The Stabbin Stylist

Randa has an update on some of our cases. - The Murdaughs from Episode 14- Pauline Pusser, wife of Buford Pusser from Episodes 31, 32, & 33- Bardstown from Episode 22Also, have you ever heard of the Moon Eyed People?

Natalee Ann Holloway was an 18 year old whose disappearance made international news after she vanished on May 30, 2005, in Aruba. Holloway lived in Mountain Brook, Alabama, and graduated from Mountain Brook High School shortly before the trip.Her classmates last saw her outside of Carlos'n Charlie's in a car with local residents Joran van der Sloot and brothers Deepak and Satish Kalpoe. When the three men were questioned, they said that they dropped off Natalee at her hotel and denied knowing what had become of her.On May 30, 2010 Stephany Flores Ramírez was reported missing in Lima, Peru. She was found dead three days later in a hotel room registered in Van der Sloot's name.It was him being taken in to custody Birmingham for extortion and wire fraud against Beth Holloway, that lead to his confession of Natalee Holloway.Join Ashley as we talk about the disappearance of Natalee.

Join Randa for the story about Eric Rudolph and how he evaded capture for years.Eric Robert Rudolph is an American convicted serial bomber that carried out a series of bombings across the southern United States during the 1990s. The most notable of his bombings being the Centennial Olympic Park bombing during the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.He was arrested in 2003 and is serving life sentences for his crimes.Stream on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, or Amazon Music.

Debbi and Denice were twins but couldn’t be more different. After the death of their mother the twins went their separate ways. Denice went on to meet the love of her life while working at Blockbuster in Cleveland, Tennessee. However, their relationship eventually soured and they divorced. But when Denice needed her ex husband Aaron gone, she’d call her twin to help. Follow Ashley with the story of Deborah and Denice Graham, the killer twins from Tennessee. View our case blog herehttps://thestabbinstylist.com/case-blog/f/44-killer-twins-denice-and-debbi-graham

Did you know we have a homegrown cult in Chattanooga, Tennessee?Join Ashley on the tale of The Yellow Deli and The 12 Tribes Cult. Find out about their start in Chattanooga and how they've grown globally as a not so peace and loving cult.

Join Randa on this tale of the catchable but unfetchable Moonshine Queen Mahala "Big Haley" Mullins.Learn how Big Haley was able to evade the authorities and continue selling moonshine all the way up to her death.

Follow us for a Spooky Season Spooky Thang while we talk about if we would rather be ghosts or shadow people & Ashley tells some Southern witch tales.

Jenelle Potter lived a sheltered life in her new city of Mountain City, Tennessee. It’s there she met Billy Payne & her obsession with him grew. As her obsession grew, her hatred for his girlfriend Billie Jean Hayworth festered. Follow Randa on this wild story of social media fights, stalking, & the fake CIA of the “Facebook Murders”.

Dr. Reid Llewellyn Brown was born in 1924 in Copperhill, Tennessee. He married Margaret Mary Hicks, the daughter of Dr. Hicks. The couple eventually moved to Chattanooga, Tennessee. There he met Freddie Brant. Freddie had taken a job as a laboratory and X-ray technician at the Physicians and Surgeons Hospital in Chattanooga. He worked under many doctors, including Dr. Reid Brown. Dr. Brown left to open his own practice in 1962 and by 1964 Brant moved to Texas, living as Dr. Reid Brown.Follow Ashley on this insane tale of the fake Dr. Brown.

From the early 1940s until 1965 Dr. Thomas Hicks ran the (seemingly normal) Hicks Community Clinic in McCaysville, Georgia…Other than the illegal baby trade he was operating through the back door. Join Ashley for the incredible story of “The Hicks Babies” that were illegally sold.

Join Randa for this Tennessee Spooky Thang. We’ll cover Wheatlands Plantation is Sevierville, Tennessee, all of its residents who never left, & why they stayed around. Grab your favorite shadow person and listen in. Stream on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, or Amazon Music.

“The Deadliest Man in Georgia History” Billy Sunday Birt, leader of the Georgia Dixie Mafia. This guy did about everything criminal, but we will cover his biggest (known) crimes & arrest. As always, if you see Dixie Mafia in the title, you know it’s going to be a wild tale. Check out his son’s book Rock Solid, The True Story of Georgia’s Dixie Mafia. https://www.facebook.com/RockSolidTheTrueStoryStream on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, or Amazon Music. To view episode case sources visit:https://thestabbinstylist.com/

Tri-State Crematory was a family business ran by Brent Marsh in Noble, Georgia.After numerous calls to authorities, in 2002 the crematorium was investigated for improperly disposing of human remains. Today was discuss the conditions at Tri-State and what lead to Brent Marsh's downfall.

• SPOOKY THANG REPLAY •Here’s a long awaited Spooky Thangs…... Join Randa to hear the creepy history of Lookout Mountain and Ruby Falls in our very own Chattanooga, Tennessee!

Part4: Kirksey Nix and the Mississippi Dixie MafiaBeginning in the late 1960s, the Dixie Mafia began working as a loosely knit group of traveling criminals. "The Strip" in Biloxi, Mississippi was home base for the Dixie Mafia. Follow us as we talk about Kirkey Nix as he rises to lead The Dixie Mafia.Stream on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, or Amazon Music.

• This episode is a replay from 2023. The State Line Mob was a group of criminals in the 1950s and 1960s at the state line in Alcorn County, Mississippi and McNairy Couty, Tennessee. Jack and Louise Hathcock owned and operated motels, restaurants, and clubs that was raking in money from bootlegging, gambling, prostitution, robbery, and murder. Check out our website Case Blog for more pictures of The State Line Mob! https://thestabbinstylist.com/case-blog A couple books are where most of our information came from: Check out: The Dawn of the Dixie Mafia and Silenced by the Dixie Mafia by Synova Cantrell Ghost Tales of the State Line Mob by Robert Broughton

• This episode is a replay from 2023. The State Line Mob was a group of criminals in the 1950s and 1960s at the state line in Alcorn County, Mississippi and McNairy Couty, Tennessee. Jack and Louise Hathcock owned and operated motels, restaurants, and clubs that was raking in money from bootlegging, gambling, prostitution, robbery, and murder.Follow us on the journey as they build an empire in part 1 of The State Line Mob.

Back in the 40s and 50s Phenix City, Alabama was known as "Sin City". It was filled to the brim with gambling, liquor, sex work, and violence. That all began to change on June 18, 1954 when an outspoken politician, Albert Patterson, was assassinated in the street. Follow Ashley as she tells you the wild tale of how almost every person in a Phenix City position of authority was corrupt, forming the Phenix City Machine.- Our hair fact is don't use food products in your hair.To view episode case sources visit:https://thestabbinstylist.com/

Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary was a large maximum-security prison in Petros, Tennessee. Follow Ashley to hear the bloody history of Brushy Mountain.Our hair tip is about hair oils.To view episode case sources visit:https://thestabbinstylist.com/Stream on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, or Amazon Music.

Susan Roark was last seen alive January 30, 1988, in Cleveland, Tennessee, with Marshall Lee Gore. Her remains were found in Columbia County, Florida a few months later.In all, Gore was suspected of at least 15 sexual assaults, the attempted murder of a woman in Florida, two kidnaps and (at least) one murder. Join Ashley as she tells you about how his reign of terror was finally stopped.Our hair tip is about protecting your hair from the sun. To view episode case sources visit:https://thestabbinstylist.com/

Cayce Lynn McDaniel was a 14-year-old that was last seen August 1996 after she was dropped off at her home in Milan, Tennessee. Initial tips throughout 1996 and unconfirmed sightings of Cayce never shed much light on the teenager's disappearance. In 2018, a suspect was finally named. Follow Randa and she talks about Cayce's disappearance and how the suspect was ultimately captured. This week instead of a hair tip, we are going to have a skincare tip from Leah! To view episode case sources visit:https://thestabbinstylist.com/

Come with Ashley on a wild tale of clubs in Chattanooga in the 1970s.Follow our guy, Billy Hull, as he becomes king of the club scene, builds this own Tiki Mansion, his connections to corruption in the Chattanooga Police Department, and what he does with his small town fame.But the star of this show is probably the (now demolished) Tiki Mansion. Visit the Zillow listing for the Tiki Mansion before demolition. Here’s the only pictures of inside The Castaways Club we could find. Please go check out the source book for this. Murder by the River by Jerry Burden was a wealth of information for this episode!!Our hair fact this week is how to properly use mousse. We would LOVE to hear memories of these clubs from our listeners!View our case blog and more photos athttps://thestabbinstylist.com/case-blog/f/episode-26-chattanooga-club-corruption

Join Randa as she covers Spearfinger and the Brown Mountain Lights in this month's Spooky Thangs. Spearfinger's right forefinger was shaped like a spear... that she used to scoop out your liver and eat it. Brown Mountain in North Carolina has unexplained lights that are documented all the way back until 1912. Our hair fact is about pool green hair this week.Sounds like a fun time, right? Do you have a suggestion for a Southern Spooky Thang? Send them in through the suggestion form on our website!

Christa Pike had a level of jealous towards Colleen Slemmer (over a very not impressive 17 year old Tadaryl Shipp) that lead to a heinous crime. This group claimed on be Satan worshippers in the middle of the Satanic Panic craze during the 80s in the South.Christa, Tadaryl, and another woman named Shadolla Peterson lured Colleen in to the woods to attack and murder her. Follow Randa on this case of friends turned enemies and some real dumb criminals.

No one in the community suspected the unassuming worm farmers at Webb’s Bait Farm were hiding a sinister secret. Dan Lee Webb’s farm was operating an illegal firework’s manufacturing facility out of an old dairy barn on the property. May 27, 1983 the barn ignited killing 11 employees instantly. Ashley’s grandfather, Special Agent Courtney McGrady, helped lead the investigation in to the explosion. Join us on this special episode as we take a deep dive in to what happened at Webb’s Bait Farm in Polk County, Tennessee. View our case blog and more photos athttps://thestabbinstylist.com/case-blog/f/episode-23-benton-fireworks-disaster

Today Randa will cover a few cases out of Bardstown, Kentucky. Bardstown was named America's most beautiful small town in 2012, but a string of unsolved murders soon followed. Cases covered on this episode: •Jason Ellis (May 25, 2013)•Kathy and Samantha Netherland (April 21, 2014)•Crystal Rogers (July 3, 2015) •Tommy Ballard (November 19, 2016)Our hair fact will be discussing why we do or don’t take pictures of your hair.Police Interview Audio Source is 8MC Investigations on YouTube.To view episode case sources visit:https://thestabbinstylist.com/

This week Randa is going to tell you about a couple Cherokee stories of the Mooneyed People and Judaculla Rock. Plus the answer to last week's murder mystery! According to Cherokee legend the Moon Eyed people were a small, pale, light haired, and blue eyed people who inhabited the Appalachian mountains BEFORE the Cherokee migrated there. Legends of the Giant Judaculla, a 15 foot tall, slant eyed (his pupils were slanted in his eyes, like a cats almost), seven fingered man, say he ruled over the mountains of present day Sylva and you could not cross into his territory without his permission or following his rules. Do you love our Spooky Thangs? Give us episode suggestions on your favorites!

We had the pleasure of hosting a Cookies and Crime decorating class on Saturday with The Happiest Things Collective here in Cleveland, TN! Today this episode will feature the Murder for my Valentine Murder Mystery from the class we cohosted. Enjoy!!

Zack & Addie were deep in addiction and love whenever Katrina wreck New Orleans. After living a primitive lifestyle, the transition back to real life wasn’t an easy one for the couple. On Oct. 17, 2006, around 8:30 pm, New Orleans police received a call from the Omni Royal Orleans Hotel that man’s body was on the roof of the parking garage. In his pocket was a suicide note detailing his girlfriend’s murder.

The Jennings 8 is a series of unsolved murders in Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana.Between 2005 and 2009, the bodies of 8 women were found in swamps and canals surrounding Jennings, Louisiana. Stream on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, or Amazon Music.

For our January Spooky Thangs Ashley is going to cover one of Tennessee's most well known spooky story, The Bell Witch. The Witch had it out for the Bell family, torturing them for years and promising to return again. She was so much of a big deal, even a president came to visit her (bad idea bro).Randa will take us back to 1952 in West Virginia to cover the Flatwoods Monster. Was it an alien encounter? Government cover up? Cosmic crash? We will let you decide.

On November 4, 2018, Tamla Horsford was discovered dead in the backyard of the home where she had been attending a slumber party with other "football moms" the night before.The Sheriff’s department initially ruled the death an accident, stating that the "multiple blunt force injuries" were related to Tamala likely falling from the balcony due to "acute ethanol intoxication".Join us as we talk about the weird discrepancies in this case and the dark history of Forsyth County, GA.

We’re bringing it back to our hometown of Cleveland, Tennessee for Episode 15. We will cover the murders of Randall Ensley and Diane McKheen at the now demolished Park Terrace Apartments on South Lee Highway. We will walk you through the crime and the swift apprehension of the suspects. Stream on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, or Amazon Music.

The Murdaughs are a prominent American legal family in the Low Country region of South Carolina, leading locals to call it "Murdaugh Country".This case has twists and turns of accidental(?) deaths, corruption. money, power, and murder.

LUCKY NUMBER 13!For Episode 13 and our first episode of 2023 we are really excited to give you something special for the New Year! We will be discussing 13 cold case in Tennessee and share with you how they were ultimately solved. Spoiler alert, there are some Nationally known cases that link back to Tennessee! We bather a lot back and forth in the beginning of this episode, so if you want to skip that fast forward about 14 seconds in.

Let’s talk about spooky Chattanooga! Ashley is going to nerd out talking about some of her favorite Chattanooga haunting stories. First we talk about The Read House Hotel and it's creepy history of fires, floods, hospitals, Annalisa Netherly, and Al CaponeThe second story we discuss is the beautiful Hunter Museum in downtown Chattanooga, TN with it's guest that never leaves.Seriously though, ghosts tours are so much fun! There are tons of different companies in Chattanooga to choose from that go year round! Spooky season every season!!To view episode case sources visit:https://thestabbinstylist.com/

Nashville suburb fast food chains were put on edge in 1997. An unknown man was coming in to restaurants, executing the employees and emptying the contents of their safe. In this episode we talk about failed country "musician" (and loser) Paul Dennis Reid and the chaos he inflicted on the Nashville area. To view episode case sources visit: https://thestabbinstylist.com/

Joe Shepherd of Tellico Plains, Tennessee commited the murders of 16 year old Roxanne Woodson and 15 year old Cathy Clowers. After being questioned he disappeared. It was after an October 5, 1988 episode of Unsolved Mysteries aired a segment on him, he was recaptured in London, Ontario, Canada. He fought extradition for a year before being returned to the United States in January of 1990.To view episode case sources visit:https://thestabbinstylist.com/

Bob McClancy was a Vietnam veteran and former Bradenton County Sheriff’s detective in Florida. He was known as a funny man who loved animals, had a kind heart, and was devoted to his family.A few years after he married Martha Ann, Bob retired and the couple moved to a secluded hillside cabin in Coker Creek, Tennessee. The Vietnam veteran struggled with PTSD. Bob was determined to beat the debilitating illness and in 2006 joined a 6 week program run by the Department of Veterans Affairs. There he met Chuck. Join us as we talk about Martha Ann and Chuck's diabolical plan to cash in on Bob & spend years defrauding the government.To view episode case sources visit:https://thestabbinstylist.com/

The Rotherwood Mansion is located on bloody ground in Kingsport, Tennessee. It's hallowed grounds are littered with death and gore spanning years. Randa will tell you about the people who lived at this mansion, and the ones who never left. We also talk about a Chattanooga favorite, The Chattanooga Choo Choo. Ashley will tell you about those who are still diligently working The Choo Choo after death and ghost stories of those who's never left its halls.Have a spooky story you'd like to share? Email them to [email protected] view episode case sources visit:https://thestabbinstylist.com/

Nieko Lisi was an 18 year old from Addison, New York whose disappearance is connected to both Tennessee and Michigan.September 30, 2011 Nieko showed up at his uncle's house in an unfamiliar truck with Robbie Knight in Addison, NY. They were on their way to Buffalo, NY.Nieko was never seen or heard from again. It wasn't until July 2016 that the truck Nieko and Robbie were driving was found in Nashville, Tennessee.Randa had the pleasure to speak with Nieko's mom Monica about her son's disappearance. Join us as we follow the twists and turns of this insane unsolved case.You can keep up with Nieko's story at https://www.niekolisi.com/For anyone who has any information about Nieko's case, please call 1-800-FBI-FINDTo view episode case sources visit:https://thestabbinstylist.com/

Between 1978 and 1992, several women were found dead along highways in Tennessee, Kentucky, Arkansas, Mississippi, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania.All of the victims were redheads of some shade and the placement of the women along highways indicated the killer could have been a long-haul truckerJoin us as we talk about the victims, theories (spoiler, it links back to Cleveland, Tennessee!!), and a few potential suspects. To view episode case sources visit:https://thestabbinstylist.com/

Patty Striker was found shot dead inside the Striker Premium Winery, the winery she and her husband owned in Athens, Tennessee on April 10, 2000.In her 2014, her widower shot both of their children then himself. The children survived, he did not.Join us about this unsolved (but partly solved?) case of Patty Striker.To view episode case sources visit:https://thestabbinstylist.com/

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!⁠We are excited to share some local hauntings along with Randa’s personal ghosty experience for THE SPOOKIEST DAY OF THE YEAR!⁠Tune in for some spooky Cleveland, Tennessee stories about The Phantom Monk of Charleston, Nina Craigmiles, & Tall Betsy. ⁠⁠Y'all better listen or Tall Betsy will drop your bones down the Old Arnold Well. ⁠🦴⁠Follow this page to keep up with any fall themed or spooky events that we mentionedhttps://visitclevelandtn.com/events/⁠

Rose Crabtree was working alone the night of November 30, 1988 at the Salvation Army store in Cleveland, Tennessee as two men ambushed her. It was 1994 before the men were identified.Join us for a little known hometown case.Cases sources located at https://thestabbinstylist.com/

Victor Showers disappeared from his office at an apartment complex in Chattanooga, Tennessee on December 2, 1996. Victor was a loved father, husband, and Pastor. To this day, his family is still searching for answers.In this episode we dive in to the disappearance of Victor and speak with his family on how the investigation was handled. Follow the family's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/findvictorshowersTo view episode case sources visit:https://thestabbinstylist.com/

Marsha Brantley went missing from Cleveland, Tennessee the end of May or the beginning of June 2009. 6 months went by before her hairstylist was finally the one who reported her missing. Marsha's husband never reported her missing and is the only suspect in this case. However, he remains free because charges have been dropped twice.Join us as we dive in to our first case, located in our hometown. What happened to Marsha Brantley?Join Marsha's family on Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/groups/109460872422148