Introducing: Gone South, Season One: Who Killed Margaret Coon?
Ghost Town: Strange History, True Crime, & the Paranormal
Ghost Town
3.7 • 938 Ratings
🗓️ 17 November 2021
⏱️ 3 minutes
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Summary
In 1987, a former prosecutor named Margaret Coon took her dog for a walk in one of Louisiana’s safest and most affluent parishes. The next morning, she was found dead on the side of the road with a single stab wound in her back. St. Tammany Parish advertises itself as a safe haven from the crime and corruption of New Orleans, attracting thousands of residents over the last several decades. But there is a darker side to St. Tammany and that darkness ultimately consumed Margaret Coon. Welcome to Gone South Season 1: Who Killed Margaret Coon? Over the course of this documentary podcast series from C13Originals, a Cadence13 studio, journalist Jed Lipinski investigates the theories and motives surrounding Margaret Coon’s unsolved murder, shedding new light on a bewildering crime that has haunted St. Tammany for over 34 years.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm here to introduce you to Gone South, a new investigative podcast series from C-13 |
| 0:04.8 | originals, the Peabody Award-nominated studio behind Root of Evil, Gangster Capitalism, |
| 0:09.8 | and Relative Unknown. |
| 0:11.4 | In Southeast Louisiana, in a swampy parish outside New Orleans, the Zodiac Killer, the |
| 0:16.0 | Black Dahlia, and Jambane Ramsey, find their equivalent in the strange and tragic death |
| 0:21.0 | of Margaret Coon. |
| 0:22.7 | Coon, a former sex crimes prosecutor in St. Tammany, one of Louisiana's safest and most |
| 0:27.1 | affluent suburbs, was stabbed to death by an unknown assailant while walking her |
| 0:31.3 | dog over three decades ago. |
| 0:33.7 | The mystery surrounding her murder inspired a generation of colorful, deep south investigators |
| 0:38.3 | and conspiracy theorists to identify her killer. |
| 0:41.3 | Now, 34 years later, award-winning journalist Jad Lapinski is investigating the community's |
| 0:46.0 | darker side, exploring the theories and possible motives behind her unsolved murder, and shedding |
| 0:51.5 | new light on bewildering crime that continues to haunt St. Tammany. |
| 0:55.8 | As you listen to this short preview, which I was hooked by, be sure to search and listen |
| 1:00.5 | to Gone South wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 1:03.7 | She was our idol. |
| 1:06.2 | It was like, wow, Margaret, you're so cool. |
| 1:10.0 | You drive a jag, or a female lawyer, you're stunningly beautiful. |
| 1:16.1 | We wanted to grow up and be Margaret. |
| 1:19.2 | She was fascinating. |
| 1:20.8 | Your attorneys have a hard job to do, and she did it with grace. |
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