Blood Oath // 175

This episode is available early and ad-free on Apple Podcasts and Patreon, and is scheduled for free/regular release on Sunday, July 19th, 2026.

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In January 2023, a 29-year-old father named Adam Soles disappeared. As police raced to find out what had happened to him, they found themselves embroiled in a thick web of lies, drugs, and murder. At the center of the chaos was a family living on a makeshift compound, where they pretended to be a mafia-type crime syndicate. Only after the family members were separated into individual interview rooms did the full, vicious truth about what had happened to Adam Soles come to light.

Written by John Garland Wells, Edited & Engineered by Scott Ecklein, and Executive Produced by Michael Ojibway. Special Thanks to Christy Priest for sharing her time and perspective on her son’s murder.

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Written/Audio Sources: 

• A Family Affair: Looking back on the brutal killing of Adam Soles in Horry Co.

• ‘They’re sorry they got caught’: Family sentenced in the murder of a Columbus County man

• TIMELINE: Arrests, charges made in deadly Horry County missing persons case

• Woman, 3 minors arrested in connection to deadly Horry Co. missing person investigation

• 8th arrest made in deadly Horry County missing persons case

• 2 wanted by Horry County police for ongoing investigation

• Mom and Teen Son Plead Guilty to Beating Man Who Used Wheelchair to Death

• Corey Adam Soles' Murder: A family’s deadly crime uncovered, but what was the motive?

• Adam Soles case: Payton Watts interrogation

• Adam Soles case: Police interview Samantha Watts

• Adam Soles case: Amber Watts interrogation

• Adam Soles case: Jonathan Watts interrogation

• Adam Sole's wife speaks to authorities

• This SC teen pleaded guilty to helping his mom murder a NC man. Now he’s asking for a new trial.

• Adam Soles Obituary

• Father seeks answers to 'unanswered questions' in son's Galivants Ferry murder

• SC family pleads guilty in missing man’s murder

• South Carolina: Mother and son plead guilty to killing man who used a wheelchair

• The death of the drive-in movie theater? A look back

• Mother, Three Kids Plea in Soles Killing

• 'Controlled her family': Mom used son, 16, as 'muscle' to kill man in wheelchair she suspected of stealing from her

• SC mother, son plead guilty to killing NC man in alleged drug operation

• NC man solved own murder with equipment he sold to his killer. See video of crime

• Exclusive Interview with Christy Priest (April 2026)

Music & Sound Effect Sources

• Opening Track: “Raised by Wolves” by Tellsonic 

• Closing Track: “Where Daylight Falls Silent” by Tellsonic; “Death Whistle OUTRO” by Michael Ojibway

Music & Sound Effect Sources

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