In Bibb county, Georgia on August 6, 1887, a prominent farmer, Captain Richard Woolfolk, and eight family members were axed to death as they lay sleeping. The Woolfolk murders would be known as the bloodiest mass murder in Georgia's history. The oldest son and only survivor of the horrendous attack was the main suspect. An unbelievable twist at the end leaves everyone wondering if an innocent man was punished for the crimes.
Episode music written and performed by Isaiah Hildreth
Narrator: Curtis Hildreth
Sermon at the end delivered by Michael Whitt
Sources:
Shadow Chasers: The Woolfolk Tragedy Revisited by Carolyn Deloach
newspapers.com
Find a Grave
Murderpedia https://murderpedia.org/male.W/w/woolfolk-thomas.htm
https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/woolfolk-murder-case/
http://www.murderbygaslight.com/2010/02/bloody-woolfolk.html
https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/sharecropping/
www.hardtimesandtruecrimes.com
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