In 2006, Abraham Shakespeare went from working-class Floridian to multimillionaire overnight after winning a $30 million Florida lottery jackpot.

For most people, that kind of money sounds like freedom.

For Abraham Shakespeare, it became the beginning of a nightmare.

As word of his fortune spread, so did the requests for money, the business schemes, the lawsuits, and the people looking to profit from his generosity. Abraham was known as a kind, trusting man who loved helping others—but that generosity made him vulnerable.

Then he disappeared.

Friends and family were told he had simply left town and wanted to be left alone. Strange text messages appeared. Suspicious phone calls were made. A typed letter surfaced claiming Abraham had started a new life.

But something felt wrong.

In this episode of The Southern Blueprint Podcast, we dive into the shocking true story of Abraham Shakespeare—one of the most disturbing lottery-related murder cases in American history. We’ll explore Dorice “Dee Dee” Moore, the manipulation, the undercover sting operation, the secret recordings, and the investigation that led detectives to a concrete slab in Plant City, Florida.

This is a story of sudden wealth, betrayal, greed, and the dark side of winning big.

Sometimes the greatest fortune can become the greatest curse.

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In January of 1991, a bizarre story out of Channelview, Texas, became a national obsession. Wanda Holloway, a mother from a blue-collar town east of Houston, was accused of trying to hire a hitman to kill the mother of her daughter’s junior high cheerleading rival.

But behind the “Pom-Pom Mom” headline was a deeper story about ambition, motherhood, resentment, small-town status, family dysfunction, and the danger of living through your children.

In this episode of The Southern Blueprint, we trace Wanda’s life from her upbringing in Channelview, her fixation on her daughter Shanna’s cheerleading dreams, the rivalry with Verna and Amber Heath, the recorded conversations with Terry Harper, the trial, the overturned conviction, and the aftermath that followed.

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Anne Bonny is one of the most famous pirates in history, but she may also be one of the most mysterious.

Born in Ireland and raised in colonial South Carolina, Anne Bonny defied nearly every expectation placed upon women in the early 1700s. Drawn into the dangerous world of Caribbean piracy, she left her husband, joined forces with the infamous Calico Jack Rackham, sailed alongside fellow female pirate Mary Read, and became one of the most feared women of the Golden Age of Piracy.

In this episode of the Southern Blueprint Podcast, we separate documented history from pirate legend as we explore Anne Bonny's remarkable life. From her childhood in Charleston and the bustling ports of the Atlantic world to Nassau's pirate stronghold, daring raids in the Caribbean, her capture by pirate hunters, and the dramatic trial that sentenced her to death, we follow Anne's story from beginning to end.

We also examine the enduring mysteries surrounding her life, including her relationship with Mary Read, the theories surrounding her disappearance after receiving a stay of execution, and the recently discovered Jamaican death record that may finally reveal what happened to one of history's most legendary pirates.

Was Anne Bonny truly the ruthless pirate described in eighteenth-century accounts? Did she escape the gallows and return to the Carolinas?

Join us as we explore the history, legends, treasure theories, and unanswered questions surrounding Anne Bonny, the Pirate Queen Legend.