Smoky Mountain Mystery

Cold Case Files

A&E / PodcastOne

True Crime, Society & Culture, History, Talk Radio

3.8 • 8.1K Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2021

⏱️ 25 minutes

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After nearly two decades of silence, a man known as the Smoky Mountain Gypsy comes forward with information that could lead police to solve not one, but two different murders, which had never before been connected. Check out our great sponsors! 1-800-Contacts: Order online at 1800contacts.com - download their free app - or call 1-800 Contacts (1-800-266-8228) Madison Reed: Find your perfect shade at Madison-Reed.com to get 10% off plus FREE SHIPPING on your first Color Kit with code CCF SimpliSafe: Go to SimpliSafe.com/coldcase today to customize your system and get a free security camera. Tommy John: Returns and exchanges are FREE and RIGHT NOW get 15% OFF your FIRST ORDER at TommyJohn.com/coldcase Total Wireless: Get an unlimited talk, text and data plan for $25 per month. 1 gig at high speed, then 2G. Terms and conditions at TotalWireless.com

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0:00.0	Thank you for listening to this podcast one production available on Apple podcasts and podcast one
0:08.0	Thank you for listening to this podcast one production available on Apple podcasts and podcast one
0:20.4	On April 15th 1979
0:23.2	Harriet Simmons left her home in Raleigh, North Carolina for a weekend trip to Nashville
0:27.6	The drive should have taken about eight hours, but Harriet Simmons never arrived at her destination
0:34.6	Her family feared for her safety and reported her missing. This is her son-in-law Ronnie DeMent
0:41.6	It was totally out of character for her mom
0:45.0	Not to call you know when when we knew she would know because her kids you know her life
0:51.1	She would never go that long and not being touched with them one third of all murder cases in America remain open
1:01.6	Each one is called a cold case and only one percent are ever solved
1:06.8	This is one of those rare cases
1:09.9	From A&E this is cold case files the podcast
1:13.7	The
1:20.4	Family joins in the search Ronnie retraces the route that Harriet would have taken to get to Nashville
1:26.7	Two and a half hours into the search he finds an important piece of evidence
1:31.8	Harriet's car
1:33.3	The car was parked just off an exit lane leading out of a rest area. This is Ronnie again
1:38.4	Seeing the car where it was I know it was a character that her mom would never stop the car in that position
1:48.4	I just knew something happened as she was leaving that rest area. I didn't know what but I knew she would never stop her car there
1:58.4	The police searched the car for clues of Harriet's whereabouts
2:01.8	It's what they don't find that makes them suspicious her keys and purse are missing
2:06.5	They also noticed that the car has a flat tire and theorized that Harriet might have asked a stranger for help
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