A Fort Worth entrepreneur builds a wild ranch party empire—until it all goes up in flames. In this true crime real estate story, we unravel Texas Lil’s rise, the loss of her dream property, and the shocking accusations that followed.

At 201 North Street in Uniontown, Alabama, a stately 1918 Neo-Classical Revival home once stood as a symbol of Southern elegance: massive columns, symmetrical windows, and a grand front porch overlooking a quiet street.

But beneath that porch, a devastating secret lay hidden for nearly nine years.

In 1985, 13-year-old Allan Lucy disappeared from the small town of Uniontown. His family said he had run away. Many believed it. But Allan’s brother told a very different story, one that would go ignored for years.

When a suspicious house fire and a later renovation exposed human remains buried beneath the home’s foundation, investigators uncovered a shocking truth that would lead to a murder conviction and forever change the legacy (and name) of the Hardie-Coleman House.

Some murder houses are restored and rebranded.

This one is still waiting.

Would you live there or list it?

In this episode of Crime Estate, we travel to Winston-Salem, North Carolina, to unravel one of the South’s most fascinating and controversial true crime stories—the mysterious death of Zachary Smith Reynolds, heir to the R.J. Reynolds tobacco fortune.

At the center of it all is Reynolda House, a sprawling 64-room historic mansion built as part of a 1,067-acre estate and once considered one of the grandest private homes in America. What was meant to be a symbol of wealth, innovation, and Southern prestige instead became the backdrop for scandal, obsession, and an unsolved death.

This episode blends true crime, historic mansions, old money, aviation obsession, Broadway scandal, and unsolved murder, all inside one of the most famous estates in the American South.

🎧 Listen now and decide for yourself—would you live in Reynolda House?