Introducing Murder, etc.
Rapid Eye Reality’s Brad Willis launches investigative podcast based in Greenville, SC.
Category: Carolinas
Eric Nicholson, ten years later
Eric Nicholson donated a pint of blood, told his wife Misty he loved her, and went back to work. It was December 6, 2000, a cold, clear day in Greenville, South Carolina. I don’t...
Charity Worley: Reading between the profiler’s lines
For full background on this case, visit the Charity Worley coverage section. Henderson County Sheriff’s investigators are trying to tell us something without actually saying it out loud. You don’t have to know much...
Amanda Smith: Not a murderer
I was fully prepared to write today about Amanda Smith avoiding the death penalty by pleading guilty to murder charges. I was fully prepared to accept that Solicitor Bob Ariail didn’t feel like he...
Greenville News seeks bugle player with “Taps” experience
Classified ad to appear soon in Greenville News: Local newspaper seeks Upstate bugle player, preferably single and good looking, with experience in playing “Taps.” Musician must be able to work pro bono or be...
Alvin Greene: Proof South Carolina Democrats are screwed
South Carolina Democratic Party chair Carol Fowler should have the following to-do list today: 1) Apologize to statewide Democrats 2) Resign as chair of South Carolina Democratic party 3) Call up Jim DeMint and...
Will Folks teaches us a lesson
South Carolina Republicans should thank Will Folks. Back in the early days of Folks’ career, he and I had our shouting matches. We had an adversarial yet friendly relationship. I was the pesky reporter....
Nikki Haley, Will Folks: South Carolina politics as usual
There was never a point at which I thought South Carolina politics would get boring or clean. It would be like expecting a profitable whore to come off the streets or Lt. Governor Andre...
Charles Wakefield, finally free
It was, in the jargon of my people, a scoop. I happened on it almost by accident. I had a habit of checking through probation, pardon, and parole records to see who was staying...
Charity Worley homicide update: Agents at the door
To have survived the pain to this point was an act of will Linda Casey wasn’t sure she had, which makes recent developments in the investigation into her daughter’s homicide all the more difficult...
Cons or kids?
The War on Drugs is making kids stupid. According to this report in today’s local paper, our local school district is about to face the possibility of increasing class sizes and eliminating some AP...
Thank you, Mr. Bin Laden. That will be $5.
Sometimes when I lie awake in bed, when the covers feel too hot, when I could use the loving touch of a diabolical revolutionary, I think of Osama Bin Laden. I like to picture...
Responsibility, the internet’s condom
If you have the clap and somebody wants to get in your pants, whose job is it to tell that person that you have the clap? That’s the question I posed this morning as...
I got yer infrastructure right here
Our flashlights have batteries. Our lantern has propane. My wife is presently picking up a few more essential items: nonperishables, water, and firewood. Somehow I forgot to put Maker’s on the list. This is...