The Axeman of New Orleans
New Orleans. 1918. A killer the papers call “The Axeman” breaks into homes at night, mostly targeting Italian grocers, and attacks with an a...
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In 1987, a former prosecutor named Margaret Coon took her dog for a walk in one of Louisiana’s safest and most affluent parishes. The next morning, she was found dead on the side of the road...
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20 of 82 episodesThe T.M. Landry Scandal: How a Louisiana School Faked Its Way Into the Ivy League
A unaccredited private school in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana became a national sensation when its students began landing acceptances at Harvard...
Patterson Hood and the Duality of the Southern Thing
Patterson Hood grew up in Florence, Alabama — a deeply conservative, Bible Belt town where his father was quietly making history. David Hood...
Sputnik Monroe: The Wrestler Who Desegregated Memphis
Before the Civil Rights Movement's major victories of the 1960s, a pro wrestler named Sputnik Monroe was already integrating Memphis, Tennes...
The Lampshade: A Post-Katrina New Orleans Mystery
After Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans was a city of wreckage, rumors, and strange things washing up where they didn’t belong. When transplant...
The Lieutenant Governor Who Shot a Journalist: The Narciso Gonzalez Assassination
In 1903, South Carolina’s most powerful journalist is gunned down in broad daylight, and the shooter is the lieutenant governor. Narciso Gon...
The Fall of Latoya Cantrell
New Orleans is no stranger to political scandal, but the federal case against Mayor LaToya Cantrell isn’t a classic bribes-and-kickbacks sto...
The Alamo Myth: What Really Happened in 1836
Most people know the phrase “Remember the Alamo.” Fewer know what actually happened there or why Texans still fight over it. Jed Lipinski ta...
You Might Like: Murder at The U - A suspect awaiting trial and a murder still unsolved
Murder at the U follows the murder of Bryan Pata, senior defensive tackle for the University of Miami. More than a decade later, with Bryan’...
Goat Castle: Murder, Myth, and Jim Crow Justice in Natchez
In 2012, historian Karen Cox is digging through the Mississippi State Archives when an archivist tells her, “If you want to know about Natch...
Charleston, 2015: Dylann Roof and Emanuel AME
At a 2024 House Judiciary oversight hearing, an exchange about racially motivated violence goes viral after FBI chief Kash Patel appears to...
Stand Your Ground on Camp Swamp Road: The Scott Spivey Shooting
On September 9, 2023, a road-rage encounter in South Carolina turns into a nine-mile chase and ends with 33-year-old Scott Spivey dead on a...
Murdaugh Family History
Wall Street Journal reporter Valerie Bauerlein, who covered the Alex Murdaugh murder trial gavel to gavel, explains why the most revealing p...
Introducing Gone South, Season 5
Gone South, the Edward R. Murrow award-winning podcast, is back for a fifth season. Join host Jed Lipinski as he investigates new southern-b...
BONUS: The Real Buford Pusser | Part 4
Nearly six decades after Pauline Pusser’s murder, Tennessee investigators finally reveal what really happened. The TBI’s new findings sugges...
BONUS: The Real Buford Pusser | Part 3
In 1967, Sheriff Buford Pusser said gunmen ambushed his car, killing his wife Pauline and inspiring the Walking Tall legend. Nearly six deca...
S4|E40: An Interview with Jed Lipinski
In the 40th and final episode of Season 4, Jed Lipinski answers questions about the making of Gone South. Find us on Facebook, Instagram...
S4|E39: Operation Sideswipe | Part 2
After a federal witness is gunned down on his mother‘s doorstep, investigators began unraveling a murder conspiracy at the heart of operatio...
S4|E38: Operation Sideswipe | Part 1
Dozens of fake car crashes. Millions in bogus injury claims. And a murder that stunned federal investigators. This episode tells the story o...
S4|E37: The Combo Plate King | Part 2
In Part 2, Greg Leon faces trial for the Valentine’s Day shooting. As new attorneys take over, and witness tampering allegations surface, a...