EPISODE 238: "The RV From Hell": The Murders of Daniel Swanson and Trooper Bruce Smalls

Carolina Crimes

Matt Hiers and Danielle Myers

True Crime

4.9 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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What started as a getaway to Florida for one Virginia businessman ended in drunken tragedy for two men after hitchhikers were introduced to the equation. A rolling party, complete with drugs and debauchery turned fatal and the trip to The Sunshine State was traded for a trip to South Carolina's Death Row.

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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.
0:13.0	Some have gained global notoriety. Some have been forgotten. And others have been swept under the rug completely.
0:22.7	Now, two South Carolina natives and true crime enthusiasts have teamed up to examine these heinous acts in detail,
0:30.6	giving their perspective of the evil that has resided in the Palmetto State.
0:36.1	You're listening to Carolina Crimes.
0:42.0	And welcome back to Carolina Crimes, episode 238.
0:46.7	I'm one of your host, Matt Hires, along with.
0:48.9	Daniel Myers.
0:50.0	And we're over the moon.
0:51.6	Thrill that you joined us here this week.
0:54.0	Thank you all so much for all your feedback from episodes 236 and 237.
1:00.7	Last week, just that tragedy of young girl, Cyprus, Noonan, that was murdered and manipulated.
1:11.4	Yeah.
1:11.7	Her life cut short at a very young age.
1:14.7	Yeah.
1:15.1	Just a tragedy.
1:16.5	We appreciate everybody reaching out about that one, letting us know your take.
1:21.5	And a lot of the people that were not as objective as we were, yeah, I'm on the same page with you. I really am,
1:30.4	and I appreciate what you said, and that's, we had to kind of call it, just give the facts,
1:36.0	but yeah, your opinion, I wholeheartedly agree with this guy, this guy prayed on these young
1:43.3	women. That's not good under any circumstances.
1:47.1	No.
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