For over 350 years, the state of South Carolina has been the setting for some of the most horrendous crimes ever committed.

Some have gained global notoriety. Some have been forgotten. And others have been swept under the rug completely.

Now, two South Carolina natives and true crime enthusiasts have teamed up to examine these heinous acts in detail,

giving their perspective of the evil that has resided in the Palmetto State.

You're listening to Carolina Crimes. And welcome back to Carolina

Crimes, episode 257. I'm one of your host Matt Hires along with Daniel Myers. And we're

over the moon. Thrill that you joined us here this week.

Thank you so much for tuning in and listening.

And this is going to be a wild one from the gritty 1970s.

Yes, yes.

But before we get started into this week's episode, just wanted to say thank you for everyone that gave us feedback for the David

Pate story last week.

There was some stories that people commented that they went to school with him and the weird

stuff that he would do and they knew him and it was just crazy.

He was just a bizarre character and

obviously committed a lot of evil yeah or toward the young man towards his victim and that's um

towards uh ricky james and that was we appreciate folks reaching out about that we really do

prove proves you're listening yes thank you so much before we get started we just want to

observe this week we're celebrating Martin Luther King Day we encourage everybody go out

there and be of service to others.

For certain, we had a lot going on this week. I had high school league meetings. I had to miss the monks coming through. Yeah, they came through your area too, didn't they? They did, but they

came through while we were out of town in Asheville, North Carolina.

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