34. The Stocking Strangler Part 3

Bless This Mess: A Southern True Crime Podcast

Bless This Mess

Society & Culture, True Crime, History

4.8 • 733 Ratings

🗓️ 15 March 2018

⏱️ 96 minutes

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Summary

From 1977 to 1978, a murderer was loose in Columbus, Georgia nicknamed the Stocking Strangler. After six years of no leads, they finally nab their guy and he is convicted and sentenced to death. But 30 years later, new DNA evidence is processed, some pointing to is guilt and some pointing to his innocence, we discuss the findings and the ever complicated case of Carlton Gary. Sources: Whoever Fights Monsters by Robert Ressler, The Big Eddy Club by David Rose, Washington Post, the Ledger-Enquirer Music courtesy of Blanche, find their music on iTunes! Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/blessthismesspodcast Contact us at [email protected] Follow us on Twitter at @BTMASTCP Like us on Facebook at facebook.com/blessthismesspodcast Follow on Instagram at blessthismesspodcast Rate, review, and subscribe on iTunes!

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0:00.0	Life once again is carefree, where we tiptoed, now we waltz.
0:11.0	Past the black hats and the mirrors we've cracked without our fingers crossed.
0:19.0	The days are slow and easy in the night's fields
0:24.6	if he hadn't been you know a killer
0:28.6	he would have been the greatest salesman all earth
0:32.6	he wasn't stupid but he wasn't brilliant but he was smart enough to know how to play people.
0:39.3	And he played him like drums.
0:41.3	He knew their weak spots, and he could play on them.
0:45.3	And he still is. He's doing it for prison.
0:49.3	The things we don't know about Carlton Garrett would darken our opinion of him rather than
0:57.0	like him.
0:59.0	He was a curriculum.
1:01.0	He probably killed more often than we know.
1:04.0	We know he killed two women in Syracuse.
1:08.0	And we think he beat a man to death and he helped set his house on fire in Florida.
1:13.6	Most of the time he came across as a very polite young man and then all of a sudden he would switch and go out and kill a little winter.
1:26.6	Past the black hats and the mirrors we've cracked without our fingers crossed.
1:36.1	The days are slow and easy in the nights feel.
1:41.1	Hey everyone. Welcome to Bless This Me's Southern True Ground podcast podcast. I'm Carrie here with Stu. Say hey, Stu.
1:45.2	Hey.
1:45.8	So we're back with you again, and this is going to be the third and final installment
1:50.5	for the case of the stalking strangler, which Carlton, last we left you, Carlton Gary, was arrested for it.
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