FOX Carolina Investigates
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<div class="--cn-597 " aria-label="5. Podcast Description Multi Line Text Required to answer "> <div class="-CK-631 " data-automation-id="questionContent"> <div class="-Oi-633 "> <div class="-VM-647"> <div class="-F--650">FOX Carolina Investigates takes listeners inside the major cases, crimes and unanswered questions shaping Greenville, Spartanburg and other communities across the Carolinas. From high-profile investigations and court cases to missing persons, public accountability and stories that still leave families searching for answers, our investigative team goes beyond the headlines with original reporting, interviews, timelines and trusted local context.</div> </div> </div> </div> </div>
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July 13, 2026
Episode 7: Wright's Reckoning
<p>"Integrity is one of my main priorities."</p> <p>Chuck Wright said that on the witness stand in 2019 — under oath — during the corruption trial of a different sheriff. He was there to show how a lawman should conduct himself in office. What nobody in that courtroom knew: Wright was already stealing from the very fund meant to help his own deputies.</p> <p>In the seventh and final episode of FOX Carolina Investigates: Chuck Wright, senior investigative reporter Grace Runkel takes you inside the three-hour federal sentencing hearing that ended with Chief U.S. District Judge Timothy Cain handing down the maximum sentence: 41 months in federal prison. Judge Cain said Wright had forgotten his purpose — "not to be sheriff, but to serve."</p> <p>The government walked through every scheme. The no-work arrangement that cost taxpayers $350,000. The benevolence fund Wright drained while a deputy's wife battled stage four cancer and another family watched a tree fall through their house with nowhere to turn. The pills he chased — from coworkers, from gunshot victims, from people leaving funerals.</p> <p>The lead prosecutor said it plainly: "Public officials are not getting the message."</p> <p>Hear from the defense — including an emotional statement from Wright's attorney and former congressman Trey Gowdy — and from Wright himself, who told the court: "I was in a position of trust and responsibility and I failed you."</p> <p>And then: what comes next. A new sheriff. A new beginning. But the same laws. The same gaps. The same silence. Chuck Wright is the 17th sheriff in 16 years to be charged with a crime in South Carolina. Judge Cain called it an "open secret" — an indictment of a system that allowed Wright to operate with no accountability for two decades.</p> <p>Who's watching the next one?</p> <p>🎧 Thank you for listening to Season 1 of FOX Carolina Investigates: Chuck Wright. Follow FOX Carolina wherever you get your podcasts for future seasons of FOX Carolina Investigates.</p>
July 6, 2026
Episode 6: Wright on Trial
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW155837019 BCX0"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW155837019 BCX0"><span class="TextRun SCXW155837019 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW155837019 BCX0">It was a cold, rainy October morning when Chuck Wright walked into federal court for the first time — and for the first time in two decades, he had nothing to say.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW155837019 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":0,"335559737":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":279}"> </span></p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW155837019 BCX0"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW155837019 BCX0"><span class="TextRun SCXW155837019 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW155837019 BCX0">In Episode 6 of FOX Carolina Investigates: Chuck Wright, senior investigative reporter Grace Runkel takes you inside the federal courtroom where Wright was </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW155837019 BCX0">arraigned</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW155837019 BCX0">, pleaded guilty, and began to reckon with the consequences of his crimes. No cameras are allowed in federal court. No phones either. But Grace was there for every hearing — and </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW155837019 BCX0">she's</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW155837019 BCX0"> breaking down exactly what happened and what it means.</span></span><span class="EOP Selected SCXW155837019 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":0,"335559737":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":279}"> </span></p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW155837019 BCX0"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW155837019 BCX0"><span class="TextRun SCXW155837019 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW155837019 BCX0">Three charges. Wire fraud conspiracy. Obtaining controlled substances by misrepresentation. Conspiracy to commit theft from a fund meant to help fallen deputies and their families. Wright </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW155837019 BCX0">didn't</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW155837019 BCX0"> just steal money — he </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW155837019 BCX0">stole from</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW155837019 BCX0"> the people who trusted him most.</span></span><span class="EOP Selected SCXW155837019 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":0,"335559737":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":279}"> </span></p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW155837019 BCX0"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW155837019 BCX0"><span class="TextRun SCXW155837019 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW155837019 BCX0">Through his attorneys, Wright finally </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW155837019 BCX0">spoke:</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW155837019 BCX0"> he had broken "the sacred trust the people of Spartanburg County placed in me." He blamed addiction. But federal prosecutors pushed back, arguing it </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW155837019 BCX0">wasn't</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW155837019 BCX0">addiction</span> <span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW155837019 BCX0">driving</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW155837019 BCX0"> his crimes — it was </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW155837019 BCX0">greed</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW155837019 BCX0">. One source put it plainly: "He was a dictator. It was his way or the highway."</span></span><span class="EOP Selected SCXW155837019 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":0,"335559737":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":279}"> </span></p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW155837019 BCX0"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW155837019 BCX0"><span class="TextRun SCXW155837019 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW155837019 BCX0">And then </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW155837019 BCX0">there's</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW155837019 BCX0"> this: when investigators asked Wright about thousands of dollars charged to a county credit card, he told them — "The Castle Crush game got me."</span></span><span class="EOP Selected SCXW155837019 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":0,"335559737":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":279}"> </span></p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW155837019 BCX0"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW155837019 BCX0"><span class="TextRun SCXW155837019 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW155837019 BCX0">This episode </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW155837019 BCX0">drops</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW155837019 BCX0"> July 6. Wright's sentencing is July 7.</span></span><span class="EOP Selected SCXW155837019 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":0,"335559737":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":279}"> </span></p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW155837019 BCX0"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW155837019 BCX0"><span class="TextRun SCXW155837019 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW155837019 BCX0">Next time on the season finale of FOX Carolina Investigates: Chuck Wright — the sentence comes down, and we look at </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW155837019 BCX0">what's</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW155837019 BCX0"> next for Spartanburg County and the sheriff's office Wright left behind. The final episode </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW155837019 BCX0">drops</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW155837019 BCX0"> Monday, July 13.</span></span><span class="EOP Selected SCXW155837019 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":0,"335559737":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":279}"> </span></p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW155837019 BCX0"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW155837019 BCX0"><span class="TextRun SCXW155837019 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW155837019 BCX0">🎧 FOX Carolina Investigates: Chuck Wright drops new episodes every Monday. Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts.</span></span><span class="EOP Selected SCXW155837019 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":0,"335559737":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":279}"> </span></p> </div>
June 29, 2026
Episode 5: Wright Before the Fall
<p>For seven weeks, Chuck Wright was nowhere to be found. No interviews. No public appearances. Just silence from the man who never said no to a camera.</p> <p>Then, just as suddenly as he disappeared, he was back.</p> <p>In Episode 5, FOX Carolina investigative reporter Grace Runkel takes you behind the scenes of the stakeout that led to Chuck Wright’s final on-camera interview — and the stunning resignation that came just five days later. From a parking lot exchange to a letter to the governor, the end of Wright’s 20-year reign as Spartanburg County Sheriff happened faster than anyone expected.</p> <p>Hear Wright’s own words in what would become his last interview ever given as sheriff — and the moment he told us, “There’ll be a time. Now’s not it.”</p> <p>Spoiler: that time never came.</p> <p><strong>Next time on FOX Carolina Investigates: Chuck Wright</strong>— the ex-sheriff appears in court and, for the first time, we hear the exact nature of the allegations against him.</p> <p>🎧 FOX Carolina Investigates: Chuck Wright drops new episodes every Monday. Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts.</p>
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<div class="--cn-597 " aria-label="5. Podcast Description Multi Line Text Required to answer "> <div class="-CK-631 " data-automation-id="questionContent"> <div class="-Oi-633 "> <div class="-VM-647"> <div class="-F--650">FOX Carolina Investigates takes listeners inside the major cases, crimes and unanswered questions shaping Greenville, Spartanburg and other communities across the Carolinas. From high-profile investigations and court cases to missing persons, public accountability and stories that still leave families searching for answers, our investigative team goes beyond the headlines with original reporting, interviews, timelines and trusted local context.</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
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