Hard Times and True Crimes

Mar 05 2025 95 ep. 51 mins 1
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Listen to two Southern, Christian women tell each other historical true crime stories. 

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94.Sean Patrick Goble: The Serial Killer Truck Driver

Mar 05 2025 43 mins  
Send us a text 🔎 Episode Summary: Truck stops, open highways, and a killer hiding in plain sight—Sean Patrick Goble was a long-haul trucker with a dark secret. 🚚💀 In the early 1990s, Goble crisscrossed the country, using his job as a cover to prey on vulnerable women leading to multiple murders. But what led to his capture? And could there be more victims authorities hav

93. The Gaffney Strangler: Murder, Mystery and Sweet Potato Pone in South Carolina

Feb 26 2025 42 mins  
Send us a text 🔊 Narrator: Curtis Hildreth 🎼 Music by: Isaiah Hildreth Episode Summary: In this episode of Hard Times & True Crimes, we take you back to Gaffney, South Carolina, a small Southern town known for its peaches, its mill-town roots… and one of the most chilling murder sprees in state history. Between 1967 and 1968, the community was terrorized by a man who be

92. Blood in Birmingham: The 1983 True Crime Murder of Kathleen Bedsole by David Duren

Feb 19 2025 33 mins  
Send us a text In this episode, we revisit the dark case of Kathleen Bedsole's murder in 1983, and the attempted murder of Charles Leonard, Jr., a crime that shook the communities surrounding Birmingham, Alabama to their core. We delve into the disturbed mind of David Duren, the man accused of the brutal killing, and unravel the events that led to one of the most infamous true crim

91.Love Lost: The Valentine’s Day Murders of Jesse McBane & Patricia Mann in Durham, North Carolina

Feb 13 2025 42 mins  
Send us a text Episode Summary: On Valentine’s Day 1971, a young couple Jesse McBane and Patricia Mann vanished after a romantic night in Durham, North Carolina. Days later, their bound and strangled bodies were discovered deep in the woods. Their deaths were no accident—this was a meticulously staged murder. Over 50 years later, the case remains unsolved. Who was behind this h

90. Deadly Connection: The 2006 Chatroom Murder

Feb 05 2025 44 mins  
Send us a text In this episode of Hard Times and True Crimes, we dive into a chilling case that highlights the dark side of online interactions. In the early 2000s, an internet chatroom became the setting for a deadly deception - what started as a seemingly harmless online friendship between marine_sniper and talhotblond, turned into a love triangle that ended in murder. We'll expl

89. Murder at Muddy Creek: The Ida Ball Warren Case in Winston Salem, North Carolina

Jan 28 2025 38 mins  
Send us a text In this episode, we delve into the lesser-known case of Ida Ball Warren, a woman from Winston-Salem, North Carolina, whose story shocked the state in 1914. It all began with the discovery of a body in Muddy Creek—a chilling find that, months later, would unravel a dark web of secrets and lead investigators straight to the man's own house. What You’ll Learn in Thi

88. Mayberry's Dark Day: The 1951 Bombing in Mount Airy, North Carolina

Jan 22 2025 30 mins  
Send us a text On New Year's Day 1951, a respected member of the Mt. Airy community was targeted in a car bombing. He was a teacher, a new husband, the son of a police chief, and an upstanding citizen. It took two years for the bomber to be apprehended when they targeted another victim. Narrator: Curtis Hildreth Intro and Outro Music: Isaiah Hildreth Sources: Pickens, Cathy. True C

87. Murder in the North Carolina Mountains: Nancy Ann Kerley

Jan 14 2025 45 mins  
Send us a text In 1913 Nancy Ann Kerley's name became infamous in the Appalachian mountains of North Carolina. Her story remains a chilling legend in the region's history. Listen to this episode to find out why. Music By Memphis Robinson Gora Sources: newspapers.com findagrave.com https://www.facebook.com/LadyFromTheMountains13/posts/the-legend-of-nance-dude-stoned-by-children-cons

86. Charlie and Frankie Silver: Tragedy in Western North Carolina

Dec 24 2024 48 mins  
Send us a text Days before Christmas in 1831, Charlie Silver went missing from his home, leaving behind a young wife and baby. In the mountains of Western North Carolina, his family searched to no avail. Unfortunately, Charlie was eventually found but not all in one piece. Narrator: Curtis Hildreth Intro and Outro Music: Isaiah Hildreth Narrator of The Ballad Of Frankie Silver exce

85. The Ashland, Kentucky Murders of 1881 (Pt.2)

Dec 18 2024 48 mins  
Send us a text On Christmas Eve in 1881, the bodies of three teenagers were found in a burning house. The brutal way in which they were killed would shock the country. Listen to the conclusion of the story on this episode. Music By Riley Hildreth Sources: https://sites.rootsweb.com/~kycarter/journals/neal_craft_murder.htm The Story of the First Hanging in Carter County by Glen R. H