Dale Cardwell
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first heard Dec 2024
last heard Jan 2025
Dale Cardwell’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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The Binge Crimes: What Happened to the Harrisons? · Deadly Fortune | 1. Tex and Diane · 2 Jan 2025
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Listen to all episodes of Deadly Fortune ad-free right now by subscribing to The Binge. Visit The Binge channel on Apple Podcasts and hit subscribe at the top of the page or visit GetTheBinge.com to get access wherever you listen. The Binge, feature true crime obsession. The ranch was Tex and Diane McIver's 85-acre estate in Edenton, just outside of Atlanta.
The place is spectacular, surrounded by a beautiful white fence and stone columns, and woods for miles to ride horses. The ranch is truly beautiful and totally fit with who Diane and Tex were. hanging on the wall, a sign that said, We don't dial 911, with an old rusted pistol mounted right under.
Danny Joe Carter had been out at the ranch on September 25, 2016, and Danny Joe, Diane, Tex, and Craig Stringer laughed for a night of steaks, red wine, and laughter at the Longhorn Steakhouse. This was a nice outing for the friends, especially for Danny Joe and Diane, who were still working on repairing old wounds of some bumpy moments in their friendship.
But tonight, things were good, and Danny Joe was acting as the designated driver, taking Diane and Tex to Atlanta after their dinner in the McIvers Ford Expedition SUV. Diane was the passenger. Tex sat behind her. As they approached the connector, traffic was backed up for miles.
I was in San Francisco, California on September 26, 2016. My phone rings at 5 in the morning. It's Billy Corey. He said, Dale, there's been a tragic accident. Diane is gone. There's been a tragic firearms accident. Diane is no longer with us. She's dead. From Sony Music Entertainment and Waveland Road, you're listening to Deadly Fortune. This is Episode 1, Tex and Diane.
My name is Dale Cardwell. I cut my teeth as an investigative reporter in Atlanta, often chasing down public figures with much to say, but also much to hide. I've run all over the city in a news van chasing scammers, liars, and downright bad people. One reporting run proved to be faithful.
I was working on a story about a controversial airport advertising plan at Hartsfield-Jackson Airport, full of lawsuits and money. And there, I met a man named Billy Corey, a well-known businessman and behind-the-scenes political power broker and kingmaker. That day, Billy Corey encouraged me to go after that story. We struck up a friendship and continued to stay in touch over the years.
As I continued on in my career, I imagined I had my own set of superpowers and decided to set off in a new direction. I quit my local TV gig at WSB TV in Atlanta and ran for the U.S. Senate. I'm Dale Cardwell. You may know me from my 23 years as an investigative reporter, but for the past year, I've been...
As I was driving in Atlanta thinking about my campaign and what I could do to really make a splash, I passed by Corrie Tower and I had an idea. I made an appointment with Mr. Corey, sat in his office, and told him I wanted to spend as much time as I possibly can camping out on the top of your tower to make a big splash.
Something that would be picked up not by just the local media, but everywhere. I wanted to go viral before that was a thing. Billy Corey said it was okay. Go for it. He owned the tower after all. The tower stands 300 feet tall, located right at what locals call the connector heading north into Atlanta from the airport.
It's across from Grady Hospital and just around the bend from what used to be Turner Field, the former home of the Atlanta Braves. A bit of a relic from the 60s version of Atlanta, the tower was originally created by Georgia Power as part of a steam plant operation that powered local homes. Today, over one million people drive by the tower each day.
And that's why Billy Corey bought it back in 1994, as an advertising and billboard opportunity. I fought through the rain, the sun, and freezing temperatures for seven days and seven nights to promote my campaign. Once I was atop the tower, my bright idea met with reality, a soul-sucking race to nowhere.
I imagine David Letterman picking up on this, or Leno, or any number of outfits in Hollywood. I would be known not just in every living room in Georgia, but nationwide. It would be my peanut-pushing moment. But as they say, timing is everything. And doing this all during a writer's strike was ill-timed.
The only thing I caught during those seven days was a cold. Though I lost the race, I won the respect of Billy Corey for my audacious swing into politics. Little did I know our paths would continue to cross in unexpected ways in the coming years.
Danny Joe Carter was Diane's best friend before she became Diane McIver, the two having met when Danny Joe worked at a nail salon where Diane would come in often.
The two shared so much together. Diane had been through a lot. She had been in a bad marriage and had finally escaped filing for divorce.
Diane's childhood had been tough on her, too, and as a little girl, her dad broke her heart.
And her mom had gone through many tumultuous marriages, causing deeply painful scars for Diane.
But Diane was her own woman. She was strong, tough. And now she was on her own and doing well. One thing was for sure, she was definitely not looking for love. Until one day when a man in her Buckhead apartment complex asked her out in a letter he left by her door. He signed his name, Claude Lee McIver. Tex.
It's 1999, and Tex McIver looks like a cowboy and a lawyer. A cowboy lawyer. Big hat and belt buckle. He's not tall, but he always stands out in his boots. He's working as a partner at Fisher Phillips, one of the big law firms, as a labor attorney. Tex found himself as a rainmaker in that law firm. Tex was gregarious. Everybody loved him. He was a fun guy to be around.
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