351. Stocking Strangler: Carlton Gary

351. Stocking Strangler: Carlton Gary

Author: Our True Crime Podcast March 18, 2026 Duration: 1:10:28
In 1970, 85-year-old Nellie Farmer lived quietly in a modest retirement hotel. A retired schoolteacher, she had spent her life helping others and asking for very little in return. One night, that safety was shattered. An intruder broke into her room while she slept. Nellie Farmer had been brutally raped and strangled with a scarf. Her body was discovered face down on the bed, partially covered by blankets, as if someone had tried to hide what they had done. At first, it looked like a single, terrible crime. But it wasn’t. Police quickly arrested a man who admitted he had been in Nellie Farmer’s room the night she died, but he insisted someone else was responsible. His story pointed the finger at a mysterious accomplice known only by a nickname. That testimony would send a man to prison, but was he the right man? As the years passed, the case began to unravel because Nellie Farmer’s murder was not the end of the story. It was only the beginning. Join Cam and Jen on this episode of Our True Crime Podcast entitled ‘The Stocking Strangler: Carlton Gary.’ Listener Discretion is by our bestie Edward OctoberpodVHS That fabu music you hear is from our EP and Editor Nico @theinkypawprint Sources: https://web.archive.org/web/20121210082304/http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/serial_killers/predators/carlton_gary/1.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/local/article173673116.html https://web.archive.org/web/20180520193920/http://www.dcor.state.ga.us/NewsRoom/PressReleases/gary-execution-final-media-advisory https://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=AwrEs751aLhpaWcAtd4PxQt.;_ylu=Y29sbwNiZjEEcG9zAzIEdnRpZAMEc2VjA3Ny/RV=2/RE=1774902646/RO=10/RU=https%3a%2f%2fcrimelibrary.org%2fserial_killers%2fpredators%2fcarlton_gary%2f/RK=2/RS=1bcBJSzIqzj2iI9ciMWTtVSHvPM- https://www.themarshallproject.org/next-to-die/ga/6tn2v24m https://www.aetv.com/articles/carlton-gray-serial-killer https://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/digital/collection/ajc/id/13576/ https://www.11alive.com/article/news/investigations/last-words-stocking-strangler-talks-faith-innocence-and-truth-hours-before-execution/85-528753134 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0prdgKP11g https://web.archive.org/web/20120415164736/http://www.9wsyr.com/news/local/story/DNA-Links-Georgia-Killer-to-Local-1975-Murder-Case/-hJVZ-1q7ECe3VOlVbyi2A.cspx https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114369053/woman-84-apparently-strangled/ https://web.archive.org/web/20220930151228/https://www.mupress.org/The-Columbus-Stocking-Strangler-P1208.aspx https://apnews.com/general-news-7c23df3f40bc48b3a02bcfe8c48eb009 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-troy-record-strangulation-ruled-in-w/114368426/ https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114369053/woman-84-apparently-strangled/ https://www.11alive.com/article/news/investigations/gone-cold/the-hunt-southern-ghosts-a-serial-killers-stranglehold-on-the-past/85-520576459 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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