About this episode
“Grant Hardin” also known as the “Devil In The Ozarks” was a former police chief who in 2017 was convicted in the murder of a political rival in a small town in Arkansas. Upon his arrest and submission of Hardin’s DNA to CODIS, he was discovered to have been the assailant in a brutal SA of a teacher in her classroom a decade prior to his murder conviction. The aptly named “Devil in the Ozarks” was finally behind bars but a dramatic escape and subsequent manhunt in 2025 would put the entire state of Arkansas once again in fear and on alert!“50 Shades of Evil” is a podcast series brought to you by “Bloody Angola Podcast”.Chapters01:39 A Suprising Start18:50 The Murder of James Appleton25:10 The Interrogation 31:04 Arrest and Charges Filed35:01 The Shocking DNA Match41:43 The Escape Plan 42:48 Escape and Consequences43:13 The Devil in the Ozarks Pays the PriceJoin Bloody Angola on Patreon for Commercial Free Early Releases and more here: www.patreon.com/bloodyangolapodcast
