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Carolina Crimes

EPISODE 124: " Torture on James Island": The Murder of Gerard Roper

Carolina Crimes

Matt Hiers and Danielle Myers

True Crime

51.3K Ratings

🗓️ 3 July 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

In 2006, a James Island man was overtaken by an erratic and irrational episode aimed at one of his aquaintances after an alleged sex tape emerges. In a drug filled rage, the hysterical man then doles out over 24 hours of grisly torture to the man that was "suppossed to be" in the video.

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0:00.0

Towards the night before Christmas, when all through the house,

0:03.2

now the creature was stirring, not even amongst.

0:06.1

The quiet at home was blissful and calm.

0:09.0

The quiet in Gaza was a deadly alarm.

0:12.0

It followed a bang in a home race to the ground,

0:14.9

through the rubble he dug until she was found.

0:17.6

For hours, she thought she tried to be brave,

0:20.9

but without the right care, she couldn't be saved.

0:23.8

She takes her last breath, her mom by her side.

0:26.9

Her dad holds her hand as they bid her goodbye.

0:30.5

For children in Gaza, every minute is a battle of survival.

0:34.7

Please visit unicev.ie to donate today and help save a child's life.

0:39.7

Thank you.

0:46.2

For over 350 years, the state of South Carolina has been

0:50.8

the setting for some of the most horrendous crimes ever committed.

0:55.0

Some have gained global notoriety, some have been forgotten,

0:59.7

and others have been swept under the rug completely.

1:03.7

Now, two South Carolina natives and two crime enthusiasts

1:07.7

have teamed up to examine these heinous acts in detail,

1:11.3

giving their perspective of the evil that is resided in the Palmetto state.

1:16.9

You're listening to Carolina Crimes.

1:20.4

And welcome back to Carolina Crimes episode 124.

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