Casey Sepp

Obviously, many of us insure our spouses and it's considered good family planning to make sure that, you know, if you were to die, that your family would be provided for. But in the case of the Reverend, there were actually a large number of policies and some of them had been taken out not long before his wife's murder.

Obviously, many of us insure our spouses and it's considered good family planning to make sure that, you know, if you were to die, that your family would be provided for. But in the case of the Reverend, there were actually a large number of policies and some of them had been taken out not long before his wife's murder.

Between when Mary Lou Maxwell had been found murdered and the reverend's trial for her murder, Dorcas Anderson's husband had died under what some folks in the area felt were suspicious circumstances, and after his death, she then married the reverend. Dorcas Anderson's husband had ALS.

Between when Mary Lou Maxwell had been found murdered and the reverend's trial for her murder, Dorcas Anderson's husband had died under what some folks in the area felt were suspicious circumstances, and after his death, she then married the reverend. Dorcas Anderson's husband had ALS.

You know, there was a tremendous amount of gossip about how the reverend had gotten away with all this and how he had made so much money. The folks around Lake Martin really start to talk about the reverend, and they no longer think that he's just, you know, a hardworking mill worker or a gifted preacher. They start to wonder if he's not a voodoo practitioner.

You know, there was a tremendous amount of gossip about how the reverend had gotten away with all this and how he had made so much money. The folks around Lake Martin really start to talk about the reverend, and they no longer think that he's just, you know, a hardworking mill worker or a gifted preacher. They start to wonder if he's not a voodoo practitioner.

Once again, her car was found abandoned on the side of a road in what seemed to be a staged car accident, although the external damage to the car did not at all explain the contents of the car, which was her body turned over in the front wheel well in a kind of unnatural position that the police once again felt certain had been staged.

Once again, her car was found abandoned on the side of a road in what seemed to be a staged car accident, although the external damage to the car did not at all explain the contents of the car, which was her body turned over in the front wheel well in a kind of unnatural position that the police once again felt certain had been staged.

By April of 1973, when he succeeded in getting the last one of these payouts, he had managed to cobble together $1,000 here, $3,000 there, $5,000 there. So actually a large number of policies, 17 in total, to get that $80,000.

By April of 1973, when he succeeded in getting the last one of these payouts, he had managed to cobble together $1,000 here, $3,000 there, $5,000 there. So actually a large number of policies, 17 in total, to get that $80,000.

You could walk into a bar and there might be a matchbook. And when you opened it, it had the five questions you had to answer. And for a quarter, they would give you a $1,000 policy. And these burial policies were very popular because for people, for working class people, all they really needed was enough money to cover their funeral and burial.

You could walk into a bar and there might be a matchbook. And when you opened it, it had the five questions you had to answer. And for a quarter, they would give you a $1,000 policy. And these burial policies were very popular because for people, for working class people, all they really needed was enough money to cover their funeral and burial.

And that meant they wouldn't be a burden on their loved ones, even if they weren't a kind of profitable death. And so, you know, company after company around the country offered these kind of lower denomination policies. But The expectation was you would only have one, not that you would have 17 on the same person.

And that meant they wouldn't be a burden on their loved ones, even if they weren't a kind of profitable death. And so, you know, company after company around the country offered these kind of lower denomination policies. But The expectation was you would only have one, not that you would have 17 on the same person.

So if he knew your date of birth and he could somehow get a hold of your social security number, you know, he would mail away the reply card. And for a quarter, for 50 cents, for 75 cents, for a dollar, he would initiate these policies. And it was a full year before you had to pay a renewal fee.

So if he knew your date of birth and he could somehow get a hold of your social security number, you know, he would mail away the reply card. And for a quarter, for 50 cents, for 75 cents, for a dollar, he would initiate these policies. And it was a full year before you had to pay a renewal fee.

So for about a year, you know, he would hold truly these insurance policies where in the event that that person died, you know, for a quarter he had made $1,000 or for 50 cents he had made $3,000. Eventually, life insurance companies started to catch on. So when these companies, when these insurance companies started to realize what was happening, they of course tried to stop payment.

So for about a year, you know, he would hold truly these insurance policies where in the event that that person died, you know, for a quarter he had made $1,000 or for 50 cents he had made $3,000. Eventually, life insurance companies started to catch on. So when these companies, when these insurance companies started to realize what was happening, they of course tried to stop payment.

And what happens then is what happens today in the event that, you know, you have a policy with... nationwide and, you know, your loved one dies and they try to stop payment, you have to take that insurance company to court. And that is what Tom Radney did on the Reverend's behalf. And, you know, again, he did it for the $1,000 policies and he did it for the $20,000 policies.

And what happens then is what happens today in the event that, you know, you have a policy with... nationwide and, you know, your loved one dies and they try to stop payment, you have to take that insurance company to court. And that is what Tom Radney did on the Reverend's behalf. And, you know, again, he did it for the $1,000 policies and he did it for the $20,000 policies.