Southern Mysteries Podcast

In the late 1880s Bob Sims declared himself a prophet with more than 100 followers in his Choctaw County Alabama cult. His belief that no man could establish laws over him led to a bloody chapter in Alabama history Want more Southern Mysteries? Hear the Southern Mysteries show archive and immediately access exclusive content when you become a patron of the show. Join now at patreon.com/southernmysteries Connect Website: southernmysteries.com Facebook: Southern Mysteries Podcast Twitter: @southernpod_ Instagram: @explorethesouth Email: [email protected] Episode Sources Sims War Siege. Choctaw County Geological Society Robert Bruce Sims. Find A Grave. The Sims War Connection. Rebellion Leader Robert Bruce Sims. Campbell Family History Bad Literature. Bob Sims Paper ‘The Veil is Rent’. The Standard Gauge. September 10, 1891 Robert Sims, Thomas and Young Savage. Strange Fruit and Spanish Moss. December 26, 2014 A Southern Terror: Arrest of the Bloody Bob Sims and His Bad Gang. The Pittsburgh Press. December 27, 1891 Stars Fell on Alabama by Carl Carmer. University of Alabama Press (1985) Episode Music Argonne by Zachariah Hickman Licensed under Creative Commons Bring Me Your Sorrows by Dan Lebowitz. Licensed under Creative Commons Theme Song “Dark & Troubled” by Pantherburn. Special thanks to Phillip St Ours for permission for use

Pearl Corens disappeared on February 13, 1945. Over the next two weeks mysterious notes perplexed police as they searched for the missing war department employee. Then came a shocking discovery on the Virginia side of the Potomac River. Want more Southern Mysteries? Hear the Southern Mysteries show archive and immediately access exclusive content when you become a patron of the show. Join now at patreon.com/southernmysteries Connect Website: southernmysteries.com Facebook: Southern Mysteries Podcast Twitter: @southernpod_ Instagram: @explorethesouth Email: [email protected] Episode Sources Justice and the Case of the Corpseless Head. New York Daily News. March 24, 1946 Judge is Grim in Weird Case. The Spokesman-Review. May 29, 1945. Wife’s Head Found; Husband Held. The New York Daily News. March 1, 1945 Corens Offers Alibi for Bloodstains in Bethesda Home. The Evening Star. May 25, 1945 Rice, C. (2018). 45 Murderers: A Collection of True Crime Stories. United States: MysteriousPress.com/Open Road. Episode Music Falling Rain by Kevin MacLeod. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Source: http://incompetech.com Theme Song “Dark & Troubled” by Pantherburn. Special thanks to Phillip St Ours for permission for use

In April 1969, Marie Arrington became the second woman ever placed on the FBI’s most wanted list. One year earlier she was sentenced to 20 years in prison for manslaughter. While awaiting appeal and out on bond she was arrested for the murder of a legal secretary. Then came a trial, Marie’s escape and the FBI’s years long pursuit of one of their most wanted Want more Southern Mysteries? Hear the Southern Mysteries show archive and immediately access exclusive content when you become a patron of the show. Join now at patreon.com/southernmysteries Connect Website: southernmysteries.com Facebook: Southern Mysteries Podcast Twitter: @southernpod_ Instagram: @explorethesouth Email: [email protected] Episode Resources Mrs. Vivian June Ritter. The Tampa Tribune. April 30,1968 Letter Linked in Killing of Secretary Erased. The Orlando Sentinel. September 18, 1968 State Traces Hourly Steps by Mrs. Ritter. The Tampa Tribune. December 4,1968 Arrington v. State. Supreme Court of Florida. April 1, 1970 Wanted Persons Marie Dean Arrington. The Sheriff's Star. December 1969 Marie Dean Arrington. The Tampa Tribune. March 18, 1973 Is This The Place They Call Hell? The Palm Beach Post. March 18, 1973 Son Remains in Shadow of Mother’s Revenge. Orlando Sentinel. June 27, 1998 Marie Arrington 1960s Leesburg Killer. South Florida Sun Sentinel. July 1, 2014 30 days of mean marie. Lake & Sumter Style. July 2014 Episode Music Sense of Loss and Lazy Days by Purple Planet Music. purple-planetmusic.com Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Theme Song “Dark & Troubled” by Pantherburn. Special thanks to Phillip St Ours for permission for use

Kenneth Neu loved two things: music and himself. He was a talented singer and dreamed of becoming a star with his name in newspapers and his voice on the radio. Neu would get his wish in the 1930s when people from New York City to New Orleans heard his name on radio reports and saw his name and photos printed in newspapers. The headlines featured news that he had confessed to two murders. Want more Southern Mysteries? Hear the Southern Mysteries show archive and immediately access exclusive content when you become a patron of the show. Join now at patreon.com/southernmysteries Connect Website: southernmysteries.com Facebook: Southern Mysteries Podcast Twitter: @southernpod_ Instagram: @explorethesouth Email: [email protected] Episode Resources Theater Manager Found Murdered. The Wilmington Morning News. September 11, 1933 Slayer of Two Held By Lack of Car Tag. The Gaffney Ledger. September 23, 1933 Crooner Held for Murder Pens Poems in Jail Cell. The Shreveport Times. September 23, 1933 Neu’s Defense at N.O. is Insanity. The Alexandria Town Talk. December 13, 1933 State Demands Death for Penalty for Slayer. The Monroe-Star News. December 15, 1933 Night Club Singer Goes to N.O. Gallows Today. The Shreveport Times February 1, 1935 Girl Pays for Neu’s Funeral. The Alexandria Town Talk. February 2, 1935 State v. Neu, 180 La. 545, 157 So. 105 (La. 1934). Casetext Singer Kept Singing All the Way to the Gallows. The Ottawa Citizen. October 25, 1980 Fit as a fiddle and ready to hang: depression-era crooner was the ‘singing slayer’. Medium. December 1, 2018 Is Gay Panic Still An Excuse For Murder In The Courtroom? Oxygen True Crime. August 20, 2019 Episode Music Loneliest Road in America by Jesse Gallagher Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Slow Hammers by Kevin MacLeod. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Source: http://incompetech.com Theme Song “Dark & Troubled” by Pantherburn. Special thanks to Phillip St Ours for permission for use