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Carolina Crimes

EPISODE 79: "Murder, Missed Payments, and Michelob Light" The Murder of Virginia Russell

Carolina Crimes

Matt Hiers and Danielle Myers

True Crime

51.3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2022

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

In 1996, a young lady was contacted to meet a "gentleman" caller one evening only to be executed in a Columbia park. The evidence all pointed to one suspect, that was until a six pack of beer started telling a story all it's own.

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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

0:12.4

horrendous crimes ever committed, some have gained global notoriety, some have been forgotten,

0:20.3

and others have been swept under the rug completely.

0:24.0

Now, two South Carolina natives and two crime enthusiasts have teamed up to examine these

0:29.5

heinous acts in detail, giving their perspective of the evil that has resided in the Palmetto state.

0:37.2

You're listening to Carolina Crimes.

0:41.7

And welcome back to this week's edition of Carolina Crimes, episode 79.

0:48.6

And we're so glad you joined us. I'm one of your host Matt Hires along with.

0:52.6

Danielle Myers.

0:54.2

And thank you so much for being here.

0:56.4

And we got a lot of feedback from last week's episode, a tragic tale out of Clemson, South Carolina,

1:05.1

especially this time of year. Students going back to school, it's very frightening to say the least.

1:13.1

So we appreciate all of you that have given us some feedback on that.

1:17.2

We're glad you enjoyed the episode and were able to get some information out of that as well.

1:22.8

If you're not already following us on social media,

1:25.1

join us on Facebook at Carolina Crimes podcast, also over on Twitter at SC CrimesPod.

1:34.3

And we put pictures, a little bit of additional information on social media about these cases.

1:39.8

So you'll be able to go over there and put some faces with the names.

1:43.4

And we're going to get started here with this one.

1:46.8

Danielle, you're going to bring this one to us.

1:48.6

And this is one from our, I guess, for lack of a better term, mentor and sole mate of the show,

1:59.3

Rita Schuller, retired lieutenant, special agent Rita Schuller from Sled here in South Carolina.

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