Episode 86 Deceptive Delivery The Murder of Lita McClinton Sullivan

Southern Mysteries Podcast

Shannon Ballard

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 918 Ratings

🗓️ 26 April 2021

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Lita McClinton was murdered in her Atlanta townhome in 1987. Someone posing as a flower delivery man rang the doorbell and shot Lita when she opened the door. Lita’s family, Atlanta PD and the FBI agreed on the prime suspect but it would take nearly 20 years to build a case against him. See photos and sources for this episode in the show notes at southernmysteries.com Support The ShowHear the Southern Mysteries show archive and immediately access exclusive content when you become a patron of the show. Join now at patreon.com/southernmysteries ConnectWebsiteTwitterFacebook Email Music Theme Song “Dark & Troubled” by Panthernburn. Special thanks to Phillip St Ours for permission for use. Dark Fog, Drone in D, Lamentation, Echoes of Time, Autumn Sunset, Meditation Impromptu, by Kevin MacLeod. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. Source: http://incompetech.com/. Gloomy Night by Marwan Nimra Licensed under Creative Commons.Resolution by Wayne Jones Licensed Under Creative Commons Magical Forest by Sir Cubworth Licensed Under Creative

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0:00.0	On the morning of January 16th, 1987, a delivery man rang the bell at a town home in Atlanta's upscale
0:17.2	buckhead district. A woman answered and the delivery man asked of her name was Lita.
0:24.0	When she said yes, the man pulled out a 9 millimeter gun
0:28.0	he had hidden within a dozen roses.
0:31.0	He fired several times, striking Lita once in the head.
0:37.0	Lita's best friend Poppy was at the town home that day. When she heard the shot, she grabbed her three-year-old daughter
0:44.2	and ran to hide in a closet where she remained until police arrived and secured
0:50.0	the scene. They would break the news to Poppy that her best friend was dead.
0:57.0	Immediately, Poppy told police she knew who killed Lita.
1:05.0	Welcome to Southern Mysteries,
1:07.0	exploring history and mysteries of the American South.
1:10.0	I'm your host, Shannon Ballard, and this is the mystery of the murder of Lita McClinton.
1:20.0	At Lances Oakland Cemetery is the oldest public park in the city and the final
1:27.8	resting place for more than 70,000 people. Many notable locals are buried there, including Gone with a Wind
1:35.1	author, Margaret Mitchell, Atlanta's first black mayor, Maynard Jackson, and
1:39.8	Carrie Still Logan, an ex-slave who established the first African American orphanage in Atlanta.
1:49.0	Among the Oaks and Magnolias at Oakland, there is a sculpture honoring Lita McClinton.
1:55.3	The inscription reads, In loving memory of Dearest Lita, The Giver, whose inner beauty was
2:02.4	blinding.
2:05.0	Lita Levine McClintin was born in Atlanta in 1952.
2:09.0	She was the oldest of three children of Joanne and Emory McClinten.
2:14.3	Joanne McClinten was a politician serving in the Georgia House of Representatives from 1993
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