EP213: The Mercer Law School Stalker

Crimes and Consequences

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.6 • 859 Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

In the summer of 2011, the quiet town of Macon, Georgia, was shaken to its core by a horrifying and baffling crime

Lauren Giddings was a 27-year-old law school graduate with a bright future ahead of her. Described as diligent, intelligent, and extremely kind-hearted, she was well-liked by her peers and had a promising legal career on the horizon. However, on June 29, 2011, she disappeared. Here is her story.

Sources:
https://allthatsinteresting.com/lauren-giddings https://www.google.com/amp/s/wgxa.tv/amp/news/local/the-girl-next-door-lauren-giddings-family -remembers-her-10-years-after-brutal-murder https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.macon.com/news/local/crime/article271369827.html https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.13wmaz.com/amp/article/news/local/5k-run-honors-former mercer-law-student/93-f4c3177a-97ea-4af7-90e5-ff43908758e2 https://www.unilad.com/news/crime/true-crime/stephen-mcdaniel-murderer-police-interrogation- 084405-20230828

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0:00.0	This episode may contain content of a graphic nature, including descriptions of physical and sexual violence against adults, children, and animals.
0:09.0	Listener discretion is advised.
0:12.0	Hi everyone, I'm Tlaia. advised.
0:12.7	Hi everyone, I'm Tlaia.
0:14.1	And I'm Tanya.
0:15.3	And together we are Crimes and Consequences,
0:18.3	a true crime podcast. cast. Welcome back everyone to another episode of crimes and consequences. I'm Tanya and I'm
0:40.6	Tlaia and before we get into today's story I would just like to ask everyone to hit this like or subscribe or whatever button you have whether you're watching us on YouTube or you're listening to us on your favorite podcast app and this is a relatively well-known story at
0:57.8	least in the area where it happened but I did hear about it at some point
1:02.1	and maybe it was because the victim was a law school
1:06.2	graduate student she was finishing up when she was murdered and we're lost
1:10.5	yeah and it happened around like a couple years after like I graduated so maybe that's why but anyway.
1:17.2	I only know a little bit about it because you told me.
1:20.1	I don't know the holes.
1:21.1	I don't know the holes.
1:22.1	Well you buckle up because I'm going to tell you all about it. Never trust lawyers. Yeah, never trust lawyers. Yeah. So this takes place in the summer of 2011 in Macon, Georgia, and I don't I've never been to Macon. Have you ever been to
1:38.4	No, I don't know where it is?
1:40.3	By Atlanta? Yeah, I don't know if it's by Atlanta. Yeah, I don't know if it's by Atlanta. But it's kind of like a quiet town and it's it's got Mercer Law School in it. So it's kind of has that vibe of you know students and things like that and
1:55.0	this community was just shaken to its core when this prime happened. The
2:01.3	let me tell you a little bit about Lauren Giddings.
2:04.8	She was a 27 year old law school graduate.
2:07.8	And she was at this time in this summer.
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