Tucker Hipps, The Hazing Death of Sigma Phi Epsilon

Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast filled with nightmares that haunt the daylight. From murders, to crimes, to cryptids, to anything in between, you can learn about what might be going bump in the night.

In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee while we talk about Tucker Hipps. Tucker was a 19-year-old sophomore at Clemson University in South Carolina. Tucker was pledging at Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity when a terrible situation occurred that took Tucker’s life. Was this a hazing incident gone wrong? Were the fraternity brothers to blame? 

Our sources for this week's episodes:

• https://www.thestate.com/news/upstate/article254434358.html

• https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/greenvilleonline/name/tucker-hipps-obituary?id=10282394

• https://tuckergives.org/tuckers-story/

• https://www.cnn.com/2015/08/12/us/tucker-hipps-death/index.html 

• https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/local/2015/08/13/tucker-hipps-family-witness-says-hipps-forced-walk-rail-bridge/31626271/ 

• https://che.sc.gov/conduct-student-organizations-tucker-hipps-act 

• https://www.lander.edu/campus-life/clubs-organizations/fraternity-sorority-life/tucker-hipps-transparency-act.html

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/136306433/tucker-william-hipps 

• https://ibtimes.com/who-tucker-hipps-new-clues-clemson-fraternity-pledge-death-teen-allegedly-hazed-2052355

• https://vimeo.com/559425717

• https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/06/11/defendants-tucker-hipps-negligence-caused-death/71097152/ 

Anyone with information that will help the investigation into Tucker Hipps's death is asked to call the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Bureau at (864) 718-1052 and speak with investigator Jimmy Dixon.  

Anonymous tips can be given at http://www.oconeesccrimestoppers.com/ or by calling 1-888-CRIME-SC. There is a reward of $100,000 for any information that leads to closure in the case.