South Carolina’s most-prolific serial killers

Murder Files Unsealed · May 4, 2026 · 49m · transcript

This episode examines the dark history of serial homicide in South Carolina, highlighting how the state’s peaceful landscape has been scarred by several prolific predators. It provides detailed accounts of notorious figures like Donald "Pee Wee" Gaskins, known for his decades of brutality, and Todd Kohlhepp, a real estate agent who hid a violent double life. The sources analyze the psychological backgrounds and specific crimes of these individuals while also discussing the systemic failures in law enforcement and parole that allowed them to operate. Beyond the biographies of killers like the…