Pure Malice: Athletes Gone Dark begins with the case of Rae Carruth, a rising NFL star whose story became one of the most disturbing crimes in sports history.

In 1997, Rae Carruth was drafted by the Carolina Panthers as a talented wide receiver with a future most athletes only dream about. On the surface, he had the spotlight, the career, the money, and the promise of something bigger.

But behind the fame and the football field, another story was beginning to unfold.

In Part 1 of Pure Malice: Athletes Gone Dark, we begin the case of Rae Carruth and Cherica Adams, the woman whose life would become forever tied to one of the most shocking true crime cases in NFL history.

This episode walks through Carruth’s early life, his rise into professional football, his time with the Carolina Panthers, and the unraveling relationship with Cherica Adams that would eventually lead to devastating consequences.

What happens when fame, control, fear, and responsibility collide? How does a promising NFL career turn into a criminal case that shocks the sports world? And why does Cherica Adams’ story still deserve to be remembered at the center of it all?

This is Part 1 of the Rae Carruth case, and the first episode of Pure Malice: Athletes Gone Dark.

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