Tea Time Crimes

The Deadly Georgia Peach: Anjette Lyles

Episode Summary

Anjette Lyles is the picture of a hardworking, independent business owner and mother. However, suspicions arise when those closest to her start becoming violently ill. Join us in Macon, Georgia to explore how this southern peach isn’t as sweet as she seems.

Episode Notes

Anjette Lyles is the picture of a hardworking, independent business owner and mother. However, suspicions arise when those closest to her start becoming violently ill. Join us in Macon, Georgia to explore how this southern peach isn’t as sweet as she seems. 

Content warning: This episode contains the harming of a child 

Tea of the Day: Soot Spice Spicy Winter Chai 

Theme Music by Brad Frank

Sources: 

• Anjette Lyles the Killer Chef: the Infamous Legacy of an American Restaurateur, Serial Killer and the First White Woman to Be Put on Death Row in Georgia by Vanessa Blackwell
• Anjette Lyles: Serial Killer: Whispers and Spells (True Crime: Bus Stop Reads)
• The Macon News - 27 Jan 1952, Sun ·Page 27 https://www.newspapers.com/image/823814247/
• Carlsbad Current-Argus - 29 Jun 1955, Wed ·Page 11 https://www.newspapers.com/image/504739167/
• The Macon News - 05 Dec 1955, Mon ·Page 11 https://www.newspapers.com/image/823912022/
• The Southern Jewish Weekly -07 Sep 1956, Fri ·Page 28 https://www.newspapers.com/image/884054306/
• The Macon News - 30 Sep 1957, Mon ·Page 5 https://www.newspapers.com/image/823991532/
• The Macon Telegraph - 23 Feb 1957, Sat ·Page 2 https://www.newspapers.com/image/826757259/
• The Macon Telegraph - 06 Apr 1958, Sun ·Page 23 https://www.newspapers.com/image/826892697/
• The Macon News - 21 Apr 1958, Mon ·Page 4 https://www.newspapers.com/image/824107670/
• “Young Widow Charged In Four Poison Deaths.” Journal Gazette, Macon GA - 07 May 1958, Wed ·Page 1 
  https://www.newspapers.com/image/81552046/
• Doss, George, “Mrs. Lyles Under Guard at Hospital as Deputies Push Probe of Murders: Doctors Seek to Decide If Widow Can Be Moved.” The Macon News - 07 May 1958, Wed ·Page 1 
  https://www.newspapers.com/image/824113807/
• “Woman Charged with Slaying E.P. Husband Planned to Wed Again: Family Here Suspected Something Was Wrong.” El Paso Herald-Post - 07 May 1958, Wed ·Page 1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/798145553/
• Tribble, Bill, “Mrs. Lyles Held In Deaths: Cafe Owner Is Accused of Slayings.” The Macon Telegraph - 07 May 1958, Wed ·Page 1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/826847954/
• “Officers Move Anjette From Hospital To Jail.” The Macon News - 08 May 1958, Thu ·Page 1 
  https://www.newspapers.com/image/824113933/
• The Macon Telegraph - 09 May 1958, Fri ·Page 1  https://www.newspapers.com/image/824114151/
• Tribble, Bill, “‘Voodoo’ Material Is Found In Lyles Home, Sheriff Says.” The Macon News - 09 May 1958, Fri ·Page 1  https://www.newspapers.com/image/826848415/
• Santora, Phil, “Arsenic Widow Had Co-Pilot, A Real High Flier, Says Nurse.” Daily News, New York, New York - 10 May 1958, Sat ·Page 22 https://www.newspapers.com/image/456747879/
• Landry, George, “State Can Show ‘Intent To Kill’ In Arsenic Deaths, Wood Says: Mrs. Lyles Inherited $40 - $50,000, He Says.” The Macon News - 11 May 1958, Sun ·Page 1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/824114333/
• Santora, Phil, “Intimacies of Anjette  Revealed.” Daily News, New York, New York - 12 May 1958, Mon ·Page 104 
  https://www.newspapers.com/image/456795560/
• Doss, George, “Judge Sets Hearing On 1 of 4 Warrants In Lyles Murder Case.” The Macon News - 13 May 1958, Tue ·Page 1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/824114842/
• Doss, George, “Court Told Anjette Threatened Girl: Hearing Resumes For Mrs. Lyles.” The Macon News - 15 May 1958, Thu ·Page 1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/824115097/
• “Judge Delays Ruling On Warrants Against Anjette.” The Macon News - 21 May 1958, Wed ·Page 13 
  https://www.newspapers.com/image/824115651/
• “Grand Jury to Get Lyles Murder Cases.” The Macon News - 03 Jun 1958, Tue ·Page 1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/824104207/
• “Anjette’s Cafe Sold At Auction.” The Macon Telegraph - 04 Jun 1958, Wed ·Page 1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/826849381/
• Doss, George, “Records of VA Sough for Use In Lyles Trial.” The Macon News -18 Sep 1958, Thu ·Page 1 
  https://www.newspapers.com/image/824082006/
• Doss, George, “ Anjette Called to Trial For Murder of Daughter: Hundreds on Hand When Court Opens.” The Macon News - 06 Oct 1958, Mon ·Page 17 https://www.newspapers.com/image/824081832/
• Tribble, Bill, “Will of Mrs. Julia Lyles Forged, Witness Tells Angette Trial Jury: False Signatures Found On Papers.” The Macon Telegraph - 10 Oct 1958, Fri ·Page 1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/826809991/
• Landry, George, “Expert Declares Papers Forged.” The Macon Telegraph - 10 Oct 1958, Fri ·Page 1 
  https://www.newspapers.com/image/826809991/
• Tribble, Bill, “Anjette Predicted Deaths Of Mate, Daughter, Nurses Tell Trial Jury: Defendant’s Acts In Hospital Told.” The Macon Telegraph - 11 Oct 1958, Sat ·Page 1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/826810010/
• Tribble, Bill, “Anjette Lyles Sentenced To Die Dec. 5 For Murder of Nine-Year Old Daughter: Appeal Plea Acts to Stay Death Date.” The Macon Telegraph - 14 Oct 1958, Tue ·Page 12 
  https://www.newspapers.com/image/826810271/
• “Mrs. Anjette Lyles Termed Insane In Report Of Sanity Commission: Committal To Hospital IS Scheduled.”The Macon Telegraph - 16 Oct 1959, Fri ·Page 1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/826861084
• Pedersen, Traci, “The Myth of Schizophrenia and Violence” Healthline, April 24th, 2023 https://www.healthline.com/health/schizophrenia/are-schizophrenics-violent