In the summer of 1985, the small town of Lugoff, South Carolina, was shattered by a series of heinous crimes that left the community reeling. Larry Gene Bell, a seemingly ordinary man with a dark past, kidnapped and murdered two young girls, Valencia Williams and Sharon Faye Smith. As the town united in a desperate search for the missing girls, the horrifying truth emerged, revealing a man capable of unimaginable evil. "Small-Town Terror: The Larry Gene Bell Story and the Crime That Stunned America" by T.J. Ravenscroft delves into the chilling details of these crimes, the investigation that followed, and the impact on the community. This gripping true crime account explores the duality of a man who was both a trusted neighbor and a ruthless killer, leaving readers questioning the nature of evil and the fragility of small-town innocence.