EPISODE 136: "The Killing of the Coroner": The Murder of Dr. Joe Smith

Carolina Crimes

Matt Hiers and Danielle Myers

True Crime

5 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 September 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

In 1979, a well respected doctor and Deputy Coroner in Lancaster unexpectly missed work one Monday morning to the surprise of his staff. Things escalated when he could not be reached the following Tuesday. The upstanding doctor had been brutally murdered in his own bed with no suspects. After over a year of unraveling and building their case, law enforcement finally found their suspect and rocked the Lancaster community.

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Sources:

The Lancaster News

The Gaffney Ledger

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0:00.0	For over 350 years, the state of South Carolina has been the setting for some of the most
0:11.0	horrendous crimes ever committed.
0:14.2	Some have gained global notoriety.
0:17.0	Some have been forgotten, and others have been swept under the rug completely.
0:22.3	Now, two South Carolina natives and two crime enthusiasts have teamed up to examine these
0:28.2	heinous acts in detail, giving their perspective of the evil that has resided in the Palmetto
0:34.6	state.
0:35.6	You're listening to Carolina Crimes.
0:42.6	And welcome back to Carolina Crimes episode number 136, and we're over the moon thrill
0:50.0	that you joined us here this week.
0:51.6	Of course, I'm one of your host Matt Hires, and we have a special guest sitting in for
0:57.0	Daniel.
0:58.0	Got the same initials, and go ahead and introduce yourself.
1:01.0	Hey, everybody.
1:02.0	I'm Denise Mackie, and I'm happy to be here.
1:05.9	Yes, I did.
1:06.9	And Denise, you might recognize her voice.
1:08.8	She helped us out with a couple of episodes.
1:11.3	She was in here kind of, I guess, podcast shadowing or job shadowing.
1:16.1	What do we call that post-pod shadowing?
1:20.1	A apprenticeship pod shadowing.
1:21.7	Make it sound snazzy.
	...

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