The Cold Case Murder of Fred Wilkerson

Untangling the Black Widow's Web in West GeorgiaBy Clay BryantNarrated by Rich Palmer

Length2h 26m

About this audiobook

Nearly two decades after the fact, tragedy meets justice. One day in 1987, Fred Wilkerson up and vanished in Troup County, Georgia. It was a mystery beset with suspicious circumstances, but the evidence never led anywhere, and the case went cold, Wilkerson's whereabouts unknown. That is, until a remarkable set of circumstances allowed author and investigator Clay Bryant to breathe life back into the case nearly two decades later. Diving into what had previously been overlooked, Bryant was able to locate and recover Wilkerson's remains and successfully prosecute the killer, who'd crafted a calculating plot to take everything the victim had and murder him in order to keep it. The story concludes with the Wilkerson Family finally getting closure and the killer getting sentenced to life in prison. Join Byrant as he unravels this West Georgia cold case.

Audiobook details

GenreHistory

Length2 hrs 26 mins

Narrated byRich Palmer

FormatAudiobook

Publish dateOct 15, 2025

LanguageEnglish

1Foreword, by Tracie Wilkerson Campbell

1414. You Gotta Dig a Little Deeper in the Well

2Introduction | 1. Friday Never Came

1515. Time to Fish or Cut Bait | 16. No Room for Error

32. The Long Road to Nowhere

1617. Under the Gun | 18. It Pays to Know Someone Who Knows What the Hell They're Doing

43. From Humble Beginnings

1719. Calling On an Old Friend | 20. Loose Ends

54. The Black Widow

1821. A Day of Reckoning

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65. The Savior Syndrome | 6. Resurrection by Storm

1922. An Ever-Evolving Saga

77. A Starting Point

2023. A Grim Discovery

88. What You Need to Know

2124. About Time | 25. Unbelievable Finds

99. Great Revelations

2226. Sometimes You Deal with the Devil to Get the Witch

1010. Strands of the Web

2327. Anticipating the Defense | 28. A Promise to Keep

1111. Spots on the Leopard

2429. The Trial

1212. Nose to the Ground

2530. In Retrospect

1313. An Enlightening Conversation

About the author

Clay Bryant

Lewis Clayton (Clay) Bryant was born and raised in Troup County, Georgia, and began his career in law enforcement in 1973 as a radio operator with the Georgia State Patrol. In 1976, at the age of twenty-one, he became the youngest trooper on the Georgia State Patrol. In 1980, he became police chief of Hogansville and stayed in that position for twelve years until resigning in 1992 and going into the private sector. He has been recognized as the most prolific cold case investigator in the United States for single-event homicides. His cases have been chronicled on 48 Hours Investigates , Bill Curtis?s Cold Case Files and Discovery ID Murder Book and featured in the Atlanta Journal Constitution , as well as articles in many local and regional newspapers.View all by Clay Bryant