Was It Murder? The Trial That Flipped Everything
West Palm Beach, Fl - A reclusive television repairman. A wife almost no one knew existed. A mysterious death inside a cluttered Georgia home. And a murder trial that would challenge everything an entire community believed. Read more or listen to the Free Podcast here. When Virginia Ridley was found dead inside the Ringgold, Georgia, home she shared with her husband, Alvin Ridley, suspicion spread quickly. Alvin was known around town as the “Zenith Man,” a nickname earned from his years of selling and repairing Zenith televisions. He was intensely private, socially isolated and often difficult to understand. Then residents learned something shocking: Alvin had a wife. Virginia had reportedly lived with him for decades, yet many people in the community did not know she existed. Rumors suggested that she had been hidden, or even held captive, inside their home for approximately 30 years. When she was found dead in October 1997, many people believed there could be o...