Episodes

  • Michael Dewitt on the future of The Wicked South Podcast
    Sep 26 2024

    Michael Dewitt, Seton Tucker and Matt Harris discuss the future of the Wicked South Podcast, and they talk about the affect the Alex Murdaugh trial had on their lives.

    Dewitt is the author of The Wicked South and The Fall of the House of Murdaugh

    Seton and Matt host the podcast Impact of Influence



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    38 mins
  • The Best Little Whorehouse in South Carolina
    Feb 13 2024

    The Best Little Whorehouse in South Carolina

    For more than 30 years, Madame Hazel operated the Sunset Lodge, a high-end brothel and the "best-kept" secret in Georgetown, S.C., serving state senators, prominent local officials and even the occasional pastor or deacon, all the while donating to the local town and charities. Join the Wicked South Podcast crew as they interview David Hodges, an author who has spent years uncovering the secrets of Sunset Lodge and its amazing stories, including the unbelievable tale of an errant husband who got "trapped" when his angry wife showed up at the front door – and how he "escaped." 

    Michael DeWitt is the author of "Wicked Hampton County" and "The Fall of The House of Murdaugh" He is a Hampton County, SC native.

    Seton Tucker and Matt Harris also co-host The Impact of Influence podcast.

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    39 mins
  • Headless Horror in Colleton County
    Feb 5 2024

    Headless Horror in Colleton County

     

    The remains of a human head were discovered in rural Colleton County this week, and police are searching for the missing body in a bizarre case that has captured media and public attention. But this is not the first time a human skull – with no body – has been found near Walterboro, S.C., the town that hosted Alex Murdaugh’s double murder trial.

    Other skeletal remains and unsolved murders also haunt this area of the 14th Judicial Circuit, where the criminal justice system was once ruled by the Murdaugh family of solicitors.

    What’s going on in that swampy, mysterious corner of South Carolina?

    Michael DeWitt is the author of "Wicked Hampton County" and "The Fall of The House of Murdaugh" He is a Hampton County, SC native.

    Seton Tucker and Matt Harris also co-host The Impact of Influence podcast.

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    20 mins
  • How a Mule Kicked Killed 8 People, and a Woman's Sexual Prowess Became World Famous
    Jan 20 2024

    How a Mule Kicked Killed 8 People, and a Woman's Sexual Prowess Became World Famous

    This story has it all: Mules gone bad, women gone wild, a political sex scandal and a high body count. Join the Wicked South crew and South Carolina author and storyteller Tom Poland as we travel to Edgefield County, S.C., where the livestock are vicious, the men are violent, and at least one woman was notorious for her lady parts. 

    Michael DeWitt is the author of Wicked Hampton County and The Fall of the House of Murdaugh

    Seton Tucker and Matt Harris also co-host the Impact of Influence podcast.

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    30 mins
  • The Most Heated Rivalries & Worst Feuds in History
    Jan 11 2024

    There is a lot of competition and even some online feuding surrounding the Murdaugh crime saga and its online true crime community. Some competition and rivalry can be good things, but bitter blood feuds always end tragically. To demonstrate, let’s take a look at some of the most heated rivalries and worst blood feuds in history, and the legacy they left behind.

    Michael DeWitt Jr. is the author of "Wicked Hampton County" and "The Fall of The House of Murdaugh" He is also a journalist for the USA network of newspapers.

    Seton Tucker and Matt Harris also host the podcast Impact of Influence

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    25 mins
  • Worst Diets In History
    Jan 6 2024

    It’s the new year. That means the feasting of the holidays is behind us, as well as those ten extra pounds on our rear ends. What also means New Year’s Resolutions. Lose weight. Get in shape. Cut back on the drinking.

    UGH.

    Well, things could be worse, a lot worse. So we took a look back into history and found our listeners some of the worst, craziest, and most wicked unhealthy diets in history. So put down those leftover holiday cookies and listen up!

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    Michael DeWitt writes for the USA network of papers. Michael has written a few books including The Wicked Hampton County and, his latest, The Fall of The House of Murdaugh.

    Seton Tucker and Matt Harris also host The Impact of Influence podcast.



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    38 mins
  • Moonshine, murder and mayhem: A sneak peek at the new book, Fall of the House of Murdaugh
    Dec 14 2023

    Moonshine, murder and mayhem: A sneak peek at the new book, Fall of the House of Murdaugh 

    Brace yourselves, Wicked South listeners, for a behind-the-scenes, sneak peek into two of the hottest Southern nonfiction books coming out this winter. 

    Hear incredible stories from SC writer/historian, Kathryn Smith, author of Baptists and Bootleggers and the new Methodists and Moonshiners. 

    Wicked South co-host and author Michael DeWitt Jr. “spills the tea” on his recently released book, Fall of the House of Murdaugh. 

    Follow us on a literary tour of Southern moonshine, murder and mayhem.

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    46 mins
  • Torture, Scalping, Pickled Skulls, and the Headless “Toms” of Four Hole Swamp
    Dec 8 2023

    Seton, Matt, and Michael travel back in time to when North American rivers ran red with blood to bring you a “potluck” of Native American tales of murder, massacre and betrayal that helped shaped our history here in the Southeast. Here is what you’ll hear: 

    • King Hagler of the Catawba Nation is assassinated, and his grave plundered by robbers, but justice is served in the form of torture, target practice and scalping. 
    • Facing an impossible debt of more than 100,000 deer skins, the Yamasee go on a bloody rampage from Savannah to Charleston and almost destroy the entire colony of South Carolina. 
    • After several Native Americans in a drunken stupor are “mangled” in a “barbarous” manner, the Royal Governor of South Carolina receives a surprise gift at his doorstep: a bag of severed heads.


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    Michael DeWitt writes for the USDA Today network of newspapers. Michael is the author of two books The Wicked Hampton County and The Fall of The House of Murdaugh.

    Seton Tucker and Matt Harris also host the podcast Impact of Influence



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    37 mins