EPISODE 261: "Lock Your Doors": Mannie Lee Law

Carolina Crimes

Matt Hiers and Danielle Myers

True Crime

4.9 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2026

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

In 1974, a retired Florence teacher frantically called the Shriff's Department. She had been bound and gagged, assaulted and her husband was missing. When investigators got the description of the assailant, it sounded oddly familiar but it couldn't be the man they were thinking of. He had been committed to the State Hospital. So you can imagine their surprise when they learned of his escape!

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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.
0:22.8	Now, two South Carolina natives and true crime enthusiasts have teamed up to examine these heinous acts in detail,
0:30.7	giving their perspective of the evil that has resided in the Palmetto State.
0:36.2	You're listening to Carolina Crimes.
0:41.7	And welcome back to Carolina Crimes, episode 261.
0:47.6	I'm one of your host, Matt Hires, along with Daniel Myers.
0:50.6	And we are over the moon.
0:52.7	Thrill that you joined us here this week for this story of true crime from the state of South Carolina.
0:59.1	Oh, itchy ears, Danielle.
1:02.2	Really?
1:04.2	No, I thought she had a headphone problem, but she said her ear itched.
1:08.5	I was just scratching my ear.
1:10.3	At least she didn't put your back leg up and hit it like a dog.
1:13.2	Can't reach.
1:14.4	Yeah, yeah.
1:15.6	That'd be impressive.
1:17.3	But thank you so much for listening.
1:19.5	We appreciate all your feedback about that story last week from Gaffney from 1905.
1:26.1	If you haven't listened to it, go back and listen in the archives.
1:29.7	Just a pervert, innkeeper. Some traveling actors and actresses came to town and he just,
1:39.6	he was just infatuated with the young ladies.
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