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Blood is Thicker: The Farris Wheel

You're Gonna Hang Me

Blood is Thicker: The Farris Wheel

CBS News

True Crime, Society & Culture

4.21.2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2026

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

After Melody Farris is arrested, Rusty Barton changes his story about what she told him the night Gary was killed. But even without Rusty's cooperation, detectives gather key evidence that builds the case against Melody.

Transcript

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0:00.0

You know it's still under criminal investigation, right?

0:04.0

The Georgia Guidestones may be America's answer to Stonehenge.

0:07.0

County Administrator says there were conspiracy theories.

0:10.0

Let's not forget that crime was committed here and somebody got away with it.

0:15.0

I'm Tyler McBrion.

0:19.0

Join me as we take a wild ride through granite quarries,

0:21.6

graveyards,

0:22.6

Colts, small town southern lore, and a lot of explosives.

0:26.6

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0:29.6

Who Blew Up the Guidestones?

0:30.6

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0:33.6

She said Gary is in the burn pile.

0:41.2

No, she said he is in the burn pile.

0:45.4

He's in the burn pile.

0:48.2

When Melody Ferris's lover, Rusty Barton, said those five words to detectives, he blew the investigation wide open.

0:57.0

Rusty claimed Melody told him that key phrase

1:00.0

the night her husband, Gary Ferris, was killed.

1:04.0

Here's Detective Daniel Hayes.

1:07.0

Rusty claimed that his response to her was,

1:10.0

don't tell me nothing else. Now Rusty claimed that his response to her was, don't tell me nothing else.

1:12.8

Now Rusty eventually recants this story, correct?

1:16.8

He does.

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