S19 Ep58: When Cicadas Cry: Murder, Death Row & Racial Tensions in The Deep South w/Caroline Cleveland

Published: May 14, 2024, 8 a.m.

True Crime Tuesday Presents:\xa0 When Cicadas Cry: Murder, Death Row & Racial Tensions in The Deep South with Author, Caroline Cleveland!
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\nIn WHEN CICADAS CRY, Zach Stander, a young lawyer with a checkered past, gets a phone call that will change his life. It\u2019s Elijah Jenkins, an older Black man he met while giving a one-day free legal clinic in rural Colleton County. A white woman has been bludgeoned to death with an altar cross at the New Hope Baptist Church out on Cicada Road. Eli\u2019s grandson Samuel was arrested after authorities found him kneeling over her body, covered in blood. Eli insists his grandson is innocent and begs Zach to take on his defense. The low country is fraught with racial tension, the victim\u2019s family has deep roots in the community, and the local solicitor is powerful and influential.\xa0 Zach\u2019s life is already in shambles from his past mistakes, and he has reservations about taking on such high odds. But when Addie Stone, a private investigator\u2014and Zach\u2019s fianc\xe9e\u2014convinces him that saving young Sam might be the only path to redemption, Zach gathers his courage. At the same time, Addie investigates a local cold case\u2014two young women were murdered on quiet Edisto Beach, an hour southeast of Walterboro. The killer left no trace, and thirty-four years later, their deaths are still unsolved. As Addie sifts through the evidence, she wonders if there might be a connection to the present-day murder. So many long-buried secrets\u2026would someone kill again to keep them?
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\nAuthor of "When Cicadas Cry", Caroline Cleveland, joins TCT to talk about the new book, it's plot, the richness of it's characters and why she picked the backdrop of this area of South Carolina and specifically where her unique inspiration for these characters comes from!
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\nCheck out Caroline's website here...\xa0 \xa0https://carolineclevelandauthor.com/
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\nGet "When Cicadas Cry" here:\xa0 https://www.unionsquareandco.com/9781454952312/when-cicadas-cry-by-caroline-cleveland/
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\nCheck out Caroline on Social Media:
\nFacebook: @UnionSqandCo; @meganbeatiecommunications
\nX: @UnionSqandCo; @mbeatie
\nInstagram: @unionsqandco @mbc_books
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\nPLUS DUMB CRIMES AND STUPID CRIMINALS WITH MALLIE FOX!!
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\nCheck out Mallie Fox's website:\xa0 https://www.paranormalgirl.com/
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\nMallie has been spreading her wings and featured as a researcher and talking head on Strange Evidence on the Science Channel!\xa0 You can stream it on demand on Discovery + or on Max!\xa0 Get Max here:\xa0 \xa0https://bit.ly/469lcZH
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\nFind out where the crew will be in your area:
\nhttps://www.darknessradioshow.com/p/events/
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