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Carolina Crimes

EPISODE 37:"The Black Widow of Edgefield County": The Legend of Becky Cotton

Carolina Crimes

Matt Hiers and Danielle Myers

True Crime

51.3K Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2021

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

On this Halloween Edition of Carolina Crimes, we examine the truth and legend of Becky Cotton who left four dead hisbands and a slew of tall tales in her wake.

Transcript

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0:00.0

For over 350 years, South Carolina has been the setting for some of the most deplorable

0:13.0

crimes in American history.

0:15.3

Now, two South Carolina natives and true crime historians have teamed up to bring you

0:20.7

their in-depth perspective on some of the most heinous crimes ever committed in the Palmetto

0:26.3

state.

0:27.8

You're listening to Carolina Crimes.

0:35.5

And welcome, welcome, welcome back to episode number 37 of Carolina Crimes, the only

0:42.5

weekly episodic true crime podcast dedicated solely to crimes here in the Palmetto state.

0:49.6

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

0:54.7

And we're proud to bring you a Halloween edition.

0:58.2

Yes, Halloween edition of Carolina Crimes. We're actually recording this here Sunday October 31st

1:06.8

for all of you folks out there when we appreciate you tuning in certainly.

1:11.6

Just a few housekeeping things to start off with. First of all, you can visit us on social media

1:17.7

on Facebook at Carolina Crimes podcast. Also check us out on Twitter at SC CrimesPod.

1:24.9

And Daniel, you have had a wild, wild time, some good and some bad things happen.

1:33.1

Yes.

1:34.0

And we need to update folks on our Instagram. What, why don't you go ahead and tell us a little

1:38.8

bit about that, Daniel?

1:39.8

Okay. The Instagram count is temporarily down. I am working to get a new one put up as

1:48.0

I unfortunately had my phone swiped last week two days before I was to go on vacation.

1:55.7

Luckily, I was able to get a phone at the very last minute right before we left. So get insurance.

2:02.0

Let's worth it. And they've somehow they've taken over. So I am not able to access our Instagram

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