Tag: true crime
A new book, A Devil Went Down to Georgia, explores the 1987 murder of Atlantan Lita McClinton
Deb Miller Landau first wrote about the haunting 1987 murder of Lita McClinton Sullivan for Atlanta magazine. Her new book on the case has gained national attention.
The Corpsewood Murders: 40 years later
What has changed in the 40 years since a pair of "gay devil worshipers" built a life together in the North Georgia mountains? A look back at the Corpsewood Manor murders, which occurred in 1982 outside Trion, Georgia.
Did Anthony Hill have to die?
When DeKalb County officer Robert Olsen shot and killed an unarmed man, Anthony Hill, in March 2015, it brought up many questions about how police handle people with mental illness. This is the anatomy of a police shooting.
The Fall Line: Two podcasting sleuths revisit the cases of abducted Grady newborns
The Fall Line is investigating the cases of seven Grady newborns who went missing decades ago—two of whom were never found. Inspired other true-crime dramas like Serial, Laurah Norton, a writer and Georgia State University senior lecturer, and Brooke Gently-Hargrove, a grief counselor, launched the true-crime serial podcast last year, which has since racked up 2.3 million listens.
In a new podcast, the Up and Vanished creators and HowStuffWorks tackle the Atlanta Child Murders
Local filmmaker Payne Lindsey and producer Donald Albright, the duo behind breakout podcast Up and Vanished, have teamed up with Atlanta-based podcast company HowStuffWorks to present Atlanta Monster, a 10-episode podcast series about the Atlanta Child Murders.
Social Disgraces: The murder of Lita McClinton
After years on the lam, a journey that took him from Costa Rica to Thailand, James Sullivan has been brought back to Atlanta and will stand trial—again—for allegedly orchestrating the murder of his wife, Buckhead socialite Lita.