True Crime , History, Christianity Episodes

Oct. 30, 2024

78. The Real Exorcist

In 1973 a movie opened in theaters that scared the nation - The Exorcist. But you may not be aware that it was based on true events that took place in 1949. Billy Graham urged audiences not to see it due to its depiction of …
Oct. 23, 2024

77. Witches or Martyrs: The Salem Witch Trials

The trials began in 1692 when a group of young girls in the Puritan village of Salem, Massachusetts claimed they were being tormented by local women who were practicing witchcraft.
July 17, 2024

68. Murder in Amish Country

Edward and Katie Gingerich lived among their people, the Amish, in the early 1990s. When Ed started having various physical ailments and then mental anguish, the church tried to step in but nothing seemed to help; not herbal…
April 17, 2024

56. North Carolina's Killer Baptist Preacher: Reverend George Washington Carawan

Reverend George Washington Carawan was charged and found guilty of the murder of a school teacher named Clement H. Lassiter . After learning the jury had found him guilty and that he would be hanged for his crime, Reverend…
Nov. 15, 2023

37. The Confession of Alma Petty Gatlin

In the Spring of 1927, Reverend Tom 'Thunderbolt' Pardue traveled to the tobacco growing town of Reidsville, North Carolina to hold a revival in the big McCollum tobacco Warehouse. One night after the service, he was me…
Sept. 20, 2023

30. Who Would Want Patricia Dead?

When a house fire in Pleasant Garden, NC is determined to have been started by arson, and a resident is found inside dead from a gunshot, the sheriff's department has its work cut out for it. Friends, family, and fellow chur…
Aug. 16, 2023

26. The Abduction of Gretchen Harrington

On a summer morning in 1975, eight year old Gretchen Harrington walked to Bible camp just a half mile from her home. She never arrived at camp and she never made it home. Authorities and the community were dismayed, but not …
Jan. 5, 2023

5. Velma Barfield / Death Row Granny Pt.2

Velma Barfield had America torn between justice and mercy. Was she a repentant murderer or an unrelenting master manipulator?
Jan. 5, 2023

4. Velma Barfield / Death Row Granny- Pt 1

Velma Barfield was a beloved mother, grandmother, and Sunday school teacher. She was also a master manipulator and serial killer.
Dec. 22, 2022

1. Lawson Family Christmas Day Murders

In 1929 Charlie Lawson, a North Carolina tobacco farmer,  promised his family a special Christmas surprise. No one could ever have imagined the horror he had planned.
Nov. 18, 2022

Hard Times and True Crimes Trailer

A podcast featuring stories of lawlessness and hard times throughout history. www.hardtimesandtruecrimes.com