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Carolina Crimes

EPISODE 30: "The Fall from Grace" Part 1: The Saga of Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker (previously recorded 8/15/21)

Carolina Crimes

Matt Hiers and Danielle Myers

True Crime

51.3K Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2021

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

From meager beginnings, Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker rose to unprecedented heights in the 1970's and 80's televangelism. Listen to the first installment of their life story’s that were scorched by the public spotlight.

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Sources: The Charlotte Observer
"I Was Wrong" by Jim Bakker
ABC News
NBC News

The Eyes of Tammy Faye. We do not own the rights to the musical clips heard within.

Transcript

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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

0:09.7

horrendous crimes ever committed.

0:12.5

Some have gained global notoriety.

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Some have been forgotten, and others have been swept under the rug completely.

0:19.9

Now, a state law enforcement operative at a local broadcasting personality have teamed

0:25.2

up to examine these heinous acts in detail and have added a fresh perspective for their

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own.

0:31.0

You're listening to Carolina Crimes.

0:39.5

And welcome to this week's edition of Carolina Crimes.

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We're so glad that you joined us here on South Carolina's number one true crime weekly

0:48.6

podcast.

0:49.6

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

0:52.4

Daniel Myers.

0:54.3

And we have got a monster of an episode for you here today.

0:59.7

It's going to be a two-parter coming at you from York County, South Carolina.

1:05.0

And Daniel, I've got to be honest with you.

1:07.9

This is one that I've been looking forward to covering probably since we started this

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podcast.

1:13.9

I know that.

1:14.9

Yeah.

1:15.9

And when I made a list of the top 10 cases, I wanted to cover in top 10 crimes specific to

1:21.8

South Carolina.

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