EPISODE 50 PART 2 "The Monster of the Midlands": Larry Gene Bell

Carolina Crimes

Matt Hiers and Danielle Myers

True Crime

5 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2022

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

After the abduction and murder of Shari Faye Smith, the midlands were on high alert. Unfortunately, for good reason. The same monster struck again, this time abducting 10 year old Debra May Helmick while she played in her family's yard. This time, the perpetrator had been seen and investigators were already busy unlocking the key to catching the man that terrorized the midlands for 28 days.

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Sources:
WIS-TV
Murder in The Midlands by Lt. Rita Shuler
Small Town Slayings by Rita Shuler

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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
0:13.4	horrendous crimes ever committed.
0:16.6	Some have gained global notoriety.
0:19.4	Some have been forgotten, and others have been swept under the rug completely.
0:24.6	Now, two South Carolina natives and two crime enthusiasts have teamed up to examine these
0:30.6	heinous acts in detail, giving their perspective of the evil that has resided in the Palmetto
0:36.8	state.
0:37.8	You're listening to Carolina Crimes.
0:45.4	And welcome back to Carolina Crimes.
0:47.8	We're so glad you joined us here for part two of episode 50.
0:53.4	And if you haven't listened to part one already, it is imperative that you do so.
0:58.0	Go back and check that out.
0:59.4	Danielle brought that to us previously, the abduction and eventual murder of Sherry Space Smith
1:07.7	from Lexington, South Carolina.
1:11.6	Now we're going to move forward in time, not too far at all.
1:15.7	In fact, Friday, June 14th of 1985, the investigation is still going on.
1:23.8	Into Sherry Space Smith's murder, the calls have really subsided, the taunting calls by
1:32.1	the murderer to the Smith family.
1:35.9	And here this is going to be a Friday afternoon, two weeks to the day of Sherry's abduction,
1:45.0	and almost two weeks to the minute.
1:48.0	It's 4.07 pm.
1:51.1	That Friday afternoon, about 25 miles east of the Smith's home, and evil struck again.
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