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The Deck

Joe Laughlin (Jack of Diamonds, South Carolina)

The Deck

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True Crime

4.69.6K Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

54-year-old Joe was a true “country guy", living a simple life in Anderson, South Carolina in 2012. He was a husband, father, provider, and handyman. It didn’t take much to make him happy. All he needed in life was his family, his work shed, and an ice-cold beer. Why someone would want to gun him down inside his own home remains a mystery, even over a decade after his death. To this day, Joe’s widow has never remarried. She’s still living at their same little house, with Joe’s picture hanging up on the wall, waiting for the day when justice will finally prevail.

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Our card this week is Joe Laughlin, the Jack of Diamonds from South Carolina.

0:09.0

54-year-old Joe was a true country guy living a simple life in Anderson, South Carolina in 2012.

0:16.5

He was a husband, father, provider, and handyman.

0:20.0

It didn't take much to make him happy.

0:21.7

All I needed in life was his family, his work shed,

0:24.4

and an ice cold beer.

0:26.5

So why someone would want to gun him down

0:28.8

inside his own home remains a mystery,

0:31.4

even over a decade after his death.

0:34.4

To this day, Joe's widow has never remarried.

0:36.9

She's still living at their same little house

0:39.2

with Joe's picture hanging up on the wall,

0:41.5

waiting for the day when justice will finally prevail.

0:45.0

I'm Ashley Flowers, and this is the deck. And then. Oh, On July 3rd 2012 a guy named Chad was eating dinner with his wife, Liddell, at their

1:26.4

home in Anderson, South Carolina. But his mind was elsewhere. His good buddy Joe hadn't

1:31.8

shown up for work in two days.

1:34.0

And it was hard to believe that he could just be sick or playing hooky.

1:37.2

Chad hadn't heard from Joe since Sunday and the two normally talked every single day.

1:41.8

He'd already tried stopping by Joe's place to check on

1:44.3

him before work that Tuesday morning. The doors had been locked and the

1:47.9

air conditioning was running, the TV was on. Joe's truck was even parked in

1:51.6

the driveway, but his friend wouldn't come to the door.

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