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Once Upon A Crime

S5 Ep200: Chopped: Anjette Donovan Lyles

Once Upon A Crime

Esther Ludlow

True Crime, Society & Culture, Crime, Truecrime, Criminology, History, Criminals

4.65K Ratings

🗓️ 22 March 2021

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

A young widow opens her own restaurant in Macon, Georgia in the 1950s. Suspicions arise when the people closest to her begin falling ill and dying. Was Anjette Lyles a serial killer?

Resources:
Lyles v. The State, Supreme Court of Georgia, (1959)

"Anjette Lyles, Restauranteur of Death" by Ciaran Conlittle for Headstuff.org, Sept 28, 2017.

"Criminal History: Anjette Lyles poisoned 4 family members for money" by Chelsea Beimfohr, 13wmaz.com.

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Intro and Outro Music by Aaron Michael Goldberg

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This podcast details true crime cases. It contains adult themes and may contain descriptions

1:17.6

of violence. It is not intended for children. Listener discretion is advised.

1:24.6

Thank you for joining me for today's episode of Once Upon a Crime. In this month's series

1:36.6

Chopped, I'm sharing cases of chefs, cooks, and restaurant tours who turned away from

1:41.5

the stove and tore to life of crime. In today's episode, we'll travel to Macon, Georgia

1:46.9

in the good old 1950s. In that time in place, there was a young woman who owned a popular

1:52.3

restaurant. Anjette Donovan-Lials, a young widow, was well-liked and respected by the locals

1:58.1

who frequented her restaurant as much for her food as for her charming company. So when

2:03.1

the people closer to her began dying, agonizing deaths due to mysterious illnesses, no one

2:08.6

at first suspected anything nefarious. But Anjette's bizarre behavior, fascination with what

2:14.8

was described as voodoo and her newfound wealth, all caused citizens of Macon to turn a more

2:20.5

suspicious eye towards the restaurant's proprietress. This is the last chapter in the series

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