The Donut Shop Killers: The Fallout

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True Crime, Murder, Unsolved Case, Killing, Murderer, Cold Case

3.8 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2022

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

When we covered the Donut Shop murders last year, we didn't get into one particularly disturbing element of the case. When Sherman McCrary and Carl Taylor embarked on their violent, cross-country rampage, they didn't just have their wives in tow. They brought along Ginger McCrary-Taylor's young sons as well. This week, we present the conclusion of our talk with Jerry Nations, one of those sons. Jerry shares the story of what it was like to reunite with Ginger as an adult — and will reveal the surprising truth of what she did for a living. .

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0:28.0	Content warning. This episode contains discussion of rape, murder, and child abuse.
0:36.8	The surprising thing is that almost everyone seemed to think Ginger Taylor was a pretty good mother to her boys, Jerry and Glenn.
0:46.1	The social workers on the case commented more than once about how she had real concern for them and their welfare.
0:54.0	The father of the boys, her ex-husband Jerry Johnson, also praised her, writing in letters to the state that she was a wonderful mother to the boys and loved them above everything else.
1:06.5	She was a very dedicated mother and the boys came first with her.
1:11.8	This makes it difficult to understand what happened.
1:16.0	After she and Jerry Johnson divorced, Ginger, the daughter of an abusive father, married an abusive man.
1:24.8	Her dad, Sherman McCrary, and her new husband Carl Taylor, went on a multi-state crime spree of robbery, rape, and murder.
1:35.4	Ginger let them bring her and her boys along for the ride.
1:39.8	We've told that story in the last few weeks on this program, and you can also hear about it on the new Wondry podcast, Families Who Kill, The Donut Shot Murders.
1:52.3	Even after it was all over, Jerry Johnson still tried to make excuses for the horror and dangers she had exposed her children to.
2:03.3	It wasn't entirely her fault, he wrote to the state.
2:06.8	She just had the misfortune of being the daughter of a bunch of cooks and marrying another cook.
2:13.6	After she was arrested for her role in the crimes, her parental rights were terminated, and her boys were sent into foster care.
2:22.3	A few years later, Ginger reached out to the welfare department and asked to see her boys.
2:27.9	A case worker would later describe the encounter.
2:31.8	Mrs. Taylor sounded very close to tears when she talked about Jerry and Glenn.
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