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True crime and weird stories from the forgotten heartland of South Florida.
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In 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

After 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

A 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

Elizabeth 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

Utopia 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

In 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

In 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

In 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

In 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

After 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