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The Deck

Charles “Chuck” McGraw (10 of Spades, Indiana)

The Deck

Audiochuck

True Crime

4.69.6K Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Charles' bold suits and charismatic personality made him stand out. He was also a man who liked money — earning it, flashing it, and spending it. And trying to untangle Charles' different threads of income – and what may or may not be connected to his death – has kept investigators busy for decades. Especially when some of that income was almost definitely under the table.

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0:00.0

Our card this week is Charles Chuck McGraw, the ten of spades from Indiana.

0:09.9

Charles' bold suits and charismatic personality made him a standout.

0:14.6

He was also a man who liked money, earning it, flashing it, and spending it.

0:20.4

And trying to untangle Charles' different threads of income

0:24.2

and what may or may not be connected to his death

0:27.6

has kept investigators busy for decades,

0:31.1

especially when some of that income was almost definitely under the table.

0:37.4

I'm Ashley Flowers, and this under the table.

0:41.2

I'm Ashley Flowers, and this is the deck. Thank you. Back in 1988, 5 o'clock was the end of the nurses' shift at St. Francis Hospital in Beach Grove, Indiana.

1:21.8

So by 520 on October 7th, Carla Feliciano and her co-worker were walking to their cars. But something struck her as off.

1:31.4

Right next to her car, parked on the second floor of the garage, there was a burgundy and gray Cadillac,

1:37.6

Seville with the engine idling. Carla peered through the rolled-up window, and inside she saw a man in a brown tweed jacket like slumped over the center console.

1:48.9

His left arm rested between his legs and there was what looked like blood on his hand.

1:54.0

So right away, her nursing instincts kicked in.

1:57.4

She shouted at her colleague to go get help while she opened the unlocked door and checked

2:02.0

for signs of life. But there was nothing. Within a few minutes, Carla's co-worker returned with a doctor

2:08.1

who confirmed what Carla already knew. The man in the Cadillac was dead. Looking into the car,

2:14.5

Carla could see that he'd been shot once on the left side of his head and neck area.

2:20.1

When police arrived shortly after, they recognized the victim immediately.

2:25.0

He was 53-year-old Charles McGraw, the hospital's food services director.

2:31.1

Charles McGraw was super popular at the hospital.

2:35.0

Some of the officers that responded that they even knew Charles McGraw.

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