50 Shades of Evil: Arkansas

“Grant Hardin” also known as the “Devil In The Ozarks” was a former police chief who in 2017 was convicted in the murder of a political rival in a small town in Arkansas. Upon his arrest and submission of Hardin’s DNA to CODIS, he was discovered to have been the assailant in a brutal SA of a teacher in her classroom a decade prior to his murder conviction. The aptly named “Devil in the Ozarks” was finally behind bars but a dramatic escape and subsequent manhunt in 2025 would put the entire state of Arkansas once again in fear and on alert! “50 Shades of Evil” is a podcast series brought to you by “Bloody Angola Podcast”. Chapters 01:39 A Suprising Start 18:50 The Murder of James Appleton 25:10 The Interrogation 31:04 Arrest and Charges Filed 35:01 The Shocking DNA Match 41:43 The Escape Plan 42:48 Escape and Consequences 43:13 The Devil in the Ozarks Pays the Price Join Bloody Angola on Patreon for Commercial Free Early Releases and more here:

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50 Shades of Evil: Arkansas is an episode from Bloody Angola by Envision Podcast Studios.

This episode is 45:27 long.

This episode was published on Mar 3, 2026.

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