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Stories from Spartanburg, Carolina do Sul, Estados Unidos

Explore published stories from Spartanburg, Carolina do Sul, Estados Unidos and nearby.

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Todd Kohlhepp: the rescue that exposed seven murders

Kala Brown’s rescue in 2016 led South Carolina investigators to three victims buried on a rural property and helped solve the 2003 murders of four people at a motorcycle shop. This dossier separates the seven convictions from claims about possible additional victims.

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212 km · Knoxville

Christa Pike and Colleen Slemmer: the Knoxville murder and interrupted execution

In 1995, 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer was murdered by fellow Job Corps students. Christa Pike, then 18, was sentenced to death. This dossier examines the evidence, a symbol turned into Satanic rumor, appeals, the families, and the interrupted September 30, 2026 execution attempt. UPDATE REQUIRED before publication: medical and legal status still developing.

212 km · Knoxville

Christa Pike and Colleen Slemmer: the murder, failed execution and return to prison

Colleen Slemmer was murdered in Knoxville in 1995, and Christa Pike was sentenced to death. This revision follows the evidence and appeals through Tennessee’s failed September 30, 2026 execution attempt, which Pike survived. On October 10, her lawyers said she had returned to prison. The cause of the failure and the possibility of another attempt remain unresolved.

433 km · Point Pleasant

Mothman: the figure at the TNT area and the Silver Bridge tragedy

In 1966, Point Pleasant residents reported a red-eyed winged figure. Thirteen months later the Silver Bridge collapsed, killing 46 people. This dossier follows witness accounts, period reporting, and the bridge investigation without treating coincidence as prophecy.