Episode 35: Santa Claus, Georgia: The Daniels Family Murders

In 1997, in the tiny town of Santa Claus, Georgia, a former foster child returned to the loving family who had taken him in. Jerry Scott Heidler destroyed their family and almost destroyed the “town who loves children.” 

 Suggested Reading: Fear Came to Town: The Santa Claus, Georgia Murders 

Special Thanks to this episode’s Patreon Producer, Megan Bullard 

http://murderpedia.org/male.H/h/heidler-jerry.htm

http://savannahnow.com/stories/090499/LOCheidler.shtml#.WjMuW1WnGM8

http://caselaw.findlaw.com/ga-supreme-court/1060019.html

https://www.amazon.com/Fear-Came-Town-Georgia-Murders/dp/0425231496

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Claus,_Georgia

https://www.southernthing.com/always-christmas-santa-claus-georgia-2544967705.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toombs_County,_Georgia

https://www.nytimes.com/1997/12/06/us/family-shot-to-death-at-home-in-georgia.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/food/pecan-vs-pecan-the-divide-over-how-to-say-the-word-can-drive-you-nuts/2016/12/23/c5e1a256-c7c3-11e6-bf4b-2c064d32a4bf_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.559e4f58dd80

https://www.ajc.com/news/local/foster-care-fraught-with-private-abuses-public-excuses/El9UhWpVVTBeqGX4DaNSPO/

https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/article24568090.html