Hi, Crime Junkies. I'm your host, Ashley Flowers. And I'm Britt. And today, I have a totally

different type of story to tell you. In 1976, it was the year of the American bison

teniel. And all through the US, events were being held in cities to commemorate the 200th

anniversary of the signing of Declaration of Independence. Now, that summer fireworks lit up

the night sky. And it was hard to avoid the festive cheer. The US had just gotten out of the

Vietnam War. And with Watergate scandal, fresh and everyone's mind, people were hoping for a return

to some kind of normalcy. Then came 1976. And everywhere you looked, you saw the American flag

on everything. T-shirts, magazine covers, even cigarette lighters and sneakers. It was hard to

escape the patriotic optimism that was the spirit of 76. But roughly one month after the bison

teniel, police in a quiet region in South Carolina would come face to face with one of the more

perplexing mysteries, maybe ever. It's a horrible double murder in which both of the victims,

as well as their killer, remain unidentified to this day. But it is the season of justice.

And Brett, you, me, and our listeners actually have a chance to help solve a cold case. This

is the case of the Sumter County Dose.

Our story begins on August 9, 1976, a Monday. And a trucker named Martin was traveling along

Locklayer Road in northwest Sumter County, South Carolina. Now, this is a colluded dirt road

about half a mile from Interstate 95, which just ran parallel to it. Around 6.20 that morning,

this trucker decided to pull over along the side of the road to rest. And that's when he made a

shocking discovery. Two bodies, one male and one female, had been abandoned on the side of the

road, and each had been shot multiple times. Martin tried to forward this information to someone,

anyone, and he was able to get in touch with a man named Charles Graham, who worked at a store

nearby. Wait, this is in the 70s. How did he get in touch with them? I honestly don't know,

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