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Carolina Crimes

EPISODE 262: "The Problem With Peonage": The Pink Franklin Case

Carolina Crimes

Matt Hiers and Danielle Myers

True Crime

4.91.6K Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2026

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Job opportunities in 1907 Norway,SC were few and far between. Families that did not own land were destined to be sharcroppers for the wealthy. One sharecropper tried to excercise his right to freedom and choice of whom to work for which resulted in one dead, two injured annd a historic court case in American history.

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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.

0:23.3

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

0:31.2

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

0:36.7

You're listening to Carolina Crimes.

0:42.6

And welcome back to Carolina Crimes, episode 262.

0:48.1

I'm one of your host, Matt Hires, along with Daniel Myers.

0:50.9

And we are over the moon, thrill that you joined us here this week.

0:56.5

Man, thank you so much for the feedback regarding last week's episode, the, I guess what

1:05.0

they deem the escape lunatic, Mani Lee Law.

1:08.8

He proved him right when he walked away from the South Carolina State Hospital,

1:14.3

shot two people, murdered one,

1:17.4

kidnapped and assaulted another,

1:20.5

and just his reign of terror that you can't explain.

1:25.3

No.

1:26.2

He proved himself criminally insane.

1:30.5

Certainly did.

1:32.0

Well, we appreciate all the feedback, like I said.

1:35.3

You and I have been solving all the world's problems here between episodes where we're

1:40.6

recording and, man, we're talking to Olympics. Yeah. Talking about all kinds of dump trucks and everything else.

1:49.6

All the sports that they have for the Winter Olympics.

1:52.4

I love the Olympics.

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