49: Serial Killer Larry Gene Bell, Part 2

Southern Fried True Crime

Erica Kelley

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

4.6 • 10.5K Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2019

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

In June of 1985, residents of the Midland area of South Carolina were frozen in fear. Two girls were kidnapped and murdered and the sadistic man responsible relished in making phone calls to one of the families. This is part two of the case of serial killer Larry Gene Bell, covering the abduction and murder of nine year old Debra May Helmick and the investigation into both murders. I also discuss the trials for both murders, and the execution of Larry Gene Bell.

Sources: https://www.southernfriedtruecrime.com/48-49-larry-gene-bell-part-1-2

Special thanks to author and former SLED Lieutenant, Rita Shuler, who gave me permission to use her book as a major source for this episode: Murder in the Midlands: Larry Gene Bill and the 28 Days of Terror that Shook South Carolina.

Shari Faye’s sister, Dawn Smith Jordan, also wrote book: Grace So Amazing.
And Shari Faye Smith’s mother, Hilda Smith also wrote a book: The Rose of Shari

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Original Music by Rob Harrison-Gamma Radio

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0:00.0	7.
0:04.1	Southern Fraud True Crime Covers Cases That Are Not Suitable For Young Listeners, And There
0:08.2	May Also Be Some Explicit Language Used.
0:11.2	Listener Disgression Is Avazed.
0:19.6	Last Week I Told You About The Abduction In Murder Of 17-Year-Old Sherry Face Smith.
0:26.0	She Was Snatched Out Of Her Own Drive Way In Broad Daylight, And Her Abductor Called Her
0:30.1	Family Numerous Times Before Finally Telling Them Where Her Body Was Five Days Later.
0:37.1	Exactly Two Weeks To The Hour After Sherry's Abduction, 9-Year-Old Deborah May Helmick
0:41.6	Was Kidnapped From Her Front Yard.
0:45.2	Deborah May's Family Would Have To Wait 8 Days To Learn Her Fate.
0:49.3	At Her Killer, Larry Jean Bell, Kept Calling Dawn Smith, Sherry Face Smith's Sister.
0:56.2	He Gave Her The Directions To Deborah May's Body.
1:00.9	Larry Jean Bell Kept The South Carolina Midlands Frozen In Fear For 28 Days.
1:06.4	But He Did Make A Crucial Mistake That Would Be His Downfall.
1:11.3	And His Ridiculous Displays In Court Felt To Impress Two Juries About His Supposed Mental
1:16.3	Incompetence.
1:18.5	But This Isn't Just The Story Of A Monster Kidnapping Girls And Tormenting Families.
1:23.9	This Is A Story Of Families Who Refused To Be Broken.
1:27.7	Whose Faith And Strength Brought Them Through Unspeakable Tragedy.
1:35.9	Welcome To Episode 49, The Murder Of Deborah May Helmick, And The Reckoning Of Serial Killer
1:41.8	Larry Jean Bell.
1:47.6	It Was Another Unusually Hot Day In The South Carolina Midlands.
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