Introducing Murder, etc.
Rapid Eye Reality’s Brad Willis launches investigative podcast based in Greenville, SC.
Category: Greenville SC
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...
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...
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...
John Ludwig: Sometimes it’s too easy
I’m not one to toot my own horn unless the horn is so tootable that even the most humble of prognosticators couldn’t help but keep his lips off the mouthpiece. Here’s what I wrote...
The mayor who Twittered (or didn’t)
Note: The following contains some language you might not normally expect to read on a Sunday afternoon. You’ve been warned. It was dinnertime on Friday night and the city of Greenville, SC was ramping...
It’s not for my nipples
“Call me when you leave the gym,” my wife said. “I’m not sure if I’m going to have time to pick up my prescription.” I was listening. I promise. Just not enough to ask...
Why Greenville, SC works: Reason #87
Occasionally I find something about my adopted hometown that I add to an ever growing list of reasons that make me happy I have chosen to raise my family here. I found another good...
Artist Brian Olsen tangles me up
From the files of, “Wow, that was neat…” It was a beautiful, albeit very warm, day here in Greenville. We made the best of it by starting at the Saturday Market (came home with...
John Ludwig, a flying Maserati, and a dead man
John Ludwig is screwed. Or John Ludwig is not nearly as screwed as he could be. It all depends on what happens when two of the best known legal eagles, Bob Ariail and Billy...
The firefighter’s tangled web
After all the confusion regarding the story of the allegedly kidnapped Greenville County firefighter earlier this week, this news just broke. Michael Polston, the man who said he was kidnapped at knife point, has...
Councilwoman Diane Smock has not been kidnapped
After botching the call on last night’s kidnapping, I feel like I need to redeem myself with a sure thing. Thus, I offer you this fact: Greenville City Council member Diane Smock is not...