Invisible Choir
Invisible Choir

Blood Oath

July 20, 2026

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In January 2023, a 29-year-old father named Adam Soles vanished from a run-down trailer compound in Green Sea, South Carolina, a rural area near Myrtle Beach. He had been staying there with his wife, Courtney, living out of their car on property controlled by a local woman named Samantha Watts. When police searched the compound after Soles was reported missing, they found a surveillance system—the very equipment Soles had installed and sold to Watts—stuffed under a bed. The system had been factory reset, but digital forensics recovered the footage. What they saw was a brutal mob attack, followed by eleven hours of torment, and finally a murder orchestrated by the family Soles had trusted enough to work for.

The Compound and the Family Code

Samantha Watts ran the property as the base for an illegal drug operation, keeping her family afloat through sales she claimed were "under the table" cleaning jobs. She had three children living with or near her: 16-year-old Peyton, who acted as her enforcer; Jonathan, who had recently moved out; and Amber, who lived nearby. The family operated under a strict, unspoken code of loyalty, with Watts as the unquestioned authority. When she accused Adam Soles of stealing drugs from her inventory, that accusation was treated as an unforgible act of disrespect. The punishment would be delivered by her sons.

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What you'll learn

  • 1 (04:12) **The Disappearance of Adam Soles** - Introduction of the case as a puzzle centered on 29-year-old father Cory "Adam" Soles, who vanished in January 2023 from a trailer compound in Green Sea, South Carolina.
  • 2 (06:59) **The Recovered Surveillance Footage** - Police search the Watts compound and find the missing hard drive stuffed under a family member's bed, leading to recovered video of the attack.
  • 3 (08:46) **Confronting Courtney with the Evidence** - Detectives show Adam's wife Courtney the recovered footage, giving her a chance to change her initial story.
  • 4 (12:14) **The Body is Found** - Adam Soles' body is discovered wrapped in a tarp, submerged in a pond with cement blocks, after police tracked cell phone data from Samantha's daughter Amber.
  • 5 (13:50) **Samantha Watts' Interrogation Begins** - Samantha's interview is marked by brazen denial, sarcasm, and a convenient claim of memory loss due to hypothyroidism.
  • 6 (24:49) **Samantha's Shifting Story** - As detectives leave the room, Samantha offers a new angle, suggesting Courtney was spreading rumors that she killed her husband.
  • 7 (27:28) **Peyton Watts: The Family Enforcer** - The 16-year-old son, who operates as his mother's "muscle" in her drug operation, is interrogated and initially provides a similar alibi.

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Show Notes

In January 2023, 29-year-old father Adam Soles disappeared. As police raced to find out what had happened to him, they found themselves embroiled in a thick web of lies, drugs, and murder. At the center of the chaos was a family living on a makeshift compound, where they pretended to be a mafia-type crime syndicate. Only after the family members were separated into individual interview rooms did the full, vicious truth about what had happened to Adam Soles come to light.

Written by John Garland Wells, Edited & Engineered by Scott Ecklein, and Executive Produced by Michael Ojibway. Special Thanks to Christy Priest for sharing her time and perspective on her son’s murder. View full episode source list at https://www.invisiblechoir.com/listen/bloodoath 

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