My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark MFM Minisode 477
Mar 2, 2026
Short hometown tales take center stage: a teen abduction with a later suspect ID, a campus brush with a cult, and a chaotic flight that turned into a narrow near-miss with a shooting. There’s a cenote rescue by quick paramedics, a wedding canceled over an affair that creates odd step-family ties, and a granny who found a pallet of cocaine and did the right thing.
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Get Official Protection After Threatening Harassment
- If you receive threatening calls after a family tragedy, involve police and consider official escorts as Blair's mother did after her sister's murder.
- Blair described police escorting her mother from school and imposing curfew due to harassing calls.
Aunt Sacrificed Herself To Save A Friend
- A teenage aunt offered to take the place of a friend during a violent hotel abduction in Daytona Beach in the 1970s.
- She was later found raped and shot; decades later cold-case work and a palm print helped identify serial killer Billy Mansfield Jr.
Cold Case Reopened Led To Confession
- An update revealed Jacksonville Sheriff's Office identified Billy Mansfield Jr. as the suspect and he confessed after interviews in 2022.
- Mansfield was already serving life in California and received multiple life sentences in Florida.