One of my most popular podcasts is my 2023 interview with journalist Larrison Campbell about her podcast “Devil in the Ditch.”
BACKGROUND: On June 13, 2003, Martha Dyer Campbell, 85, was found dead by her sister in the garden room of her big house in the affluent Wilzin Park neighborhood of Greenville, Miss. She had been beaten brutally with a blunt object and a towel was placed over her head. Campbell was a well-known community activist who had entertained Mississippi Gov. Ronnie Musgrove in the same room nine days before her murder. Her death rocked her family and Greenville, and it remains unsolved.
Journalist Larrison Campbell returned to Greenville 20 years later to reexamine her grandmother’s murder and run down the many rumors about the case, including that her first cousin might have been the murderer. Her investigation is told in the podcast – “Devil in the Ditch.”
After the podcast was released, Larrison returned to Greenville to be on a panel at the Delta Hot Tamale Festival. Her visit led to a new podcast, “Devil in the Ditch I The Aftermath.”
Larrison will be my guest on “Real News with Rick Outzen” at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 13.
Here is the 2023 interview:
