Introducing: Gone South, Season One: Who Killed Margaret Coon?

Ghost Town: Strange History, True Crime, & the Paranormal

Jason Horton & Rebecca Leib

True Crime, Paranormal, Weird History, Social Sciences, History, Science

3.7 • 928 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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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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