Susan Smith made a false claim that a man kidnapped her sons during a carjacking on October 25th, 1994. After a 9-day search, she confessed to letting her car roll into John D. Long Lake and drowning her kids. She was convicted of murdering her sons, three-year-old Michael and 14-month-old Alexander.
Website: https://www.drinkingthecoolaid.com/
Resources:
American Justice - The Susan Smith Story (A Mothers Confession) - Bing video
The Sins of a Mother by Maria Eftimiades
Is South Carolina's Most Infamous Lake Haunted? | Ghosts and Ghouls (ghostsnghouls.com)