In the woods of northwest Georgia, Dr. Charles Lee Scudder and Joseph “Joey” Odom built an off grid home unlike anything their neighbors had seen. There was stained glass, a golden harp, a pink gargoyle, and a reputation that grew stranger with every rumor told about the place they called Corpsewood Manor.

On December 12, 1982, two men Charles and Joey had welcomed onto the property arrived with a plan to rob them. What happened next left Charles and Joey dead inside the home they had spent years building, sent two teenage witnesses fleeing in fear, and led to another murder across state lines.

In this episode, we follow the real story behind Corpsewood Manor, the rumors that surrounded it, and the violence that turned an unusual home in the Georgia woods into a lasting piece of true crime folklore.

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2. Pam Purcell — “Pair Enjoy Roughing It in County’s Backwoods,” The Summerville News (February 22, 1979)https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn89053933/1979-02-22/ed-1/seq-21/ocr/

3. West v. State — Georgia Supreme Court (1984)https://law.justia.com/cases/georgia/supreme-court/1984/40134-1.html

4. West v. State — Mississippi Supreme Court (1985)https://law.justia.com/cases/mississippi/supreme-court/1985/55443-0.html

5. West v. State — Mississippi Supreme Court (1988)https://law.justia.com/cases/mississippi/supreme-court/1988/519-so-2d-418-0.html

6. Peggy Nadramia — “The Tragic Case of Dr. Charles Lee Scudder, Satanist,” Church of Satanhttps://www.churchofsatan.com/tragic-case-dr-charles-lee-scudder/

7. B.T. Harman — “The Corpsewood Murders: 40 Years Later,” Atlanta Magazinehttps://www.atlantamagazine.com/great-reads/the-corpsewood-murders-40-years-later/

8. Luke Gregson — “The Corpsewood Manor Murders,” Oxford Americanhttps://oxfordamerican.org/oa-now/the-corpsewood-manor-murders

9. Christopher Feldt — “Death Comes to Corpsewood Manor,” North Georgia Historyhttps://www.northgeorgiahistory.com/post/death-comes-to-corpsewood-manor

10. Leland Kent — “Corpsewood Manor,” Abandoned Southeasthttps://abandonedsoutheast.com/2019/01/28/corpsewood-manor/

11. David Bulit — “Corpsewood Manor,” Abandoned Georgiahttps://abandonedgeorgia.com/corpsewood-manor/

12. Kelly Kazek — “The Murders of ‘Devil Worshippers’ at Corpsewood Manor”https://kellykazek.com/2019/02/25/the-murders-of-devil-worshippers-at-corpsewood-manor/

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Faith Danielle Hedgepeth was 19 years old and studying at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill when she was killed inside her Durham apartment in September 2012. Investigators recovered DNA evidence, a handwritten message, and other clues from the scene, but the case remained unsolved for years.

Now, 14 years later, Miguel Salguero Olivares is on trial in connection with Faith’s death. He is charged with murder, burglary, rape, and sexual offense, and he has pleaded not guilty to all charges. There has not yet been a verdict.

In this episode, we review Faith’s final night, the evidence investigators collected, the years long investigation, and the case now being presented to a jury. It is a full catch up for anyone starting to follow the trial now.

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Sources:

1. 9 years after UNC student Faith Hedgepeth was killed, Chapel Hill police make arrest

2. Faith Danielle Hedgepeth (1992-2012) - Find a Grave Memorial

3. Murdered UNC Student's Final Moments: What Police Say Happened to Faith Hedgepeth - ABC News

4. https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/1283962/hedgepeth-case-files.pdf

5. 9 years after UNC student Faith Hedgepeth was killed, Chapel Hill police make arrest

6. ‘Noise’ or ‘evidence?’: Opening statements in UNC student murder trial :: WRAL.com

7. Additional charges filed against suspect in killing of UNC student Faith Hedgepeth

8. Court documents reveal how investigators linked suspect in Faith Hedgepeth's murder

9. https://web.archive.org/web/20240916185307/https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/crime/article257547083.html

10. Murder trial of Miguel Salguero-Olivares accused of killing UNC student Faith Hedgepeth

11. Persons Of Interest Listed In Hedgepeth Murder Investigation Documents 

12. ‘She feels cold’: Emotional 911 call played in UNC student murder trial :: WRAL.com

13. Faith Hedgepeth murder suspect gets trial date more than a decade after her death

14. Judge calls lost blood sample ‘absurd’ in UNC student murder case :: WRAL.com

15. Faith Danielle Hedgepeth homicide records sealed

16. https://web.archive.org/web/20240119215718/https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/community/chapel-hill-news/article61107117.html

17. https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/faith-hedgepeth-timeline-her-life-093000380.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall

18. Love, Hope, And Faith | Faith Hedgepeth Murder 20/20 ABC | FULL EPISODE

19. Faith Hedgepeth’s former roommate testifies midway through second week of murder trial

20. Blood, slushie or vomit? Roommate of murdered UNC student cross-examined as testimony continues

21. One alternate juror still needed in UNC student murder trial :: WRAL.com

22. Faith Hedgepeth’s Roommate Full Testimony | NC v. Miguel Salguero-Olivares

23. 'Step was missed': Witness testifies about missing blood evidence in Faith Hedgepeth murder case

24. Video Voicemail Found Left by UNC Student's Phone on Night of Her Murder: Part 4 - ABC News

25. Faith Hedgepeth case: 10 unanswered questions ahead of trial - 9th Street Journal

26. https://www.youtube.com/live/_it9pn2FIYg?si=i12Ynb9YnpezS5A6

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We have a shorter spooky season story for your Friday. In 1977, firefighters found Teresita Basa murdered in her Chicago apartment, but months passed without an arrest.

Then a doctor told police that his wife had entered a trance and spoken in a voice that identified itself as Teresita. Detectives could not verify that explanation, but they could investigate what the voice claimed to know. The lead took them back to Edgewater Hospital and helped uncover evidence in a case that still raises questions nearly 50 years later.

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1. https://www.newspapers.com/image/386658919/

2. https://www.newspapers.com/image/386502681/

3. https://www.newspapers.com/image/385452553/

4. https://www.newspapers.com/image/385412418/

5. https://www.newspapers.com/image/386661148/

6. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1978/09/17/voice-from-the-grave-evokes-a-murder-trial/13b6d805-2413-4015-b70a-b9b28ab5d40d/

7. https://dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu/DI/1978/di1978-09-07.pdf

8. https://newspapers.swco.ttu.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/62a3b8a2-82b5-427d-a26e-893002ba7213/content

9. https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20160913/edgewater/did-teresita-basa-solve-her-own-murder-true-life-ghost-story-still-haunts/

10. https://thebestoffatemagazine.blogspot.com/2014/10/read-free-how-voice-from-grave-named.html

11. https://jimharold.com/the-strange-and-sad-case-of-teresita-basa-unpleasant-dreams-17/

12. https://www.mamamia.com.au/teresita-basa-unsolved-mysteries/

13. https://morbidology.com/did-teresita-basa-solve-her-own-murder/

14. https://mail.survivalafterdeath.info/articles/rogo/spontaneous.htm

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This week, we tell the 1897 story of Elva Zona Heaster Shue, known as Zona, whose sudden death in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, was initially treated as natural causes. After Zona’s mother said her daughter appeared to her and described what happened, an exhumation revealed a broken neck, and Zona’s husband went to trial for her murder.

Since so many of you enjoyed Black Hope Cemetery, we are spending Thursdays for the rest of October on historical cases with a little mystery and a spooky season feel.

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Sources:

1. https://archive.wvculture.org/history/crime/shuearticles.html

2. https://archive.wvculture.org/history/crime/crimeandpunishment.html

3. https://archive.wvculture.org/history/notewv/ghost.html

4. https://archive.wvculture.org/history/notewv/ghost1.html

5. https://archive.wvculture.org/vrr/va_mcsearch.aspx

6. https://archive.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx

7. https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/entries/2107

8. https://wvdn.com/14205/

9. https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=50356

10. https://greenbrierwv.com/editorials/the-greenbrier-ghost

11. https://www.appalachianhistory.net/2018/01/greenbrier-ghost.html

12. https://appalachianhistorian.org/the-greenbrier-ghost-what-the-records-really-show/

13. https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/10/31/halloween-ghost-story-time-an-apparition-helped-convict-murderer/

14. https://blueridgetruecrime.com/crime/the-greenbrier-ghost-did-an-australian-ghost-story-solve-a-west-virginia-murder/

15. https://wvmetronews.com/2026/07/21/the-greenbrier-ghost-is-an-odd-west-virginia-tale/

16. https://unsolvedfiles.com/greenbrier-ghost-file-complete-dossier/

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On May 12, 2018, Joleen Cummings finished a shift at the Tangles Hair Salon in Fernandina Beach, Florida. The 34 year old mother of three was supposed to pick up her children the next day for Mother’s Day and her birthday, but she never arrived.

When Joleen’s SUV was found abandoned near a Home Depot, surveillance footage pointed investigators toward a new coworker. But the woman Joleen knew as Jennifer Sybert was not who she said she was. As detectives followed the trail, they uncovered false names, a stolen identity, and a history that stretched across states.

In this episode, we follow the search for Joleen, the evidence left behind at the salon, and the questions that remain years later.

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1. Woman Dismembers Coworker at Hair Salon

2. Unsealed documents Kimberly Kessler's case, shows strange search history

3. ‘They know she’s in heaven being looked after’: Joleen Cummings’ husband speaks publicly for 1st time

4. ​​Kimberly Kessler near death on hunger strike in jail, attorneys say

5. ‘They know she’s in heaven being looked after’: Joleen Cummings’ husband speaks publicly for 1st time

6. How a Florida mom's disappearance led to arrest of woman with 18 aliases - ABC News

7. Sheriff: Suspect in disappearance of Fla. mom has had 18 aliases, lived in 33 cities 

8. Juror: DNA, internet searches & attempt to clean crime scene sealed Kimberly Kessler’s fate

9. Convicted killer Kimberly Kessler attempted suicide twice | firstcoastnews.com

10. Woman Who Lived Under Multiple False Identities Murders Coworker Who Threatened To Expose Her | Oxygen

11. Jennifer Sybert: 10 things we know about suspect in Nassau mom's disappearance

12. Snapped Kimberly Kessler: Identity, Trial, and Conviction

13. Suspect in woman’s disappearance is previously missing person who allegedly stole alias from tombstone - ABC News

14. Kimberly Kessler's injuries were 'defensive,' attorneys say, but agree there was a 'violent confrontation'

15. Joleen Cummings disappearance: Timeline of events - Action News Jax

16. The Hairdresser Killer: Full Police Interrogation Video

17. https://media.news4jax.com/document_dev/2018/09/10/Kessler-Sybert%20Information_1536606050592_12637260_ver1.0.pdf

18. Kimberly Kessler charged with murder in Joleen Cummings case

19. Trial For Florida Woman Accused Of Killing Hairstylist Begins With Bizarre Outbursts | Oxygen

20. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA JACKSONVILLE DIVISION KIMBERLY LEE KESSLER, Petitioner, v. Case No.

21. Timeline: Kimberly Kessler’s arrest, investigation into death of Joleen Cummings

22. Jury selection starts in Kimberly Kessler murder trial

23. Sheriff: Ex-boyfriend of missing stylist no longer person of interest

24. Murder suspect searched Joleen Cummings' name 457 times

25. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Left-Behind-book-series-by-Lahaye-and-Jenkins

26. Dismemberment experiment with knife purchased by Kimberly Kessler lasted just 73 minutes

27. https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25/25-6013/383314/20251104125016057_20251104-124022-00000767-00000394.pdf

28. Florida sheriff’s office celebrates transfer of ‘problem’ inmate with cake, ice cream

29. https://www.fdc.myflorida.com/institutions/institutions-list/314

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When Sandra Birchmore was 12, she joined a Stoughton, Massachusetts police youth program because she hoped to become an officer herself. What began as trust in the adults around her became the basis for years of alleged exploitation by men connected to the program.

In 2021, Sandra was found dead in her Canton apartment while pregnant with her first child. Her death was initially ruled a suicide. Federal prosecutors now allege that former Stoughton Police Officer Matthew Farwell, who had known Sandra through the Police Explorers program, strangled her and staged the scene to look like a suicide. They allege he did so to prevent Sandra from disclosing information about his conduct to law enforcement.

As of October 7, 2026, jury selection is underway in Matthew's federal trial. He has pleaded not guilty, and his defense maintains that Sandra died by suicide. In this episode, we trace Sandra's life, the Police Explorers program, the original investigation, and the case now being argued in federal court.

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Sources:

1. Former Massachusetts Police Officer Arrested in Connection with Murder of Young Woman | United States Department of Justice

2. The Betrayal of Sandra Birchmore

3. The Sandra Birchmore Case Details Get Worse

4. The Sandra Birchmore Case: Ex Stoughton Police Detective Indicted on Murder Charges

5. Could Sandra Birchmore’s Alleged Killer Be Charged with Larceny?

6. Family of former Stoughton police explorer files wrongful death lawsuit against 3 ex-officers

7. https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25079501/farwellindictment.pdf

8. https://www.bostonmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/usa_v._matthew_farwell_-_detention_affidavit_2.pdf

9. ​​A timeline of Sandra Birchmore's relationship with her alleged killer, former Stoughton police officer Matthew Farwell

10. Sexual relationship between Stoughton police officer and minor detailed in report - masslive.com

11. Matthew Farwell, charged in Sandra Birchmore's death, to remain in custody until trial - CBS Boston

12. Matthew Farwell to remain behind bars until trial on charges in death of Sandra Birchmore - Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News

13. William Farwell, brother of man charged with killing Sandra Birchmore, has police certification revoked - CBS Boston

14. Former Stoughton deputy chief Robert Devine decertified over misconduct allegations | GBH

15. Sandra Birchmore’s mental health history allowed in Matthew Farwell trial

16. Karen Read's attorneys seek unredacted documents from Sandra Birchmore death investigation - CBS Boston

17. Sandra Birchmore case records

18. https://crimetimelines.com/sandra-birchmore-timeline/

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In 1983, Sam and Judith Haney were preparing to install a swimming pool behind their home in the Newport subdivision of Crosby, Texas, when they uncovered two human graves. The discovery led them to the Black Hope Addition Graveyard, a largely forgotten African American cemetery whose boundaries and burial records had faded from public view. Court records later confirmed that Purcell Company, Inc.'s field superintendent had been warned about a possible grave during construction and had ordered the marked area cleared.

After the graves were found, the Haneys and other Newport residents began sharing unsettling accounts of unexplained noises, flickering appliances, shadows, and an overwhelming feeling that something was wrong in their homes. Those reports remain personal accounts, not independently verifiable findings. We follow the documented discovery, the neighborhood's haunting stories, and the legal battle that reached the Texas Supreme Court, while considering what it means when a community's lost burial ground is rediscovered beneath a new neighborhood.

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This is a new follow up to last week’s episode on Ashley Flynn’s death. We cover the trial of her husband, Caleb Flynn. Prosecutors argued that Caleb staged a home invasion after killing Ashley, while the defense maintained the state had built a circumstantial case around an affair, with no recovered murder weapon, eyewitness, or gunshot residue evidence.

Over eight days of proceedings, the jury heard testimony about the garage door, the missing 9 mm handgun, phone and Apple Watch data, and more than 107,000 messages between Caleb and Alleigha Botner. On September 29, 2026, the jury found Caleb guilty on all nine felony counts and the firearm specifications. Sentencing is scheduled for October 5, and the defense has indicated it intends to appeal.

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3. CNN: Closings wrap in murder trial of former “American Idol” contestant Caleb Flynn (Sept. 29, 2026.)

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5. CNN live coverage: Prosecutors highlight Caleb Flynn’s affair in opening statement (Sept. 18, 2026.)

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7. Tipp Gazette: Flynn trial day one: Stunning text messages subject of opening statements (Sept. 2026.)

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9. WLWT: Jurors begin deliberations in Caleb Flynn trial (updated Sept. 29, 2026.)

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11. Dayton Daily News: What to know from Day 2 of testimony (Sept. 21, 2026.)

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23. WHIO: Prosecution calls more witnesses on Day 5 (Sept. 23, 2026.)

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In late 2019, 69 year old Patricia Bennett suddenly stopped answering calls from her family. Messages continued coming from her phone, but her grandson John knew something was wrong. The wording did not sound like Patricia, and no matter how often he asked, he could not hear her voice.

As police checked the shifting stories told by Patricia’s daughter, Carol Rey, the lies began to unravel. Patricia was not at her sister’s house or at the doctor’s office, and her phone was found hidden inside the home. We cover Patricia’s disappearance, John’s persistence, and the investigation that revealed what had happened to her.

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From the archive, we are revisiting the disappearance of former NBA player Bison Dele.In July 2002, Bison Dele, his girlfriend Serena Karlan, and boat captain Bertrand Saldo vanished while sailing through the South Pacific. Bison’s older brother, Miles Dabord, was the only person to return from the trip. When he arrived in Tahiti, Bison’s catamaran had been repainted and renamed.

As investigators searched for answers, they uncovered evidence that someone had been using Bison’s identity after he disappeared. Authorities came to believe Miles was responsible for the deaths of Bison, Serena, and Bertrand, but he died later that year before the case could ever be resolved in court. No bodies were found, and what happened aboard that boat remains a mystery.

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In June 1994, Vickie Beckham dropped her three children off for a visit with their father and was supposed to go to work. Hours later, she was found dead behind the wheel of her car in a ditch along a rural South Carolina road. Her vehicle had barely any damage, but Vickie had catastrophic injuries that could not be explained by a crash.

Investigators quickly realized someone had tried to stage Vickie's death as an accident. More than a year later, an arrest brought police a detailed account of an alleged murder for hire plot involving Vickie's estranged husband, Stephen Beckham, and Richard Anderson. We follow the investigation, the evidence presented at trial, and the convictions that followed.

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