EPISODE 159: "Mixing Fire and Gasoline": The Shooting of Bert Reeves

Carolina Crimes

Matt Hiers and Danielle Myers

True Crime

5 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Two strong personalities clash in this tale from Cottageville,SC. In 2011, a beef between the former town mayor and a police officer came to and ugly boiling point leaving one dead. Sled investigations, civil suits, and mental health all come into play in this week's episode.

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Sources:

http://jimfishertruecrime.blogspot.com/2011/11/small-town-policing-shooting-people-you.html?m=1

https://www.live5news.com/story/14850307/cottageville-residents-demand-answers-about-former-mayors-death/

https://www.superlawyers.com/articles/south-carolina/loyalty-after-death/

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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 horrendous crimes ever committed.
0:15.3	Some have gained global notoriety.
0:18.2	Some have been forgotten, and others have been swept under the rug completely.
0:23.8	Now, two South Carolina natives and true crime enthusiasts
0:27.9	have teamed up to examine these heinous acts in detail,
0:31.5	giving their perspective of the evil that has resided in the Palmetto state.
0:37.0	You're listening to Carolina Crimes.
0:41.0	And welcome, welcome, welcome back to Carolina Crimes episode 159.
0:48.6	And we're over the moon thrilled that you joined us here today.
0:51.4	I'm one of your host, Mattires along with Danielle Meyers. And thank you so much for joining us here this week.
0:57.8	Over the last couple of weeks we've gotten a lot of good feedback about the Melvin Roberts the former mayor of York
1:05.1	that story as well as the Sumter County does that you brought us last week
1:09.4	Daniel a nationally renowned story and you gave us a lot of information about it and really really
1:18.4	it was just really an information dump.
1:20.8	Yeah that was that was awesome you found out a lot of stuff about that. Yeah, and it was it was interesting to research and it's good that like I said that they we got a conclusion in the sense that they finally identified these two, but there's still a long way to go as to hoping to see who's responsible.
1:40.0	Yeah, and it's going to be a uphill battle with finding out who committed those murders there,
1:47.0	those, the two young people there in Sumner, but an interesting story nonetheless, and one that needed to be told fit
1:56.1	right in.
1:57.1	Carolina crimes.
1:59.2	A lot of thanks.
2:01.0	We've got a lot of good feedback.
2:02.2	We've gotten a lot of good feedback. We've gotten a lot of new listeners lately and we're super grateful for you
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