Small Town Mysteries

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Fowl Play: The Duck Who Found Nellie Sullivan
Episode 180
Tuesday, 6 January, 2026

Send us a textWhen a 92-year-old with dementia disappears, all clues point to her granddaughter and her granddaughter's husband. Without a body though, the case grows cold. Until, that is, an unlikely detective waddles by...Sources: 1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candler,_North_Carolina2) https://disability-memorial.org/nellie-sullivan 3) https://people.com/crime/pet-duck-helps-police-find-body-woman-vanished-two-charged/4) https://katv.com/news/nation-world/pet-duck-leads-to-discovery-of-womans-body-under-home-suspects-charged-with-murder-north-carolina-investigation-disappearance5) https://wlos.com/news/local/pet-duck-leads-to-discovery-of-womans-body-under-home-suspects-charged-with-murder-candler-nellie-sullivan-angela-wamsley-mark-barnes-concealing-death-6) https://www.facebook.com/buncombesheriff/posts/358810132957797?ref=embed_post7) https://abc7ny.com/post/cold-case-solved-duck-as-a-pet-nellie-sullivan-dead-body-found/11809214/ 8) https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/04/28/duck-locates-missing-grandmother-north-carolina/9568080002/9) https://wlos.com/news/local/i-just-hope-this-is-her-woman-hopeful-human-remains-confirmed-to-be-her-missing-friend-neighbor-nellie-sullivan-mark-barnes-angela-wamsley-candler-concealing-death Support the show