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Bless This Mess: A Southern True Crime Podcast

A Little Less Mess: [South Carolina] Murdaugh Murders - Stephen and Gloria

Bless This Mess: A Southern True Crime Podcast

Bless This Mess

Society & Culture, True Crime, History

4.8733 Ratings

🗓️ 12 April 2023

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to A Little Less Mess, it's our companion episode to our main weekly releases. In ALLM, you will find just the facts, no opinions, no jokes, no banter, but do not fear! If you would like to hear our full thoughts on this case (and inappropriate jokes) check out the weekly regular episodes released on Thursdays (they're the numbered episodes).

Yes, we are covering the Murdaugh Murders, everyone else is, so why not. We start with the definitely murdered Stephen Smith and the most likely murdered Gloria Satterfield.

Fun Fact: Summerville, South Carolina is the birthplace of Sweet Tea. It is also home of the worlds largest iced tea in a giant mason jar. If you are ever around in the fall, you can attend to Sweet Tea Festival.

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0:00.0

Hey everyone, welcome to bless this mess in the true crime podcast. I'm Kara, Jessica Kara. Welcome to Bless this mess in the True Crime podcast. I'm Kara, just Kara.

0:24.7

Welcome to A Little Less Mess. This is our regular podcast episodes, all the information without all of the banter, and it's just me reading it.

0:34.0

It's a little shorter episode. If you would like to check out our regular episodes,

0:37.9

those are numbered every week. And it's me and my husband, Stuart, and we talk about the case

0:44.7

and give our opinions and make inappropriate jokes and all that stuff. So with all that said,

0:50.3

follow us on Facebook, Instagram, check out our Patreon.

0:55.5

Patreon.com slash bless this mess podcast.

0:58.8

You'll get the episodes, the regular episodes, add free and early.

1:03.2

And rate your view, subscribe on iTunes.

1:07.0

And I think that is it.

1:08.7

So without further ado, let's get into tonight's case of the Murdoch

1:12.9

murder, Stephen and Gloria. Stephen Nicholas Smith was born January 29, 1996, to Fred and Sandy Smith.

1:22.2

Stephen was born and raised in South Carolina. He had five siblings, two sisters, and three brothers. One of those siblings

1:29.1

was his twin sister, Stephanie. His older sibling, Joseph, passed away at just over two months old.

1:35.9

Now, Stephen was described by friends and family as fun and outgoing. He would attend Wade

1:41.4

Hampton High School in Hampton, South Carolina, graduating in 2014.

1:46.3

His favorite quote in the yearbook was from Homer Simpson.

1:49.4

He had a good sense of humor, was witty and had a good heart.

1:53.2

Stephen was also openly gay, which could not have been easy in a small town like Hampton.

1:57.9

After graduation, he began attending O.C. Tech of Orangeburg to become a registered

2:02.4

nurse. He was living with his twin sister at the time. Stephen had big plans for his life. He dreamed

2:07.7

to becoming a doctor one day after finished nursing school. On July 8, 2015, at 3.57 a.m. 9-1-1

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