In the research I have done for this blog I have run across so many interesting stories. Some from when I was a kid, some more current, but most I don't remember ever hearing before.
That is not true about Susan Smith killing her children. I remember the Susan Smith case so vividly, maybe because of my age. I was old enough to care but not so old as to be over burdened with the responsibilities of everyday life. Maybe it was my location, I was in my first year in college, in South Carolina. Or maybe it was because up until that moment I was blessed enough to not have realized that mothers didn't always love their children.
I remember sitting in the common room in our dorm watching Smiths tearful pleas for the safe return of her boys. One of our dorm mates stated very mater of factly 'That woman killed those kids." The rest of us were stunned by her words, but were more stunned a short time later when her words we proven true. There was a tangible layer of sadness that hung over what seemed like the entire state, the day they pulled those young bodies from John D.Long Lake. I remember the case, so I was hesitant to write this story.
A memorial was erected, since the drownings of the Smith boys, and there have been reports of children both laughing and crying, and of orbs dancing across the water of the lake.
Two years later, tragedy struck again. A family was trying to shine their headlights on the memorial one night when their truck suddenly rolled into the lake. Four children and 1 adult were drowned in the truck, and two drowned while trying to save them.
The Union County Coroner, William Holcombe, identified the victims as Tim Phillips, 26; his wife, Angie, 22; their three children, Courtney, 4, Meleana, 1, and Kinsleigh, 4 months; Carl Sidney White, 29, a friend of the Phillipses, and Austin Dakota Roodvoets, 3, who had played all day with the Phillips children.
Mr.Phillips was inside the truck with the kids. It rolled between the monuments and over a small tree planted in honor of the Smith boys. The truck was found upside down about 20 feet down and 80 feet out. The key was on, but transmission was in park, the parking brake was not engaged. There were no skid marks or other indications that Mr.Phillips applied the brake before rolling into the lake. A family member said later that the Phillips had "nothing but trouble" from their GMC Suburban, including transmission issues.
Is this tragic event the result of a curse or is it just a horrible coincidence, that four more young children lost their lives in an otherwise peaceful lake? Whichever you believe there is no disputing the sadness surrounds John D. Long Lake.
That is not true about Susan Smith killing her children. I remember the Susan Smith case so vividly, maybe because of my age. I was old enough to care but not so old as to be over burdened with the responsibilities of everyday life. Maybe it was my location, I was in my first year in college, in South Carolina. Or maybe it was because up until that moment I was blessed enough to not have realized that mothers didn't always love their children.
I remember sitting in the common room in our dorm watching Smiths tearful pleas for the safe return of her boys. One of our dorm mates stated very mater of factly 'That woman killed those kids." The rest of us were stunned by her words, but were more stunned a short time later when her words we proven true. There was a tangible layer of sadness that hung over what seemed like the entire state, the day they pulled those young bodies from John D.Long Lake. I remember the case, so I was hesitant to write this story.
A memorial was erected, since the drownings of the Smith boys, and there have been reports of children both laughing and crying, and of orbs dancing across the water of the lake.
Two years later, tragedy struck again. A family was trying to shine their headlights on the memorial one night when their truck suddenly rolled into the lake. Four children and 1 adult were drowned in the truck, and two drowned while trying to save them.
The Union County Coroner, William Holcombe, identified the victims as Tim Phillips, 26; his wife, Angie, 22; their three children, Courtney, 4, Meleana, 1, and Kinsleigh, 4 months; Carl Sidney White, 29, a friend of the Phillipses, and Austin Dakota Roodvoets, 3, who had played all day with the Phillips children.
Mr.Phillips was inside the truck with the kids. It rolled between the monuments and over a small tree planted in honor of the Smith boys. The truck was found upside down about 20 feet down and 80 feet out. The key was on, but transmission was in park, the parking brake was not engaged. There were no skid marks or other indications that Mr.Phillips applied the brake before rolling into the lake. A family member said later that the Phillips had "nothing but trouble" from their GMC Suburban, including transmission issues.
Is this tragic event the result of a curse or is it just a horrible coincidence, that four more young children lost their lives in an otherwise peaceful lake? Whichever you believe there is no disputing the sadness surrounds John D. Long Lake.
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