Podcast
True Okee
Hosted by Richard Marion · EN
True crime and weird stories from the forgotten heartland of South Florida.
Contact: trueokeepodcast@gmail.com
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UFO Over Okeechobee & Legend of the Swamp Witch
Oct 3100:20:22Tap to summarizeIn this special Halloween episode of True Okee: A Texas man visiting Florida sees something strange in the sky over Okeechobee. And a small town is crippled with fear over rumors of a swamp witch. Connect with True Okee:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TrueOkeeInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/trueokee/Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@trueokee
Transcribe →Body in Taylor Creek
Oct 300:25:30Tap to summarizeAfter a homeless man is found dead tangled in a fishing net in Taylor Creek, detectives unravel a case that blurs the line between accident and murder.Connect with True Okee:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TrueOkeeInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/trueokee/Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@trueokee
Transcribe →The Most Powerful Man in Okeechobee
Jun 1300:51:24Tap to summarizeA private detective in Miami receives a call from a man in Okeechobee who says he's in fear for his life. The man's name was Charles McArthur. Charles is a millionaire, the president of one the largest independent dairy farms in the state, and in the early stages of planning a run for governor and eventually president of the United States. But three days after that call to the private detective, Charles McArthur was found shot dead in Okeechobee.Connect with True Okee:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TrueOkeeInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/trueokee/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@trueokee
Transcribe →The Murder of Elizabeth Hatfield
Jan 23, 202400:33:35Tap to summarizeElizabeth Hatfield laid down next to her 8-month-old baby on the night of March 15, 1995, unaware that in a few hours her life would be cruelly taken from her by an intruder. The horrific events of that night would leave a scar on Okeechobee for decades.True Okee features true crime and weird stories from the forgotten heartland of South Florida.Connect with True Okee:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TrueOkeeInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/trueokee/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@trueokee
Transcribe →Ghosts of Utopia
Oct 31, 202300:23:17Tap to summarizeUtopia was a town that sat on the northeast shore of Lake Okeechobee in the 1920's. But it disappeared shortly after a major catastrophe and is now a mostly forgotten ghost town. What happened to the people of Utopia?Connect with True Okee:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TrueOkeeInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/trueokee/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@trueokee
Transcribe →The UFO Prophet of Okeechobee
Oct 31, 202200:11:26Tap to summarizeIn the early 90's, a man on the rim canal of Lake Okeechobee sees a strange light approaching him at night. The close encounter changes his life forever.Connect with True Okee:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TrueOkeeInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/trueokee/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@trueokee
Transcribe →Crush
Aug 5, 202200:22:32Tap to summarizeIn June of 1999, a man in Okeechobee is found crushed underneath the rear wheel of his car. The keys are in the ignition and the car is still running. What at first appears to be an accident is revealed to be a perverse fetish with ties to an underground network of cruelty and torture.Connect with True Okee:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TrueOkeeInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/trueokee/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@trueokee
Transcribe →Florida School for Boys
Apr 18, 202200:37:26Tap to summarizeIn 1959, Okeechobee is hoping the new Florida School for Boys will help rebuild the shrinking local economy. Fifty years later, sheriff deputies gather to search the property for dead bodies.Connect with True Okee:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TrueOkeeInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/trueokee/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@trueokee
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Halloween
Oct 30, 202100:24:51Tap to summarizeIn this Halloween True Okee special… A close encounter with an unknown creature, a haunted building is destroyed, and two teenagers come face to face with a serial killer.Connect with True Okee:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TrueOkeeInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/trueokee/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@trueokee
Transcribe →Okeechobee Eight-Part 2: Death of a Sheriff
Oct 20, 202100:27:09Tap to summarizeAfter investigators quickly ruled that Okeechobee County Sheriff John Collier committed suicide due to sinus problems, many in the community didn’t buy it. Questionable decisions made at the crime scene and in the months afterwards helped a cloud of uncertainty linger around the case.Connect with True Okee:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TrueOkeeInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/trueokee/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@trueokee
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