EPISODE 266: "You Can't Burn Secrets": The Murder of Ernest Gibson

Carolina Crimes

Matt Hiers and Danielle Myers

True Crime

4.9 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2026

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

In 1985, a mysterious house fire in Hartsville,SC led investigators to a deceased elderly man who they believed to be a victim of the fire. While technically he was, there was much more to the story and the condition in which he was found.

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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.
0:22.6	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.
0:36.0	You're listening to Carolina Crimes.
0:41.1	And welcome back to Carolina Crimes, episode 266.
0:46.6	I'm one of your host, Matt Hires, and fresh off administrative leave.
0:50.4	Danielle Myers.
0:51.4	Yes, ma'am.
0:52.3	Welcome back.
0:53.0	Welcome back.
0:53.4	You're going to learn your lesson one day.
1:10.3	Maybe. I think. I'm a glutton for punishment. Yeah. Yeah, but we're glad you're feeling better. Glad to be back. Yeah. Glad you are. Glad you are. And it's been a wild and interesting week. Had a week of a lot of firsts. Mm-hmm.
1:14.4	And getting medical tests and stuff like that, getting to be that age.
1:28.3	Oh. Yeah. Making sure you're right up there. Yeah, you were looking at my IV bruise. Yeah, you look at you got punched in the arm. Yeah, it looked like a clothesline somebody, like a barfight or something cool. So, yeah, you should see the other guy.
1:29.7	Yeah, yeah, no.
1:31.5	You shouldn't.
1:38.5	But, yeah, if you're over 45, go and get checked out back.
1:39.9	Get your backyard checked out.
1:41.4	It cleaned out.
1:45.6	You do that the night before, but if you know, you know.
1:46.8	So welcome.
1:52.9	I think that's the first time we've started the show off with any kind of potty talk or anything like that.
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