at Instagram.com/TheHeatherAshley.  Sponsors: BigMad True Crime can qualify to see a registered dietitian for as little as $0 at FayNutrition.com/BIGMAD IQBAR - Text "BIG" to 64000 to get 20% off all IQBAR products, plus get FREE shipping. "BIG" to 64000. Bombas.com/bigmad - Use code Bigmad for 20% off your first purchase. Buyraycon.com/bigmad - Get 15% off site wide! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hey everyone and welcome back to Big Mad True Crime, where we get Big Mad over True Crime. I'm your

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host Heather Ashley and today's case is out of

0:39.5

Georgia and Tennessee. Small talk sucks, so let's dive in. Adam Ray Chrismor was the kind of guy who could make you laugh until tears ran down your cheeks.

1:06.8

He grew up in Walker County, Georgia, near the Tennessee border, where he was known for his

1:11.5

spot-on impressions of Elvis and Jim Carrey and his infectious sense of humor. But it wasn't just

1:17.9

his jokes that made Adam special. He was also loving, affectionate, and really, really kind.

1:25.4

While Adam was in high school, he started dating Samantha Lemming. Samantha's mom described her

1:31.0

as a beautiful and happy girl, someone who was genuinely loved by every single person she met and had

1:38.1

zero enemies. None whatsoever. If you knew Samantha, you absolutely adored her. In early 2002, Adam and Samantha became

1:48.9

friends with one of Samantha's older brother's friends who was a girl named Kelly. It wasn't long

1:54.4

before the couple met Kelly's father, Howard Willis, who lived in Rossville, Georgia, which is in

2:00.2

Walker County. Now, Howard wasn't your

2:03.0

average dad. According to court records in 2000, he was busted for attempting to transport

2:09.3

1,700 pounds of cocaine into New York. To get reduced charges, Howard agreed to give prosecutors the names of the people

2:19.4

who had paid him to move said cocaine from Texas to New York. He wound up facing a drug trafficking

2:27.1

conspiracy charge, which is the least surprising information at all, but was eventually let out

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