The Murders at Corpsewood Manor

In the woods of northwest Georgia, Dr. Charles Lee Scudder and Joseph “Joey” Odom built an off grid home unlike anything their neighbors had seen. There was stained glass, a golden harp, a pink gargoyle, and a reputation that grew stranger with every rumor told about the place they called Corpsewood Manor. On December 12, 1982, two men Charles and Joey had welcomed onto the property arrived with a plan to rob them. What happened next left Charles and Joey dead inside the home they had spent years building, sent two teenage witnesses fleeing in fear, and led to another murder across state lines. In this episode, we follow the real story behind Corpsewood Manor, the rumors that surrounded it, and the violence that turned an unusual home in the Georgia woods into a lasting piece of true crime folklore. Thank you to this week's sponsors! So… The class. The trip. The night out. Go ahead and say YES. Discover Uresta, trusted by more than 70,000 women, at uresta.com. Download Cash App today and make your money work for you. Click here to get started: https://click.cash.app/ui6m/vwn13ren #CashAppPartner Cash App is a financial services platform, not a bank. Banking services provided by Cash App’s bank partner(s). Prepaid debit cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC. Cash App Visa® Debit Flex Cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC, and The Bancorp Bank, N.A., pursuant to a license from Visa U.S.A. Inc. See terms and conditions for the Sutton prepaid card (https://cash.app/legal/us/en-us/card-agreement), Sutton debit flex card (https://cash.app/legal/us/en-us/debit-flex-card-agreement-sutton), and Bancorp debit flex card (https://cash.app/legal/us/en-us/debit-flex-card-agreement-bancorp). Savings provided by Cash App, a Block, Inc. brand. Parents and legal guardians can open a sponsored account for teens 13-17. Visit cash.app/legal/podcast for full disclosures. Sources: Charles L. Scudder — “A Castle in the Country,” Mother Earth News (1981)https://www.motherearthnews.com/homesteading-and-livestock/castle-in-the-country-zmaz81mazraw/ Pam Purcell — “Pair Enjoy Roughing It in County’s Backwoods,” The Summerville News (February 22, 1979)https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn89053933/1979-02-22/ed-1/seq-21/ocr/ West v. State — Georgia Supreme Court (1984)https://law.justia.com/cases/georgia/supreme-court/1984/40134-1.html West v. State — Mississippi Supreme Court (1985)https://law.justia.com/cases/mississippi/supreme-court/1985/55443-0.html West v. State — Mississippi Supreme Court (1988)https://law.justia.com/cases/mississippi/supreme-court/1988/519-so-2d-418-0.html Peggy Nadramia — “The Tragic Case of Dr. Charles Lee Scudder, Satanist,” Church of Satanhttps://www.churchofsatan.com/tragic-case-dr-charles-lee-scudder/ B.T. Harman — “The Corpsewood Murders: 40 Years Later,” Atlanta Magazinehttps://www.atlantamagazine.com/great-reads/the-corpsewood-murders-40-years-later/ Luke Gregson — “The Corpsewood Manor Murders,” Oxford Americanhttps://oxfordamerican.org/oa-now/the-corpsewood-manor-murders Christopher Feldt — “Death Comes to Corpsewood Manor,” North Georgia Historyhttps://www.northgeorgiahistory.com/post/death-comes-to-corpsewood-manor Leland Kent — “Corpsewood Manor,” Abandoned Southeasthttps://abandonedsoutheast.com/2019/01/28/corpsewood-manor/ David Bulit — “Corpsewood Manor,” Abandoned Georgiahttps://abandonedgeorgia.com/corpsewood-manor/ Kelly Kazek — “The Murders of ‘Devil Worshippers’ at Corpsewood Manor”https://kellykazek.com/2019/02/25/the-murders-of-devil-worshippers-at-corpsewood-manor/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices