He Blamed the Moon The Williamston Murder That Shocked North Carolina

The Audrey Leggett / Be Lo Cases Another Look for Answers

In late May and early June of 1993, two violent crimes shook eastern North Carolina.On May 30, 1993, 65-year-old Audrey Leggett was working alone at Cherry’s Cupboard in Bear Grass, North Carolina when she was shot multiple times during an apparent robbery. Around $200 was taken. The weapon was a .22 caliber firearm. No arrests were made.Just seven days later, on June 6, 1993, a gunman hid inside a Be-Lo grocery store in Windsor, North Carolina before closing. He forced employees and a cleaning crew to bind one another with duct tape and pet leashes. Four people were killed: Grover “Bud” Cecil, Joy Reason, Johnnie Rankins Jr., and Thomas Hardy. Two others survived.Witnesses described the Be-Lo suspect as a Black male in his early 30s. Investigators recovered fingerprint evidence, DNA, and ballistic material — but no confirmed match has ever been announced publicly.Law enforcement has never officially linked the Cherry’s Cupboard murder and the Windsor Be-Lo massacre.But the proximity — one week and roughly twenty miles apart — continues to raise questions.In this episode, we examine:• The murder of Audrey Leggett in Bear Grass• The 1993 Windsor Be-Lo grocery store massacre• The Hertford Be-Lo robbery involving duct tape and leashes• The Food Lion double homicide in Raleigh later that year• FBI behavioral profiling analysis• The surviving witnesses and 911 call• The forensic evidence that remains unresolvedThis is a documentary-style true crime investigation focused on facts, timeline, and documented evidence.If you have information about the Windsor Be-Lo murders or the Cherry’s Cupboard homicide, contact the Bertie County Sheriff’s Office.Nearly three decades later, the case remains unsolved.Someone knows what happened.#TrueCrime #ColdCase #Unsolved #crime #northcarolina

More Baffling Cold Cases from North Carolina

In this episode of Bucklesberry Lemonade, we revisit a collection of North Carolina cases where the answers never came and the trail quietly went cold. Spanning decades and counties across the state, these stories include unexplained deaths, missing connections, and crimes that left more questions than conclusions. Some cases made headlines, others faded into local memory — but all remain unresolved. This episode examines the cases of Kristen Gantt, the Lake Summit Triple Murder (1966), Timothy Armstrong, Crystal Baker, Jessica Lowery, the long-elusive Too Tall Bandit, Antwan Pittman, Elizabeth Jane Smallwood, Ronald Lester Padgett, Antwan Whitmire, Roy Thomas Melton Jr., Joseph Adefolalu, and Nancy Dean Morgan. Presented in a calm, documentary-style format, this episode focuses on verified details, lingering mysteries, and why these cases still matter today.

Something Heard My Name | True Paranormal Encounters from the Southern Woods

Tonight on BucklesBerry Lemonade, we step away from true crime and into the quiet, shadowed woods of the American South—where not every voice belongs to who you think it does. This episode features true paranormal encounters shared by listeners and firsthand witnesses, including: * A gentle but unsettling ghostly presence in a farmhouse kitchen near Grifton, North Carolina * A replay of the Appalachian “mimic” encounter, where a voice called from the woods pretending to be someone familiar * A deeply personal Eastern North Carolina encounter involving a voice that knew the host’s name * Reports of shadowy figures, unexplained sounds, and call-and-response howls deep in the Southern woods We also include a bonus replay of our previously released episode, Strange Encounters, featuring additional real-world paranormal stories that listeners continue to talk about. These aren’t urban legends or folklore. They’re moments—quiet, strange, and unforgettable—shared by people who swear something followed them home. If you enjoy true paranormal podcasts, Southern ghost stories, Appalachian encounters, and real unexplained experiences, you’re in the right place. #Subscribe for more Southern-rooted true crime and paranormal episodes Have a story of your own? We’re listening. #true paranormal encounters #southern paranormal stories #paranormal podcast #real ghost stories #something called my name #appalachian mimic #voice mimic paranormal #paranormal woods encounter #southern ghost stories #real supernatural encounters #eastern north carolina ghost #north carolina paranormal #appalachian paranormal #haunted woods stories #paranormal voice in the woods #southern woods paranormal #haunted farmhouse story #ghost in the kitchen #listener submitted paranormal #true unexplained stories #creepy but true #nighttime paranormal #real horror podcast #southern mysteries #paranormal radio style #bucklesberry lemonade podcast #voices in the dark #cryptid encounters south

He Blamed the Moon The Williamston Murder That Shocked North Carolina

He Blamed the Moon: The Williamston Murder That Shocked North CarolinaIn 1960, the murder of 17-year-old Judith Diane Hardison stunned the small town of Williamston, North Carolina — but what followed in court was even more disturbing.In this episode of BucklesBerry Lemonade, Tim breaks down the Jimmie Lee Honeycutt case, a historic North Carolina true crime story that featured one of the strangest defenses ever presented in a courtroom: blaming the crime on the moon.Using verified court records, trial testimony, and contemporary reporting, this episode examines the final hours of Judy Hardison’s life, the discovery at Woodlawn Cemetery, and why the so-called “lunar defense” was ultimately rejected.This is a small-town murder story, grounded in fact — not folklore — and a reminder that violence doesn’t come from superstition, but from human choice. Told in a southern gothic tone If you follow true crime podcasts, southern crime stories, or historic murder cases, this episode belongs in your queue. #podcast #crime #northcarolina

UNSOLVED TRUE CRIME-THE SOUTH’S DARKEST SECRETS

Unsolved True Crime Cases from the South’s Past – Where the Past Doesn’t Rest From moonlit lovers’ lanes to quiet front porches… and from highways that erase identities to a small Southern town shattered by gunfire—this episode dives deep into four of the most chilling true crime cases in Southern history. We begin with The Texarkana Moonlight Murders (1946)—the infamous Phantom Killer who stalked couples under cover of darkness, wore a mask, wrote taunting letters, and was never caught. Then we move to Columbus, Mississippi, where a series of elderly stranglings (1996–1998) turned a quiet town into a place of whispered fear, raising the terrifying possibility that the killer was someone familiar… someone local. Our noir closer follows The Man in the Suitcase, an unidentified victim found near an interstate in South Carolina in 1968—a traveler erased by highways, anonymity, and time. And finally, we return to North Carolina for the 1933 Taylorsville Bank Robbery, a failed heist at the Merchants & Farmers Bank that left a beloved cashier dead, a town traumatized, and three members of the same family executed—one of the most tragic and shocking crimes in state history. These are not just stories of violence—but stories of place, silence, and what happens when justice never comes. If you enjoy unsolved true crime, Southern mysteries, historical cold cases, and stories where the past refuses to stay buried, this episode is for you.#podcast #TrueCrime #subscribe