Episode 35 - Lake Oconee Murders

Russell & Shirley Dermond were living a quiet retirement lifestyle on Lake Oconee in Putnam County, Georgia. It was relaxed, easy, everything they had worked for.

But one day, they fell out of their normal routine. When their neighbors check up on them, they stumble across a horrific scene that leads to a complicated and frustrating investigation.

If you know anything about the deaths of Russell and Shirley Dermond, call the Putnam County Sheriff's Office at 706-485-8557.

This week, we're drinking Clean Slate's Riesling.

Listen to Episode 35: Lake Oconee Murders

SOURCES:

• Decapitation mystery | Russell Dermond was World War II vet, golfer

• GONE COLD | The murders at Lake Oconee: 4 years later, elderly couple’s son opens up

• Who killed Russell & Shirley Dermond? New look at the case 5 years later

• 5 years later, murders of Lake Oconee couple continue to confound

• New evidence surfaces in Lake Oconee beheading

• Putnam County sheriff still haunted by couple's murder

• A ‘psychopath’ is behind gruesome Lake Oconee murders, sheriff says. But who — and why?

• Sheriff: Beheading is most frustrating homicide in his career