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The House by the Water /// Russell and Shirley Dermond /// Part 2
September 8, 2026·56m
The House by the Water /// Russell and Shirley Dermond /// Part 2 On Tuesday, May 6, 2014, a woman called 911 from the lakeside home of her friends, Russell and Shirley Dermond. The elderly couple had been missing for days. Concerned friends went to check on them and made a horrifying discovery inside the garage: Russell Dermond was dead. Shirley was nowhere to be found. What investigators would uncover next would turn this quiet home on Lake Oconee into the center of one of Georgia’s most baffling unsolved murder mysteries. More than a decade later, the question remains: Who killed Russell and Shirley Dermond—and why? Join us in the Garage as we discuss The House by the Water.