Hey guys, this is Savannah Breimer, host of the True Crime Podcast Killer Instinct,

and I'm here to introduce to you Gone South. An investigative podcast series from C-13

Originals, the Peabody Award nominated studio behind Rude Evvel, gangster capitalism,

and relative unknown. In Southeast Louisiana and a swampy parish outside of New Orleans,

the Zodiac Killer, the Black Dahlia, and John Bonay Ramsey find their equivalent

in the strange and tragic death of Margaret Coon. Coon, a former sex crimes prosecutor in St.

Tammany, one of Louisiana's safest and most affluent suburbs, was stabbed to death by an unknown

assailant while walking her dog over three decades ago. The mystery surrounding her murder inspired

a generation of colorful deep-south investigators and conspiracy theorists to identify her killer,

and now, 34 years later, award-winning journalist Jed Lapinsky is investigating the community's darker

side, exploring the theories and possible motives behind her unsolved murder and shedding new light

on a bewildering crime that continues to haunt St. Tammany. As you listen to this short preview,

be sure to search and listen to Gone South wherever you get your podcasts.

She was our idol. It was like, wow Margaret, you're so cool. You drive a jag,

or a female lawyer, you're stunningly beautiful. We wanted to grow up and be Margaret.

She was fascinating. District attorneys have a hard job to do, you know, she did it with grace.

She was in your ordinary district attorney. When she walked into the room, the men noticed.

Women noticed Margaret. He said she was just too pretty to kill.

My two bosses came to me and said, Margaret was killed. I said, what?

It was a total shock. People just couldn't believe it. Something like that would happen on this street.

St. Tammany, who was considered a safe haven from the crime of New Orleans.

Single, white female blonde, very attractive ex-prossacutor stabbed to death in rich,

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