Deadly Fortune | 1. Tex and Diane
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What is the story behind Tex and Diane McIver?
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.
What was the significance of the ranch in their lives?
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.
Diane and I, um... had a falling out because I had developed a drinking problem and she knew that I needed to quit. I knew that I needed to quit. And we got crossed up one day and she said she had to distance herself from me. So the wedding, yeah, it was blowout. It had been planned. We had meetings every Monday night for a year. about the food and the dress and da-da-da-da-da, everything.
What events led to the fatal incident?
Most of the people that were there could not figure out why I wasn't there that night. And I'd kind of been, well, when she distanced herself from me, I figured I was uninvited. I don't know, it might have been a better thing had I shown up, but, you know, that's in the past.
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'm driving, and Diane says, well, get off here. We get off, and about that time, she starts yelling at Tex to wake up. because obviously he dozed off in the backseat. to look at ways. I thought, we don't need to look at ways. You know exactly where we are. And she says, well, get off here. Get off here. And the ramp to get off at Edgewood is kind of a long curve and goes down the hill a little bit. And Tex woke up, and he said, well, girls, I wish you hadn't done this. This is a really bad area. This is a bad area. And I thought, it's not really that bad of an area. I wasn't paying attention, I was paying attention to driving. So we got to the bottom of the ramp and the light was red.
What happened during the ride to Atlanta?
And he asked Diane to hand, he said, well, he said, darling, hand me my gun. And I knew that there was a 38 that was in the console right below my elbow. And she said, Tex, I don't even know where your gun is. Well, I knew that it was there because I'd driven that vehicle a lot and I just knew it was there. I had both hands on the steering wheel because it's dark. It's a huge vehicle. And he said, it's in the console. Well, she went to lift up the console and I glanced down and I don't see it. He said, it's in the bag. There was a Publix bag, one of those brown ones, and it was in that bag, which was odd, I thought. I started to reach down and get it. But I was like, no, she doesn't have anything to do. Let her hand it to him.
If that's going to make him feel like he's Mr. Protector or whatever, let her hand it to him. So she did. She handed him the gun. But I did notice some people on the sidewalk. I guess they could have been walking from dinner or whatever, and Diane says, turn here. So I was going down Piedmont, and I thought, that's great. We can just take a straight shot. And she and I were just talking about the debates and, um, you know, I tattoo eyebrows and she had decided to find that she'd worked up the nerve to do it. We were talking about that. And of course it was the time of year that you just switch out your closets and she was doing that. And that was a, that was a two or three day project.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the story behind Tex and Diane McIver?
0:00–0:33
2
What was the significance of the ranch in their lives?
0:33–1:49
3
What events led to the fatal incident?
1:49–3:20
4
What happened during the ride to Atlanta?
3:20–8:47
5
How did the tragic accident unfold?
8:47–11:52
6
What was the aftermath of the incident?
11:52–14:31
7
What challenges did Diane face throughout her life?
14:31–34:21