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48 Hours

Introducing Blood Is Thicker: The Farris Wheel

48 Hours

CBS News

True Crime, Tv & Film

4.17.8K Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2026

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

When the remains of the patriarch of a wealthy Georgia family were discovered on his Georgia farm, investigators asked who would want to kill Gary Farris, and why? What they discovered is a dysfunctional family fueled by jealousy, betrayal, and money-related tensions. Soon, allegations start flying round and round like a sinister Ferris wheel ... and a mother and son face off over who could be responsible for destroying their family. Listen to Blood is Thicker: The Farris Wheel now, wherever you get your podcasts. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Jerry, you got it.

0:02.0

I've won the patient of the emergency.

0:04.0

On July 5th, 2018, Scott Ferris called 911 to report something unsettling.

0:12.0

My father has come up missing.

0:15.0

Gary Ferris, the beloved family patriarch known as Big Daddy, hadn't been seen in two days.

0:22.6

Something's really off here.

0:24.6

So that's when we decided to start searching the property.

0:29.6

Scott, along with his siblings and mother, looked everywhere.

0:33.6

And that's when they came upon something horrifying.

0:42.6

Look, there's human remains down there. I was like, stay away from there.

0:48.8

After detectives arrived at the scene, they made an even more chilling discovery.

0:52.7

There's a bullet found lodged in a ribboat. It's a homicide.

0:53.4

Absolutely. Detectives discovered Gary had been shot.

0:58.0

But by whom and why?

1:04.0

From the outside, the 10-acre Ferris family farm

1:08.0

looked like the kind of place anyone would be happy to call home.

1:13.5

But on the inside, the reality was much different.

1:17.7

I don't see how anyone can look at this story and think they were happy.

1:23.1

And every member of the Ferris family suddenly looked like a potential suspect.

1:28.3

This is horrible to have to put on all the secrets out on the table.

1:33.3

Secrets involving money.

1:36.3

Around four and a half, five million.

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