EPISODE 255: "The Deadly Ride": The Murder of Hubbard Harris Jr.

Carolina Crimes

Matt Hiers and Danielle Myers

True Crime

4.9 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2026

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

In the midst of Great Depression era Columbia, a young man was celebrating his 15th birthday. Intrigued by the prospect of a job opprotunity, he accepted a ride from a strange man as his mother looked on. Little did she nor the rest of the city realize that would be her son's last ride.

Acknowledgments and credits to:

The New York Times 3/14/1934
Missing in the Carolinas and Renne Roberson
The State 12/26/1933

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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.
0:14.0	Some have gained global notoriety. Some have been forgotten. And others have been swept under the rug completely.
0:23.2	Now, two South Carolina natives and true crime enthusiasts have teamed up to examine these heinous acts in detail,
0:31.1	giving their perspective of the evil that has resided in the Palmetto State.
0:36.6	You're listening to Carolina Crimes.
0:42.0	And welcome back to Carolina Crimes, episode 255.
0:48.8	I'm one of your host, Matt Hires, along with.
0:51.0	Daniel Myers.
0:51.9	And we are over the moon.
0:53.6	Thrill that you join us here in the new year, kicking off 2026 in style.
1:00.5	Yes, yes.
1:01.8	Well, thank you all so much for tuning in this week.
1:04.8	We certainly appreciate each and every one of you.
1:07.4	Thank you for all the feedback.
1:10.1	You gave with episode 254, the just senseless tragedy, Christopher Bowling.
1:17.1	Yeah.
1:17.8	And his roommate that was severely unhinged, it sounded like, and narcissistic.
1:25.2	Yeah, just snapped for no reason.
1:28.0	Insane.
1:28.6	Insane.
1:29.8	But we appreciate everybody reaching out to us about that,
1:33.0	giving us your feedback.
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