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The Binge Crimes: Cut, Color, Kill

Devil in the Ditch | 1. I Would've Remembered a Murder

The Binge Crimes: Cut, Color, Kill

Sony Music

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.23.6K Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

It’s been nearly 20 years since host Larrison Campbell’s 85-year-old grandmother, Presh, was murdered. Detectives say it was probably someone who knew Presh. But in a small Mississippi town, that doesn't exactly narrow it down. Campbell starts at the scene of the crime. Unlock all episodes of Witnessed, ad-free right now by subscribing to The Binge. Plus, get binge access to brand new stories dropping on the first of every month — that’s all episodes, all at once, all ad-free. Find out more about The Binge and other podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Campside media.

0:07.0

There's a town in Mississippi called Greenville.

0:16.6

It's in the heart of the Mississippi Delta, and more than 85% of the homicides that happen

0:20.7

here are unsolved.

0:23.0

So many of the people who commit these murders aren't in jail.

0:25.9

They're in a car driving past your house.

0:29.1

You probably stroll by them in the supermarket or see them pumping gas.

0:34.4

That also means the families of these victims have learned to live with not knowing.

0:40.0

One of those unsolved murders happened almost 20 years ago.

0:43.3

She was a grandmother, a major influence in Greenville and a bit eccentric.

0:48.2

Beloved by her family, maybe even the whole town.

0:52.2

She drove an old Ford with a life-size paper mache man in her backseat.

0:57.8

She was a big Democrat who hosted governors and organized dozens of charities.

1:03.4

Didn't seem like anybody had a bad thing to say about her.

1:08.4

Then she was murdered, and nobody ever solved it.

1:12.3

You get the feeling that it never will be, that it's been so long it doesn't matter.

1:18.6

Well, it matters to me.

1:21.9

Because that town, Greenville, Mississippi, is where I grew up.

1:25.7

And that family is my family.

1:28.1

And it was my grandmother who was found murdered in her son's room.

1:33.1

And I want some answers.

1:37.3

This is a story about what happens when you don't know.

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