In November of 1999, a late-night shooting on a quiet road in Charlotte set off one of the most disturbing criminal cases tied to professional sports. At the center of it was Rae Carruth — a first-round draft pick for the Carolina Panthers — and Cherica Adams, a 24-year-old woman who, in her final moments,…
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SBP Podcast Episode 15: The Zack Bowen & Addie Hall Case: Murder in the French Quarter
In October 2006, a crime unfolded in the French Quarter that would become one of the most disturbing cases in New Orleans history. It was not a crime committed in the shadows by strangers. The people involved were well known throughout the Quarter’s bar scene. Friends drank with them. Bartenders worked alongside them. Tourists passed…
SBP Podcast Episode 13 : High Tide, High Times (Part 2): The Gentleman Smugglers & Operation Jackpot
When most people think of drug smuggling busts in the United States, they picture high-speed chases in Miami or massive DEA raids in Los Angeles. Few realize that one of the most significant crackdowns in American history didn’t start in those big cities, but along the seemingly quiet coastlines of South Carolina. In Part 1…
SBP Podcast Episode 12: Coming Back to NASCAR After 20 Years — At the Wildest Possible Time
There are times when you return to something familiar and realize it never really left you — it just changed while you were gone. That’s what happened to me with NASCAR. I haven’t truly followed the sport since around 2007–2008. Life moved on. Interests changed. NASCAR, at least to me, stopped feeling like home. But…
SBP Podcast Episode 10: The Hatfields and McCoys: The True Story Behind America’s Most Infamous Family Feud
Few stories in American history are as dramatic, violent, and enduring as the feud between the Hatfields and McCoys. What began with Civil War bitterness and a dispute over a hog spiraled into a decades-long conflict filled with betrayal, gunfights, and tragedy along the Tug Fork of the Big Sandy River. In the latest episode…
SBP Podcast Episode 9: Oil, Power & Murder: The Cullen Davis Story
In the 1970s, the name Cullen Davis was synonymous with wealth, power, and scandal. At the time, Davis was the richest man in America ever to be tried for murder — and the story that unfolded in Fort Worth, Texas, would grip the nation. In this episode of The Southern Blueprint Podcast, we dig deep…
SBP Podcast Episode 8: The Couple and the Accountant: Disappearance, Deceit, and Death in Hilton Head
In this gripping true crime episode of The Southern Blueprint Podcast, we unravel the chilling mystery of John and Elizabeth Calvert—a wealthy Hilton Head Island couple who vanished without a trace on March 3, 2008. The last man to see them alive, their accountant Dennis Ray Gerwing, was found dead days later in a bathtub,…
SBP Podcast Episode 7: Pappygate
In this episode of The Southern Blueprint, we crack open one of the wildest true crime tales in bourbon history — the infamous case known as Pappygate. What started as a few missing bottles quickly unraveled into a sprawling investigation involving stolen barrels of rare whiskey, anabolic steroids, black-market dealings, and a close-knit Kentucky community…
SBP Podcast Episode 6: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Savannah, Georgia—a city where history, crime, and the supernatural collide. In this episode of The Southern Blueprint Podcast, we delve deep into the real-life murder that inspired Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, John Berendt’s bestselling book that captured the eerie charm and scandalous secrets of the Hostess City of the South. We…
SBP Podcast-Episode 2: Spirits of Rebellion: Moonshiners, Bootleggers, and Prohibition
In this episode of The Southern Blueprint Podcast, host Matt Swift takes you on a captivating journey through the rebellious world of moonshiners and bootleggers during the Prohibition era. Learn how the 18th Amendment sparked a nationwide black market for alcohol, fueled by Southern ingenuity and the rise of illegal distilleries. We explore the fascinating…