EPISODE 259: "Out of the Frying Pan and Into the Fire": Michael Linder

Carolina Crimes

Matt Hiers and Danielle Myers

True Crime

4.9 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2026

⏱️ 56 minutes

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In 1979, a Colleton County man was sentenced to death by electrocution in connection with a heinous roadside murder. After an appeal was filed and a tecnical mistep was discovered, he was granted a new trial and exonerated. However, some people can't handle a second chance.

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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.
0:15.0	Some have gained global notoriety. Some have been forgotten. And others have been swept under the rug completely.
0:24.2	Now, two South Carolina natives and true crime enthusiasts have teamed up to examine these
0:30.0	heinous acts in detail, giving their perspective of the evil that has resided in the Palmetto state.
0:37.6	You're listening to Carolina Crimes.
0:43.1	And welcome back to Carolina Crimes, episode 259.
0:49.6	I'm one of your host, Matt Hires, along with Daniel Myers.
0:52.8	And we're over the moon thrilled that you joined us here this week.
0:56.3	This is going to be one of the wildest episodes we've ever done.
1:02.7	I'm going to go out on limb.
1:04.1	That's a big, big shoes to fill, but I think this is going to do it.
1:10.1	We mentioned last week at the end of the show.
1:12.7	This is a pretty historically significant case.
1:16.6	I don't know if this exact scenario has happened besides this instance in American history.
1:24.3	This is also one that's very personal to me.
1:26.9	It comes out of Colleton County.
1:29.1	It is one that I've heard tell about for years and years,
1:32.2	and we're finally able to get the facts to piece this thing altogether.
1:37.1	Okay.
1:39.7	When we first started this podcast, almost five years ago, believe it or not,
1:44.8	that's insane.
1:45.6	Almost five years ago, this was one of the one I wrote down about 20, 20 crimes just
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