Murder, etc.

Murder, etc. Trailer

Sun, 27 Jan 2019 21:00:39 -0500

After four decades of secrets, a celebrated Southern city is reckoning with its dark past.

January 31, 1975

Tue, 26 Feb 2019 01:23:44 -0500

Lt. Frank Looper might have changed Greenville, South Carolina forever. An honest cop surrounded by corruption and crime, he was on the verge of something big that might have shocked the southern mill city he called home. One day in January 1975 made sure Looper never had that chance.

Finding Frank Looper

Tue, 05 Mar 2019 02:07:39 -0500

The warning shots weren't enough to scare the county's top drug cop. The next shots scared a community for another four decades. Frank Looper's family looks back at a compassionate hunter and the warnings he ignored in a fight against organized crime.

Ghost Bridge

Tue, 12 Mar 2019 02:36:26 -0400

Contract killings, missing witnesses, and the other ghosts of Greenville, South Carolina

Motherless Child

Tue, 19 Mar 2019 02:45:00 -0400

South Carolina never expected Charles Wakefield to tell his story...because South Carolina expected him to be dead.

Bub

Tue, 26 Mar 2019 04:30:00 -0400

Don't bother looking for a straight line between right and wrong in Greenville, SC.

Unexpected Company

Tue, 02 Apr 2019 02:30:00 -0400

Inside the Greenville County Sheriff's Office...and Frank Looper's Garage with the last people to ever speak to Frank Looper.

Southern Railroad

Tue, 09 Apr 2019 00:06:41 -0400

Where was Charles Wakefield, Jr. on the day of January 31, 1975.

Bonus Episode: Andy Ethridge

Tue, 16 Apr 2019 04:28:00 -0400

How did a railroad conductor become obsessed with a murder that happened before he was born?

Bonus Episode: Homeplace

Tue, 23 Apr 2019 02:01:00 -0400

Before the Looper Homeplace was a landmark for a tragedy, it was the home of thousands of happy memories.

A Bunch of Amateurs

Tue, 30 Apr 2019 05:09:15 -0400

Greenville, S.C. gets a wake-up call from an unlikely source.

St. Christopher

Wed, 08 May 2019 03:58:16 -0400

What does it mean to be a good cop?

Good Ol' Boys

Wed, 15 May 2019 05:47:08 -0400

Master bank robber Foster Sellers knew his destiny, but he didn't now how it would change Greenville, SC.

Love & Hate

Wed, 22 May 2019 03:04:55 -0400

Fast Eddie was one of the most notorious southern gangsters of all time, and now, he's ready to tell what he knows.

Dare me to come

Wed, 29 May 2019 01:15:48 -0400

You don't have to re-write history...when somebody recorded it.

The Other Word on the Street

Thu, 06 Jun 2019 16:02:53 -0400

Police counted on the word on the street...they just didn't tell you about all the words they heard.

Spotters

Sat, 22 Jun 2019 16:57:29 -0400

The investigation team grows and begins answering important questions

The Difference between A & THE

Sun, 30 Jun 2019 02:18:54 -0400

Sometimes innocent...doesn't mean 100% innocent...

Behind the Wall

Fri, 19 Jul 2019 18:02:30 -0400

Charles Wakefield, Jr. survived Death Row...and ended up in hell

Greenville, We Have a Problem

Sat, 03 Aug 2019 04:36:21 -0400

In 2019, it's #yeahThatgreenville. In 1975, it was the murder capital of South Carolina.

Bonus: He's coming to kill me!

Tue, 06 Aug 2019 12:52:42 -0400

Bonus episode featuring Leonard Brown...and Leonard Brown's tapes

Road to Six Mile

Sun, 18 Aug 2019 01:03:40 -0400

Meet Fast Eddie Williamson, one of the south's most notorious gangsters

Bonus: Interview with Max Courson, Foster Sellers’ biographer

Fri, 23 Aug 2019 23:13:33 -0400

In Episode 18: The Road to Six Mile, you heard about how Fast Eddie Williamson hooked up with Foster Sellers in Greenville in the early 1970s. In this extended bonus interview, hear how Sellers ended up in Greenville in the first place. To read his book, click here. https://amzn.to/2ZpuWfV

True Believer

Sat, 31 Aug 2019 22:01:11 -0400

The price of being a True Believer in America's War on Drugs...could be...your life.

Bonus Interview: Danny Jones

Mon, 09 Sep 2019 21:56:41 -0400

Retired narcotics officer Danny Jones appeared in Episode 19. In this extended edit of the interview, Jones explains more about how he came to know Frank Looper and the impact it had on his life.

Dead End Country Road

Thu, 19 Sep 2019 23:04:27 -0400

Retired cops finally talk about who they suspect killed the Loopers.

Behind the Scenes with Brad Willis

Fri, 27 Sep 2019 17:05:10 -0400

Producer Brad Willis speaks at a live event in Greenville, SC hosted by the Emrys Foundation and discusses the challenges of putting together Murder, etc.

Greenville's Summer Sons

Fri, 11 Oct 2019 04:40:40 -0400

With friends like these...

Special report: October Surprise

Sun, 27 Oct 2019 23:40:43 -0400

Breaking developments in the case

Miss Mae

Fri, 01 Nov 2019 23:07:22 -0400

We found a man with a secret that he didn't know he had...

Special Report: Cutting the Lock

Thu, 07 Nov 2019 01:20:51 -0500

Bombshell admission of new evidence accusing a law man of the Looper murders

The Closer

Sat, 16 Nov 2019 10:18:54 -0500

If you had nothing to lose, would you help kill a man?

Special Report: Gone

Fri, 29 Nov 2019 13:39:15 -0500

After the discovery of potential new evidence in the Looper murders case, a startling report of what's happening inside the Greenville Police Department.

Special Report: Found & Lost

Fri, 06 Dec 2019 03:46:17 -0500

State police, FBI to investigate Greenville Police Department and the Looper murder evidence that police now admit has disappeared.

Peerless

Wed, 18 Dec 2019 03:32:16 -0500

What is a "jury of your peers?"

Bonus: Brad Willis Live at Endeavor

Tue, 24 Dec 2019 13:18:53 -0500

Murder, etc. producer Brad Willis speaks in front of a live audience at Greenville's Endeavor

Playing by the Rules

Sat, 11 Jan 2020 15:09:03 -0500

How did prosecutors convict Charles Wakefield Jr.? They played by the rules...just not the rules you know.

Bonus: Captain Courageous & the Blizzard of ’78

Sun, 12 Jan 2020 23:13:29 -0500

Buddy Parnell represented Charles Wakefield, Jr. and while he was preparing the case, his son Sefton was awaiting the first of five kidney transplants. In this short bonus episode, Sefton's mother, Mary Jane Parnell, explains how Sefton affected their lives.

Special Report: Fresh Eyes

Tue, 14 Jan 2020 14:42:38 -0500

Updates on the missing file, the FBI, the gun, and a new team of attorneys

2020 Hindsight

Wed, 29 Jan 2020 20:08:36 -0500

When attorneys gave their closing arguments in Charles Wakefield, Jr.'s 1976 trial, they lacked the context offered by 40 years of history and re-investigation. This is a closing argument for 2020.

Amazing Grace

Wed, 26 Feb 2020 22:33:35 -0500

The season finale of Murder, etc. chronicles Charles Wakefield, Jr.'s 35-year effort to get out of prison and the time afterward as he tries to prove his innocence.

Murder, etc Live #1: Mr. X

Tue, 07 Apr 2020 01:51:26 -0400

Producers Brad Willis and Andy Ethridge adhere to the pandemic social distancing requirements and tell the story of Greenville, South Carolina's first murder of 1975 and the man still known today as Mr. X.

Murder, etc. Live #2: Frank Eppes

Thu, 16 Apr 2020 16:20:05 -0400

As the COVID-19 quarantine continues, host Brad Willis has an in-depth conversation with Frank Eppes, Jr., the son of the trial judge who sent Charles Wakefield, Jr. to prison. Willis and Eppes talk about the podcast, how Eppes felt it reflected on his father, and some stories about the judge you haven't heard.

Murder, etc. Live #3: Julia Mann, Pamela Vaughn, Duck Finley with Leonard brown Jr.

Fri, 01 May 2020 15:53:23 -0400

Leonard Brown Jr. joins host Brad Willis to talk about three haunting mysteries. You'll hear things you've never heard before and learn about an active case with a $20,000 reward.