The Felon File

9-24. Criminal or Hero? What's your perspective?

1860s USA. Brother against brother. Neighbor against neighbor. It's hard to tell who is the hero vs. the criminal. As the old saying goes, "You can't tell the good guys from the bad guys without a program." And that depends on who wrote the program—the Story of Keith Blalock and his Family.

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/felonfile/episodes/9-24--Criminal-or-Hero--Whats-your-perspective-e241td8

9-22 The murdering wife of Georgia 1876

Robert Southern was the most eligible bachelor in Pickens County, Georgia. He probably wasn't the most suitable, but the media of the day said he was. Described as tall and handsome, from a locally prominent family, known to be a little wild and reckless occasionally. He had been dating two local girls and married one. Listen to the felon file to find out how that went.

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9-21. The 1894 Sixteen-Year-Old Murderess

Was it Love, honor, or, as one Newspaper said, "she was just a Holy Terror."

Bonus Dept of Justice release info

9-19. 1927 Goldsboro NC Murder of a 15-year-old girl. The body of a 15-year-old girl was found by her father one evening, Thursday, 8 December 1927, lying beside a path, thirty-five or forty yards from his home in Wayne County, N.C. Who did it and why. Were they caught and punished? Listen to discover.

on line 4-1-23 @ 7pm. (EST)

Bonus 9-30-23. Assistant U.S. Attorney GUILTY! A felon file bonus. Info from the Department of Justice

On  Wednesday, March 29, 2023. Assistant U.S. Attorney Pleads Guilty to Conflict-of-Interest Violation

9-18. Did Man make the whisky? Or did whiskey make the man? 

9-17. Missing? Murdered? or Runaway? Mob Justice?  Who is the victim?

1887, Hung by Mob Justice? Lynched from a walnut tree in the schoolyard near Delphi, Indiana. A Missing girlfriend. A body was found. Was it her? Or did She just run away? Who was the real victim? Listen and decide.

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https://anchor.fm/felonfile/episodes/9-17--Missing--Murdered--or-Runaway--Mob-Justice--Who-is-the-victim-e1vrtrf

9-16. The Pollard Murder, a fair trial or "Judicial Murder."

One Murder. Four Defendants. No legal defense lawyers. Was it a fair Trail? Was the right man hung? Did someone get away with murder? Listen and decide.

9-15. Firsts in N.C. Law enforcement History

History can be made anywhere and anytime. Here are two Shade of Blue Stories of firsts in North Carolina History and perhaps in the United States.

9-14. The Forest City Incident. 

Race and class hatred seethed beneath the surface of early twentieth-century North Carolina. Here and there, it erupted to the surface, like in the events in Forest City, North Carolina, in 1900. Sometimes even under lock and key, Evil happens.

https://anchor.fm/felonfile/episodes/9-14--The-Forest-City-Incident-e1uniac

9-13. The 1845 weeklong marriage and murder.

How far would you go to fix something or make another happy? What do you do when mom doesn't like the new Bride? A shade of blue story on how one man tried to fix things.  What was the outcome? Listen to find out.

https://anchor.fm/felonfile/episodes/9-13--The-1845-weeklong-marriage-and-murder-e1uccvr

9-12. 400 Versions, One True Story

Did Stag a Lee kill over a Stetson Hat? A story of murder with over 400  Versions but  only One True Story

Living forever in a song.

https://anchor.fm/felonfile/episodes/9-12--400-Versions-One-True-Story-e1u57qf

9-11. The 1890s missing peddler. 

Samuel Tucker made his living as a peddler in the early 1890s in Franklin County, North Carolina. Needing a place to spend the night, he arranged to rent a room from two sisters overnight. Though recommended by one of his customers, Samuel Tucker was never seen alive again. What became of Samuel? What was the fallout of his disappearance? Listen to discover.

https://anchor.fm/felonfile/episodes/9-11--The-1890s-missing-peddler-e1ttr5u

9-10. Don't Mess with the Postmistress, and Is making a joyful noise illegal?

The first lady Postmaster in the United  States and her court cases.  Story two, is singing off-key illegal?  The case heard by the North Carolina Supreme Court, and the ruling.  

https://anchor.fm/felonfile/episodes/9-10--Dont-Mess-with-the-Postmistress--Is-making-a-joyful-noise-illegal-e1tkmpp

9-9. Law Order and Waffles

In the criminal justice system, fast food-based offenses are considered especially heinous.

In the south, the dedicated detectives investigating these vicious crimes are members of an elite group known as the Waffle House Unit. These are their stories. BONUS: Learn to speak Waffel House!

https://anchor.fm/felonfile/episodes/9-9--Law-Order-and-Waffles-e1tkoer

9-8.  Escaped Killer or Hero US Marshall.

What happened to the two fugitives from the 1889 Buncombe County “Bastille” jail breakout? Where did they go? Where did they hide? You will be surprised. Listen and find out. Online at 7:00 pm 1-14-23. Found on many Podcast platforms.

https://anchor.fm/felonfile/episodes/9-8--Escaped-Killer-or-Hero-US-Marshall-e1tf46o

9-7 The Buncombe Bastille Breakout

Jail facilities and the ways of incarcerating people have steadily changed over the years in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Western North Carolina is no exception. From stocks in the town square of Asheville (“Morristown”) To more modern facilities that were, at the time, the best that money could build.

The Buncombe co. In its many constructions, Jail has, at times, been full of criminals, both State and federal, some of whom were men of means and Influence. Men who could afford outside help to make their escape. Or at least make it a matter of more than a mere possibility.

This shade of blue story is about a forgotten 1886 escape from one of the previous jails in Buncombe County.

9-6. The man who fell from the sky

Seven o’clock in the morning of September 11, 1985, Fred looked out the window of his Knoxville, Tn. home and saw something strange in his driveway.

Instead of finishing making his coffee, Fred went out to investigate. What Fred found would affect law enforcement locally and nationally for years—pointing at individuals in the DEA, CIA, the Governor’s Office, and possibly the White House.

Felonfile.com Online 12-31-22 @ 7:00 pm est on many podcast platforms.

December 1927. Santa, followed by a group of local children, walked to the First National Bank of Texas. He entered the bank, leaving the children outside, accompanied by three large Elves. Greetings of “hello Santa” met with a shouting Santa telling everyone to “grab some sky” in a less than jolly tone.

This started shootings, manhunts, car chases, and injuries. A total of eight were wounded. Including Santa and his stealing elves, six men would end up dead.

Finding themselves on the ultimate Naughty or Nice list. Was a Chris Kringle lynching due?  Listen to find out.

A requested story for the season.

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9-B-2.  The Arrest of "Bad Idea Brad".  Florida man chooses the wrong place and time to commit a Christmas Larceny.

On line 12-10-2022 @ 7 pm. 

https://anchor.fm/felonfile/episodes/9-B-2--Arrest-of-Bad-Idea-Brad-e1rphn7

9-Bonus-A- Another Special Hell

A Bonus short episode of Felon File.  A shade of Blue story about another candidate for that "Special Place in Hell."

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https://anchor.fm/felonfile/episodes/9-Bonus-A--Another-Special-Hell-e1ro0jo

9-2 Love and Law. 

December 31, 1874, Charles asked Dora to leave her husband, she refused, and he shot her dead. The prosecution for the murder lasted eight years. Six trials and a ruling by the Supreme Court.

9-1. The Great Asheville & Missouri Simian Hunt 

A local radio personality puts Scott on the hunt for the truth on the Asheville N.C. monkey history.  A tourist town that welcomes anybody and anything?

on line 11-26-2022 at 7 pm East Coast Time

8-26. A relative Murder

https://anchor.fm/felonfile/episodes/8-26--A-relative-Murder-e1pn9h6

8- 25. JESSE JAMES BAILEY- lawman extraordinaire who served as sheriff of two different North Carolina Countries in the 1920s. 

Former Detective for Southern Railway, a celebrated humorist and storyteller, and a feared moonshine still wrecker. Bailey worked in several capacities for the railroad for 52 years until his retirement at age 70 in 1958. He took two leaves of absence of two years each in 1920 and 1928 when he was elected sheriff first of Madison and then Buncombe County, NC. The only lawman in the state to serve as sheriff in two counties. Bailey was born near Bailey's Bend on the French Broad River in Madison County. He was a farm boy until his telegrapher's job at Bailey Station in the Knoxville, Tenn., division of Southern Railway in 1906. At the age of 8, he decided he would be a lawman and did.

https://anchor.fm/felonfile/episodes/The-sheriff-called-Jessie-James-8-25-e1p7kfk

Halloween 2022

Episode 8-23 Black Widow Poison! 

Was it love or murder?  Not once but twice.

Black Widow, Slang for A woman who kills her husband or lover, especially one who kills multiple husbands or lovers.

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https://anchor.fm/felonfile/episodes/Episode-8-23-Black-Widow-Poison-e1oo1tn

8-22. Clinton Smith, 1996 Kool-Aid killer?

Clinton Smith was sentenced to death over 26 years ago in Halifax County, North Carolina. He was tried for killing his 6-year-old daughter, Brittany, with pesticide-laced Kool-Aid in 1996.  Brittany’s brother and sister survived. He has denied poisoning the children. Did he do it?  Did the District Attorney make insulting jokes about the defense’s expert witness during the trial?  Is there more evidence not covered in Court? What did the appeals say? Was Smith let go? Scott has the story and some answers.

8-21 Cases of mistaken identity.

Mistaken identity, in general, is not a big deal. But in cases that depend on the identification of a person, determining a person's liability, responsibility, and even freedom is very serious. What is better for a criminal investigation physical evidence? Or an eyewitness? Scott discusses some of these issues today.

https://anchor.fm/felonfile/episodes/8-21--Mistaken-Identy-e1m78lm

The answer to the question. Is 25 years enough? The decision has been made.  We have the answer from the previous bonus podcast, according to the Kentucky Parole Board  As spoken about in the previous bonus episodes.

Michael Carneal was 14 at the time of the school shooting in 1997. He shot and killed 3 students and wounded five others in a Kentucky high school shooting.

Carneal now 39, told parole board members last week that he would live with his parents and continue his mental health treatment if they agreed to release him.

Was he released after 25 years in prison? Listen to the bonus issue of Felon File to find out.

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https://anchor.fm/felonfile/episodes/Bonus-3-Up-Date-e1oggfr

Update on the September bonus episode of the Felon File Podcast. The Heath High School shooter's parole hearing on if he will be allowed to return to society and the public.  It will be Monday, September 26, before we know if Michael Carneal will be paroled or remain behind bars. The hearing decision was deferred until Sept. 26.   After serving 25 years of his life sentence, Carneal is now eligible for parole. Despite questioning Carneal for more than an hour,   the two parole board members in charge of his hearing could not reach a unanimous decision.

What comes next for Carneal has the attention of not just McCracken County but the nation. He's one of the first convicted school shooters to be eligible for parole.

If you would like to give your opinion on his release to the public, you can email the board at ParoleBoard@ky.gov  

or call 502-564-3620 Listen to the bonus podcast for more information.

Thank you for listening 

https://anchor.fm/felonfile/episodes/Update-on-September-bonus-episode-e1o7h7l

Sept-18-Bonus. Is 25 enough? 

14-year-old freshman student Michael Carneal said he had been called names and bullied by fellow students. He was  diagnosed with anxiety, depression, and severe paranoia. December 1, 1997, Michael Carneal wrapped a shotgun and a rifle in a blanket and took them to school, passing them off as an art project he was working on. He carried a loaded Ruger MK II .22-caliber pistol in his backpack. He rode to school with his sister, arriving; he inserted earplugs and took the gun out of his bag. Then, during a before-school prayer meeting, He fired ten rounds quickly at a  group of students. Where is Carneal today?   Scott has the update.

https://anchor.fm/felonfile/episodes/Sept-18-Bonus--Is-25-enough--He-e1o0vnn

8-19.  1852 A Hanging in Haywood

The Trail and punishment of David Mason.  Charged with murdering his wife.  Did he do it?

  In the mass of on-lookers, a future Governor of the State of NC. What was his perspective? What did other observers think?

On line on 9-17-2022 @ 7 pm.

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8-17. 1886 Hanging of Andrew Jackson Lambert

In 1884 on a cold December mountain night, someone killed a Federal revenue Agent.  Was it the bootlegger or the miner?   The trail led to Andrew Jackson Lambert. Was he hung? The 1886 trial produced several different versions of what happened. Did his family produce a miracle and revive the defendant after the hanging?

Did he survive? Scott has the shade of blue story, telling what and why.

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https://anchor.fm/felonfile/episodes/6-17--1886-Hanging-of-Andrew-Jackson-Lambert-e1l1tpj

8-16 The Klan vs. the Bootlegger Gangs. 

The Klan Bootlegger war of 1920.   Who won and why.   What happened after the fighting was over. Or did it never stop?

Scott has the story and some answers. 

On line 8-20-2022 @ 7 PM EST

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https://anchor.fm/felonfile/episodes/8-16-The-Klan-vs--the-Bootlegger-Gangs-e1l0t7f

THE CATCHABLE BUT NOT FETCHABLE MOONSHINER

When you think of the Appalachian moonshiner, you picture the old Mountaineer with a long beard and floppy hat. A shotgun was close at hand. The old man toiling over a large copper still somewhere in the mountain backwoods. There is a reason we shouldn’t stereotype people. Looks can be very deceiving.  As this shade of blue story shows.

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https://anchor.fm/felonfile/episodes/8-15--The-catchable-but-not-fetchable-Moonshiner-e1ks9bs

The Bunch Gang of the early 1930s. 

Clarence Bunch was born in Claiborne County, Tennessee on August 11, 1911, to Hugh and Mattie Bunch of the Bunchtown community. His photographs show him to have been a clean-cut young man, clean-shaven and with a pleasant look on his face. Looks can be deceiving.

The Gang's escapades started around 1933 when Bunch was involved in a bank robbery in Virginia. By 1934, his name and reputation had become well-known throughout the East Tennessee region. Scott has the Shade of Blue Story on Clarence and his cohorts.

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https://anchor.fm/felonfile/episodes/8-14--The-1930s-Bunch-Gang-e1kedej

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8-12 Mary Jane Crowson’s baby is gone!

Before there was Maranda and the notifications of a suspect or defendant Maranda rights there was Mary Jane Crowson. what did Mary Jane do, and when did it happen.? What did the North Carolina courts say about a murdering mother? Scott has the shade of blue story for you.

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https://anchor.fm/felonfile/episodes/8-12--Mary-Jane-Crowsons-baby-is-gone-e1k5v4q

Growing up Charlie Manson

The young Charles Manson and the Appalachian Mountain region. Where did he grow up? How did he grow up? His connections to Eastern Kentucky southern Ohio and West Virginia. Most know about the “Manson Family” and their crimes. Ever wonder about his first family? Scott has some stories and information.

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https://anchor.fm/felonfile/episodes/8-10--Growing-up-Charlie-Manson-e1k0npt

8-10. The story of Otto Wood, in song and print.

Otto Wood was born in the Dellaplane community of Wilkes County North  Carolina. Spending most of his short life traveling cross country as a bootlegger, a bandit, and a fugitive. Also known as the Houdini of Cell Block A.   As the song would later say, “He loved the women, he hated the law and he just wouldn't take nobody's jaw.”

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https://anchor.fm/felonfile/episodes/8-10--The-story-of-Otto-Wood--in-song-and-print-e1jt2r2

8-9. The 1935 Jones Ridge Murder

Who killed the mountain farmer? There were several trials and no convictions.  Two years later the farmer's brother-in-law is found dead. Was this murder too?  Listen and decide who you think did it.  Identifying historical context allows us to demonstrate “historical empathy,” or the ability to understand the different attitudes from our past without judging them. 

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https://anchor.fm/felonfile/episodes/8-9--The-1935-Jones-Ridge-Murder-e1js4te

8-8. Mistaken Identity 

Mistakes in identifying in Life, Death, Justice, and Punishment.

Do we have the right person? Stories of problems in making positive identifications.

https://anchor.fm/felonfile/episodes/8-8--Mistaken-Identify-e1jgkbf

8-7. The Ballad of Beautiful Nell Cropsey.

On the night of November 20, 1901, a young woman disappeared from her home in Elizabeth City North Carolina. Thirty-seven days later, her body was found in the Pasquotank River. Despite a boyfriend being convicted of her murder, there are many questions about her death that remain unanswered.

https://anchor.fm/felonfile/episodes/8-7--The-Ballad-of-Beautiful-Nell-Cropsey-e1iot1m

8-6 Vets, Shine and Murder on Spring Creek

Two veterans from two different wars have a disagreement that leads to murder. Who were these backcountry Mountain Men? What was their story.

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https://anchor.fm/felonfile/episodes/8-6-Vets--Shine-and-Murder-on-Spring-Creek-e1ijk3h

8-5, Almost Hanged.

1808 in the Mountains of North Carolina. One of the first uses of forensic firearm analysis in a murder investigation occurs. Though it almost happened too late.  James Craig, working alone at his mill when his dogs began barking. Investigating a shot rang out and James fell.  James was able to identify his shooter before he died.  Was he correct on his identification? How many deaths would this shot cause?   Scott has more questions along with some answers.

Felon File.com  On line 6-11-2022 @ 7:00 PM EST.

https://anchor.fm/felonfile/episodes/8-5--Almost-Hanged-e1hs94m

8-4. The 1903 Forks of Ivy murder. 

The Forks of Ivy 1903. A farmer is shot working in his fields. Is it murder? Was the victim expecting it? The suspects were caught after fleeing the state. What did the governor know? When did he know it? Scott has some answers but finds even more questions. Listen to find out more. 

https://anchor.fm/felonfile/episodes/8-4--The-Forks-of-Ivy-murder--1903-e1hbkj0

8-3 The killing of the busiest man in Western North Carolina

1913, Murdered by the mailman. or was it self-defense?  A matter of getting him before he gets you?

The story of the killing of the busiest man in Western North Carolina.

https://anchor.fm/felonfile/episodes/8-3-The-killing-of-the-busiest-man-in-Western-North-Carolina-e1h9uiv

8-2 A Catfish out of water

A catfish out of water. or the battle of Hayes Pond. James William "Catfish" Cole (KKK) versus the Lumbee Indian Tribe. 

Who won the Battle. and why.

Scott has some of those answers and a few more questions

https://anchor.fm/felonfile/episodes/8-2-A-Catfish-out-of-water-e1h9qel

E-8-1. Hell, to Pay

Two stories of two school coaches.  What happened and who is having to pay. 

And who is looking at that special place in hell reserved for child abusers and people who call on the phone to sell you an extended warranty on your car? 

https://anchor.fm/felonfile/episodes/E-8-1--Hell--to-Pay-e1h9pt0

Bonus #3 Alabama Bad Guys. And some Bad Good Guys

Season eight Bonus shade of blue stories.  Sometimes it's hard to tell the Good Guys from the Bad Guys without a program

https://anchor.fm/felonfile/episodes/Bonus-3-Alabama-Bad-Guys--And-some-Bad-Good-Guys-e1i898b

Bonus 2 season 8

When those charged with upholding the law break it.

Another of Victoria's special places in hell stories.

https://anchor.fm/felonfile/episodes/Bonus-2-season-8-e1i88e3

Season 8 Bonus

This is a bonus edition of the Felon File Podcast.  This is a bonus episode of the felon file Podcast for the start of season eight. Scott will be back soon with new stories of Crimes and incidents in the Appalachian Mountains and elsewhere. Victoria the producer for Felon File has prepared some short podcasts while Scott continues his research. He is putting together some interesting contentment for season eight.  Listen next week for more stories from Scott and his research on topics and issues of crimes, punishment, and incidents.  Thank you for listening and your support of the Felon File.  

https://anchor.fm/felonfile/episodes/Season-8-Bonus-e1glhoa

7-25 Domestic Violence isn't new but is a serious issue.

The shade of blue stories about two married couples whose wedding bliss was not so blissful.  Plus, an additional shade of blue story from 2022.  Another special place in hell story or at least the beginnings of one.  

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https://anchor.fm/felonfile/episodes/7-25-Domestic-Violence-it-isnt-new-e1ga053

7-23. Lavinia Fisher. The first female serial killer in the U.S.?

Lavinia Fisher was thought by some to be the first female serial killer in the United States of America. Married to John Fisher, they operated a boarding house along a major commercial roadway outside of Charleston S.C.  Both were convicted of several crimes.

But. Was she a killer? The first documented serial killer in America? Scott has the story and some truths to tell on the alleged Charleston antebellum murderess.

On Line 4-09-2022 @ 7:00 pm EST

https://anchor.fm/felonfile/episodes/7-23--Lavinia-Fisher--First-female-serial-killer-in-the-U-S-e1fv5c6

7-22. Stalking Today and Yesterday

Stalking.. Today and yesterday. When did it become illegal to follow and spy on an individual?

Is the idea of stalking someone a development of modern society? Scott looks at some recent infamous and not-so-recent situations.

and he may have some answers to these questions.

Felonfile.com

https://anchor.fm/felonfile/episodes/7-22--Stalking-Today-and-Yesterday-e1fkeci

A shade of blue story that starts at Muddy Creek in Forsyth County North Carolina. Or perhaps it ends there.

A very popular fishing location at the time and still is by some accounts.

Two local men on the 25th of August 1914 while fishing discovered something in the water that would impact a family for decades.

15 feet from the bank the object hung on the surface of the water. One of the men doing what comes naturally, he poked it with his fishing pole.  Unfortunately, the object stirred and shifted in the water revealing a dead man's naked body.

Felonfile.com

https://anchor.fm/felonfile/episodes/7-20--The-1914-Muddy-Creek-Murder-e1ep79s

7-19. 1859, Missing Girl, Missing Body. Murder?

A missing girl. Suspicions of murder. the body never found. A prominent Rockingham County NC  farmer,  hanged for her murder in 1860.

A precedent-setting case in North Carolina law. It allowed the state to convict a person of murder without there being a corpus delicti  better known as the body of the victim

It was Dec. 1, 1859, when Peggy was last seen by her family; approximately a year later a  farmer hung for her death. Peggy's body was never found.

Felonfile.com

https://anchor.fm/felonfile/episodes/7-19--1859--Missing-Girl--Missing-Body--Murder-e1e13s7

7-18- 1928 100-year-old cold case murder in the Carolina mountains

An almost 100-year-old cold case murder in the Carolina mountains. Three trials two suspects no convictions.

Felonfile.com

https://anchor.fm/felonfile/episodes/7-18--1928-100-year-old-cold-case-murder-in-the-Carolina-mountains-e1dm6nb

7-16. 1946 Eggers murder.

January 2, 1946, the headless, handless body of a woman, wrapped in a blanket and tied with a rope, was found in a ravine off a mountain highway in San Bernardino. Did she lose her head over her husband or did she lose it because of her husband?

On line 2/26?/2022   @ 7:00 pm EST   at felonfile.com or your favorite podcast platform.

https://anchor.fm/felonfile/episodes/7-16--1946-Eggers-murder-e1dd476

7-15. 1923 London England trial and a double hanging.

Edith Thompson and Frederick Bywaters. Did the boyfriend kill the husband? Did the wife know? An English love triangle, and murder trial.   Scott has the tragic story.

On line 2-19-2022 @ 7:00 am EST

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https://anchor.fm/felonfile/episodes/7-15--1923-London-England-trial-and-double-hanging-e1darcm

7-14. 1889 Road Rage on Sleds

A look at an 1889 French Canadian  Road Rage incident and killing.

Was the sled driver guilty of murder? Did the other sled driver deserve what happened?

Scott has these questions and maybe some answers

Felonfile.com

https://anchor.fm/felonfile/episodes/7-14--1889-Road-Rage-on-Sleds-e1d918j

7-13. The 1827 Vance and Carson Duel

The September 12th, 1827 duel between North Carolina politicians, David Vance and  Sam  Carson. 

A killing occurred but no one was charged. An honor Killing, or just murder? Listen and draw your own conclusions. 

On line 02-05-2022 @ 7:00 PM EST

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https://anchor.fm/felonfile/episodes/7-13--The-1827-Vance-and-Carson-Duel-e1cm5eb

7-12 Murder in the Personal ads.

Sunday, November 22nd, 1987, a young man by the name of Douglas Basham took out a personal ad in the Sunday paper. The outcome was far from his original intent.

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https://anchor.fm/felonfile/episodes/7-12--Murder-in-the-Personal-ads-e1ch6f8

7-11. 1930s Rat River Manhunt

A search for the killer of a Canadian Mounted Police Officer that runs almost to the top of the world.

Who was the man? Why is there still interest in his identity? Listen and decide for yourself.

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7-10 1872 murder of a Gilded Age Robber Baron

The 1872 murder of a Gilded Age robber baron.  Jubilee Jim had his hand in several historic candy jars. Rail Roads. The business of Cornelius Vanderbilt. President Grant and the United States gold market. Beautiful actresses. Jealous boyfriends and business associates. How did Jubilee meet his end?  and why? A story that would make today's reality Television proud.

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https://anchor.fm/felonfile/episodes/7-10-1872-murder-of-a-Gilded-Age-Robber-Baron-e1c8bc3

7-8. The happiest man who ever lived on death row.

A 1937 shade of blue story. Joe Arridy was a Mentally challenged young man. He went Smiling into The Gas Chamber for The Murder and assaults he didn’t Commit.  Joe was a young man that didn’t understand the concept of death and requested ice cream as his last meal.  The Warden of the Prison described Joe as the happiest man who ever lived on death row.  

How was Joe convicted? Should he have been? Even if convicted should he have been sentenced to death?  Listen and decide. 

On line 01-01-2022 at 7 pm EST USA.

https://anchor.fm/felonfile/episodes/7-8--The-happiest-man-who-ever-lived-on-death-row-e1as4be

7-6. The day they hung Santa.

December 1927. Santa followed by a group of local children walked down the street heading to the First National Bank. Leaving the children outside but accompanied by three men he walked into the bank. Greetings of “hello Santa” was met with a shouting Santa telling everyone to “grab some sky” in a less than jolly tone. 

This was the start of shootings, manhunts, car chases, and injuries. A total of eight were wounded. Including Santa and his stealing elves, six men would end up dead.

Was a Chris Kringle lynching due?  Listen to find out.

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https://anchor.fm/felonfile/episodes/7-6--The-day-they-hung-Santa-e1b755g  

7-4. The Best Police Detective in the USA

Was Captain Frank Littlejohn Chief of Detectives and, later Chief of Police of Charlotte North Carolina. The Best Police Detective in the USA?

Why did J. Edger Hoover say he was?  What did the Charlotte NC City Council say?

Listen to find out.  On line 12 -4-2021 @ 7:00 PM EST.

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7-3  Murders and crimes of 1936 and 1937

A look at family crimes and the incidents of 1936 and 1937.

You didn't have to go to the movies to see a murder drama.

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Episode 7-1. 1984 Is the Father the Killer? Accident or Filicide? Did a father poison his children? Did he murder his five-year-old daughter? What did the family think? What did the lawyers think? What did the jury think? What would you decide? Felonfile.com

6-21. 1831 Was it the Devil at the Door? or a Conman

It wasn’t the Devil, who arrived at the Chapman family’s door, one evening in 1831.

Many weeks later. you must admit that Don Lino Espos Y Mina could give the devil a run for his money.

But Was it murder?

What came from the two trials that took place?

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The Halloween Episode

Greetings Mortal Listeners. You have discovered the Halloween Episode of the Felon File Podcast.

Please just sit back and listen. The felon file podcast is A Discussion of law enforcement history. issues and incidents in the Appalachian Mountains and beyond. Hosted by Scott Lunsford, retired police detective sergeant. author and researcher. Scott’s shade of blue Stories for tonight revolves around a Halloween theme.  After all.  It is All Hallows Eve.

Poison candy, Halloween Killers, and strange things that sometimes go bump in the night.

On line 10-30-2021 @ 7:00 pm EST.

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6-19. 1999 abduction of a 10-year-old. Two decades for justice.

Ten-year-old Pamela Butler was rollerblading in front of her Kansas City, Kansas home in 1999. A strange man drove up to the home and abducted her. Neighbors gave case, her older sister who saw it happen also chased down the street after the man who had taken her little sister.  Getting away the suspect later raped her before strangling her to death with a wire.  Leaving her body to be found later.  21 years later was justice served?

Listen and decide.

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Episode 6-18. “poisoning mania”

The life and activities of Mrs. Elizabeth G. Wharton. A member of Baltimore Maryland’s higher social class of individuals. 

Four people had died mysteriously in her household. Her husband and son, both heavily insured. Her daughter and sister-in-law were taken gravely ill.  Was she affected by what the press termed a “poisoning mania”? Or was she a victim of unusual circumstances?

Listen and see what you think. On line @ 7:00 PM   10-16-2021 EST USA

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 6-15. The 2014  Munchhausen Murder

The Lacey Spears 2014 murder investigation.   Did she murder her own son?  Was it a case of the mental illness of Munchhausen?   Was it her fault or was she set up? What did the courts say?

Listen to discover on line Sept 25, 2021. @ 7:00 pm EST. USA

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Episode 6-11. Dillon the 14-year-old Double Murderer. 

Many of Scott’s shade of blue stories occur or involve locations in the Blue Ridge mountains on the eastern coast of the united states.   In this episode, Scott is looking at some different  Blue Mountains.  The Blue Mountain range of the Pacific Northwest in the northeastern part of Oregon.

A story of a famous first Policewoman to a story about a double murder committed by a child at a hunting camp in the deep Organ woods.

Hours from any help and assistance.

on line 8-28-21 @ 7:00

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Episode 6-10. Justifying the Means or just a Conman?

Do the ends justify the Means? Gaston Means of Concord North Carolina.  School Teacher, School superintendent.  Salesman extraordinaire.  Liar.  FBI agent. Treasury and Custom Agent.  Conman.  Spy.  Book Author. Thief and possibly a murderer.

Or just a misunderstood southern gentleman, who just wanted to help.  Involved with the Linberg Kidnapping,  a WWI German Spy Ring. Soviet Spy breaker. A private Investigator for the famous Burns Detective Agency.  Testifier to the U.S. Senate, connected to the rich and powerful. Involved with the assassination of a U.S. President.  Or was he just a lying big mouth country conman.

Scott has the scoop on this strange man

Schedule for 8/21/21 at 7:00 PM

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Bonus 6 3. Victoria's Special level of hell for Offenders

Victoria's latest collection of candidates for that special level of Hell reserved for Child Molesters and people who talk in the theater.

11 Recent arrests of individuals using the internet to lure children into abuse.

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Felon File Podcast 6-6. The Bluebeard of Paris. Who was the Serial Killer called the Bluebeard of Paris?  Who and how many did he kill?  Murdering women and their family members from January 1915 to January 1919. He was arrested and given a standing-room-only trial. It was thought Madam Guillotine had finished the story.  Yet in  1966 Bluebeard once more was in the world of media and news, as well as back in a modern courtroom.   Even today his severed head is displayed at the Museum of Death in Hollywood.  Was it Evil or just greed and want for power and control? Listen and decide.

On-Line 7-24-2021. 7:00 PM EST.

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A bonus podcast of Felon File.

This weekend. July fourth, 2021  is the celebration of Independence in the United States of America.   An ongoing experiment in freedom and independence.

Podcast producer, Victora vents on the issue of free speech for Police and Law Enforcement Agencies banned from the Facebook platform. 

On-Line for the 4th. 

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Episode 5-20. Two Homicides from 2011

Ten years.  One decade ago. 2011 was a busy year.   A Lot was going on in the world.  

In 2011, Libya's Colonel Muammar Gaddafi was killed by a very serious group of people who didn't like him very much.

In May, 2011 the United States killed Osama bin Laden. This was also done by a very, very serious group of people, who did not care for him much either.

In North Carolina, 519 homicides occurred in 2011.  Up 6.3 %.     75  individuals were killed in domestic violence-related incidents.  Scott discusses two of these incidents. 

bonus, 5-1 Are ACRB?

“ACAB – the barrel is rotten,” reads the sign outside of Our Place Inn – a family-owned motel and RV park in Maggie Valley North Carolina.

A.C.A.B. is an acronym meaning “All Cops Are Bas****.”

Some were deeply offended because two police officers recently lost their lives just a few counties away.

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Episode 5-15 The massacre of the Donnelly family.

An Irish immigrant family who settled in the backcountry of Upper Canada. 

Physical and court fights over property, money, transport franchises, and other issues between the Donnelly family and their neighbors turned deadly one night in  February  1880.

James Donnelly opened his front door one morning and was met by 15 to 20 disguised night riders.

The men killed the family then set the farm on fire.

Who did it and why?  Was the Local Church involved? Who was guilty and innocent?  Listen as Scott explains.

On-Line: 5/1/21 at 7:00 PM EST.

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Episode 5-13 The wicked stepmother.  Truth or Fiction. 

The stories of the wicked stepmother aren't always fairy tales. A shade of blue story going beyond the Appalachian mountains. Beyond and down. Down under to Australia if we were to be more specific. Our discussion takes us from Wagga Wagga, Australia, to Hickory North Carolina USA. The tragic story of a freckle-faced little girl, Zahra Baker.

Episode 5-10. Who shot the Sheriff? You will be surprised. 

The 1932 killing of a North Carolina Sheriff.  Shot with his own gun.  The investigation and arrest of a suspect.  The physical evidence, statements, and science just did not work out to prove the suspect did the homicide.    The investigation and court case reverberated across the state all the way to the Governor's Office. Was Justice found or was it denied?  Listen and decide.  FelonFile.com

Due to Scott’s recovery from the covid virus and pneumonia.  New Podcast episodes may be delayed.   Enjoy this re-edited previously posted episode.

The Murder of 17-year-old Muriel Baldridge in 1947.  Found beaten to death under a bridge the morning of June 28,  in Prestonsburg, Kentucky.

This story is the most listened to story on Scott’s Podcast.

The Murder after decades of investigation by local, state, and federal investigators follows a strange path of confessions, retracted confessions, and finally a sensational trial with a controversial verdict.

To this day the case remains unsolved. Thought of as one very confusing investigation and legal case in Eastern Kentucky if not the Southern United States. 

The Podcast starts with a ballad telling the story of the tragic event from the Appalachian Mountains. The Ballad was written in 1949, the recording made in 1977.

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Episode 4-20 Killer Robots, Court House Killings and Work Violence

Robot killers, violence on the job, and courthouse shootings.  If you're killed by a robot is that Murder? 

Acts of violence and other injuries is currently the third-leading cause of fatal occupational injuries in the United States. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the top cause of death for women in the workplace.

Courthouse shooting in 1994.  Causing the death of A  Yancey County N.C. Criminal Court magistrate and two police officers bringing wounded.

Episode S-4- 14  Crimes and Cons of the 1918 pandemic

Would people take advantage of others who are sick?  Do people prey on others during times of national crisis? 

 One young lady became quite infamous for her activities doing so.

A hundred years ago, before our current coronavirus crisis, the 1918 flu was killing people worldwide. .  Perhaps more than 675,000 people in the United States and 50 million around the world.

Like today, in that crisis nurses were on the front line caring for the sick.  Most hospitals were packed and the country needed nurses. 

Miss  Julia Lyons saw this need and stepped up. .  But her intentions were not well-meaning, to say the least.  She portrayed herself as a busy visiting home health nurse in Chicago during the pandemic of 1918. It  “goes without saying when you look closely at  Miss  “Slick Julia,” as she came to be known, she was not Florence Nightingale.

 Could this happen today?  What do you think?  Listen and decide.  

Episode 4-9  More Young Killers

How young is too young to be a murder?  Many states have guidelines established to determine when someone is to be charged or not charged due to there age.  Is this right or wrong?  Does it depend on the age, or on the facts related to certain investigations of crimes?  Listen and decide. What do you think?

Episode 4-8   44 years for justice?

Justice is supposed to be fair. Justice is supposed to be blind to everything but the facts.  But what is positive is that justice is not always timely.

Episode 4-3 -  1975 Child abduction/Cold case 

A Child abduction/Murder  cold case investigation from 1975. The Murder of two children who disappeared during a trip to a shopping mall.  Justice for the two little girls taking 42 years to arrive.

Why was the investigation open for over 40 years? Listen and decide for yourself. 

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Episode -4-2.   N.C. Officer killed in his living room.

Season four Episode two.

K-9 officer Witherspoon with the Concord North Carolina Police Department Is killed on his couch in his home.  Murder?  A suicide gone wrong?  Accident or killed for money? 

Why and how did wife, mother and church employee, Misty Witherspoon, do it?

Listen for your self and decide.

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Episode 4-1   3-25  The Hunt for Rudolph

Season 4 Sept-5 -2020  

 Between 1996 to 1998, bombs exploded or were located in Atlanta, Birmingham, and Asheville.  The Blasts killing two and injuring hundreds.  This  started a five-year manhunt for  Eric Robert Rudolph.

On May 31, 2003,  FBI Top Ten Fugitive Eric Robert Rudolph was arrested by North Carolina police officer J.S. Postell. While on patrol he located Rudolph dumpster diving behind a grocery story in Murphy, North Carolina.

Rudolph had managed to elude the F.B.I. for five years while hiding out in the mountains after the bombings.  Rudolph began his attacks July, 1996, when he planted a backpack bomb in crowded Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Episode 3-24. Murder with a stick? or Honor killing?

The story of one man’s honor when his wife is attacked.

Or is it?  Revenge?  Honor Killing?

Or just murder with a big stick?

Listen and you decide.

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Episode 3-23 A tale of a truly Evil man.

Carl Panzram 1920and 30’s  American serial killer, rapist, arsonist, robber, and burglar. In prison he confessions and writes his autobiography. Claiming to have killed at least 22, and committing over 1000 acts of sex offenses.  Panzran operated cost to coast in the United States and even Africa. At one point stealing a pistol from President Taft that he used in his murdering ways.

Was he a serial killer?         Or truly Evil in person.

Listen to the Five Four Two and the Blue Podcast and decide for yourself.  On line 8-15-2020 @ 7pm

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Episode -3-22  Murder and death in 1936 and 1937

Shade of Blue Stories of murder and accidental death in 1936 and 1937.

Domestic calls for service are some of the most dangerous for law enforcement response. 

Murder can have many possible causes.  Greed, jealousy, anger and possibly accidental?  A look at several of the investigations during the years of 1936 and 1937.

Episode -3-21  Murder of a Swedish Assassin In Western North Carolina?   

Investigations are many times all about connections and sometimes connections can cloud the direction of an investigation.  How is the assignation of the Prime Minister of Sweden related to Western North Carolina?  How does this connect to the arrest and conviction of a North Carolina Police Officer for Murder?  Why does the former officer claim he was set up and framed by the U.S. Government.   Listen and discover why.   On line 8-1-2020 @ 7pm

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Episode 3-19. The newspaper man and the Klan. 

Episode three nineteen.

A shade of blue story from the 1870s.

The owner and editor of the Asheville Citizen news paper assaults the court solicitor in pack square. Two shots are fired. One man arrested but both men charged.  Was the assault on orders from the KKK?  Was the Owner and Editor of the Asheville Citizen Newspaper controlled by the Klan? Or was he the Klan  Controller?

Listen to Episode 3-19 and you decide.

Episode 3-18 A Black Widow on Death Row

Another serial killer grandmother on N.C. Death Row

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Episode 3-17 - Grandmother on Death Row

The first woman in the United States to be executed after the death penalties punishment was returned in 1976.  The first woman since 1962. to be executed.  Another first that North Carolina can claim in this trail is the first woman to be executed by lethal injection. 

Daughter,  wife,  mother, girlfriend,  grandmother, Serial Killer.  The Shade of Blue Story of Velma Barfield.  Did she deserve to die?  Listen and decide.

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Episode 3-16   "Big" and "Little" Harpe  terrorized  the western frontier in the 1790s

A shade of blue story of a murder spree stretching from North Carolina, the Cumberland Gap in western Virginia to Cave-in-Rock and Potts Spring in southeastern Illinois.   The spree lasted nine months.  the Harps killed at least 40 men, women and children on the frontier until  caught.

 "Big" and "Little" Harpe  terrorized  the western frontier in the 1790s.  The first documented serial killers in the United States?

Listen and decide for yourself. On line  6-27-2020.

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Episode 3-14 Mass murder in Virginia 2010 

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What caused a Security Officer to commit Mass Murder?

Grief, madness,  or Underlying evil some say  is in every one.

Listen and decide for yourself  

Episode 3-13- Triple jeopardy? Tried three time for the same murder.

1985 Fort Bragg N.C.

A Soldier  tried three time for the murder of the same victim.  Once found guilty, on appeal a second trial was ordered. The suspect was found not guilty and acquitted. 

A third trial was held.  With new information and evidence,  this time he is found guilty for murdering the same victim and given the death penalty.  How is this possible?  The founding fathers wrote that  a citizen would not be subjected to double jeopardy.  But do we have that here? Or do we?

Look and listen closer to the situation and decide for yourself . 

Episode 3-10 ---The JFK Assassination and the Boone N.C. triple Murder connection. 

Did a North Carolina man give President Kennedy’s assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald a ride from Dealey Plaza to the Oak Cliff area of Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963?  Was this man connected to Dallas Police Officer Tippet’s death?

How is this man also connected to an unsolved 1972 triple homicide in Boone North Carolina?

  Listen and decide if there is a real connection.

Episode 3-9 ---  1902 fratricide with an eleven year old killer.

A shade of blue story,  of a Juvenile offender homicide investigation.

The idea of homicidal children is nothing new. In episode one of season two of 542 and the blue. We discussed a murder by a six year old in Kentucky.

This not a symptom of the times we live in.  Juvenile killers have been with us throughout history.  Are young killers the results of over exposure to

 r- rated movies, the internet and video games? Or is it something else?

Listen and make up your own mind.

Episode 3 - 8 - Arrest in Cold Case slaying of teenage boy 29 years ago

Advancements in forensic technology, not available in 1991, when a 14 year old young man was found shot twice in the head.  Have led to the arrest of a Restaurant Chain Company President in 2020.

Episode 3-5,  Power, control and death 

A shad of Blue about power, control and death.  How is the birth of the first surviving set of identical quadruplets on May 23, 1946, connected to a crime spree that ended dramatically almost 40 years latter. 

 A story that starts 74 years ago in Milton, North Carolina that explodes in the death of 9 family members in 1985. Listen to find out how.

Episode 3-3   --- Political Prisoner or Murderer ?

The 1957 Murder of Two North Carolina Highway Patrolmen. Is the killer, Frank Wetzel a cold-blooded killer or a political prisoner?

Some say the most notorious prisoner in North Carolina history was silvery-haired, sparkly-eyed Frank Edward Wetzel, inmate No. 11021-OS, serving two consecutive life terms at the Vance Correctional Center.

The state said he’s a calculating killer who gunned down two young highway patrolmen one “sad, bad night” back in 1957.

Supporters called him a “political prisoner,” denied fair treatment and any hope of release by vote-counting officeholders.

Justice or Politics, listen and decide for yourself.

Episode 3-2   Justice denied and justice delivered.  

 The Killing of an Asheville North Carolina police officer in 1911.

Bonus 3 #6  Wyatt Outlaw

Today's shade of blue story is about one of the First African American  Law enforcement Officers in the state of North Carolina.    Mr. Wyatt Outlaw.

Bonus 5  Redhead Murder and Nazi Found and removed. 

Serial killer

1983 to 1985

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A monster  found hiding in the United States.

Federal Court orders him to be removed from the U.S.

Bonus season 3 #4

The killing of the father in law.

A short look at a domestic incident that went wrong.

Bonus 3  #3  Two N.C. Cold Cases

As time passes  felonious minds have been attempting to get better at getting away with murder. According to the F  B  I. Uniform Crime Reports.  In 2016.  nearly 40 percent of murder and non-negligent manslaughter cases went uncleared,

This can cause grief for victims’ families and frustration for investigators.  some of whom retire without being able to say question . Who did it in reference to a citizen’s violent demise that happened on their watch.

It seems with the popularity of true crime Television. Books. Movies. And podcasts just like this one.  For the general public, unsolved deaths are a ceaseless source of mystery and fascination.   Apparently its true. every one loves a mystery.

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bonus -A killing among friends

Today’s shade of blue bonus story, for five for two and the blue is a bonus episode to hold over till season three starts on the third Saturday of March.   Today is a brief look at an incident and court case in Madison County North Carolina. November 1962.

Episode -S2-23“Five O”

Stories from a Police agency  not in the Appalachian mountains yet still associated with mountains non the less.

Sharp mountains created by volcanic action  much more recently than our Appalachian mountains. During a visit to the state of Hawaii. I was curious how law enforcement was done in paradise and looked for some Hawaii shade of blue stories.

Learn more at the Five Four Two and the Blue Podcast on line free on 1-25-2020 

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Episode -S2-22 The Atlanta Ripper of 1911

Most know of Jack the Ripper of London, Son of Sam, and Ted Bundy.

But many are not aware of the terror of the so called “Atlanta Ripper” who started his notoriety in 1911 in the City of Atlanta.

Seventy years later, the notion of a serial killer once again captured the city's imagination, when more than 20 young African American males were found murdered. Wayne Williams is now serving a life sentence after being convicted for two of the murders. His conviction came in an Atlanta that had changed drastically since the Ripper murders of 1911 and 1912.  Although even today, 20 years after Williams' conviction, some doubts linger that he was the true serial killer or one of several killers.

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Episode -S2 - 20 A look at the first court cases in Buncombe County North Carolina.

A Shade of Blue look at the first court cases in Buncombe County North Carolina. The crimes and the punishments.  The results of trials and how they affected others.

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Episode -S2 18  Shootout at the Ironton jail

Pulp detective magazines and the stories they have run have documented incidents in the Appalachian Mountains going back to the 40’s .  True Detective Mysteries in the article The shootout at the Ironton jail. Wrote about the former World war II Veteran who became Chief of police of his home town.   He survived  the battle of Iwo Jima and other island hopping battles in the Pacific.  To  loose  his life protecting his town. Reviewing court records, newspapers and family interviews tells more of this Shade of Blue Story. 

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Episode S 2-16,  The Unitarian Universalist Church Shooting at youth play

Sometimes when a major crime occurs its not a who done it situation. At times offenders get caught or stopped in the act. There are also times when the suspect admits to the crime, tells you why they did it and how.  This does not make investigations any easier. Leads still have to be followed. Such is the case of the Knoxville Unitarian Universalist Church Shooting at a youth production of Annie. 

Who did it and why?   Listen to learn. Online 12-7-19 @ 7pm 

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Episode S 2-15, Outlaw Whiskey

Moonshine, "clear, un-aged whiskey”. The Devils Drink?  At one time used as currency,  taxed, protested about, the cause of rebellions, fought for and murdered because of.  Did Moonshine once come to the rescue of the Asheville Police Department?  Listen and decide.  Five Four Two and the Blue looks at the history and stories of “That Good Ole Mountain Dew. With music by Outlaw Whiskey and there new single Outlaw Whiskey and Guns.

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Episode S 2-14, A 1982 medieval murder with Satanic connections in Kentucky

The day after Halloween, 1982. Twenty-two-year-old Carol Frances Mudd went to work at the Stone Castle Museum in Bardstown, Kentucky.  A Small museum of miniature toy soldiers, antique weapons and related retail items.   Nothing unusual at all about her work day, but her work day came to a tragic end before it started.  At the end at the point of a broad sword.

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Episode S2- 12 The Bunch Gang and the murder of Sheriff Lewis Bratch (L.B.) Hutcheson.  

A shade of blue story about Sheriff Lewis Bratch (L.B.) Hutcheson.  Of Union Co. Tenn. His death in 1935 at the hands of a far reaching criminal gang and how his wife carried on after his death.  Many have heard of the Dalton Gang. The James brothers, the Wild bunch and  Bonnie and Clyde  but few recall the notorious Bunch gang of Tennessee, and the crimes  of robbery and violence they committed during the 1930’s in the Appalachian mountains.

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Episode S2-10- The worst woman on Earth? 

When Lizzie Halliday died in 1918, the New York Times called her “the worst woman on Earth.”

That pretty harsh you have to admit.  True or not that's kind of up to personal opinion. Listen to Lizzie’s story and decide for your self. Was  she the worst woman on the planet.  Perhaps you have your own nomination.

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Episode s2-8- 100 sticks of Dynamite and the murder of 3 little girls. 1937

A  mother readies her three daughters for bed, but feels something is not right.  Its an  ominous feeling of protection, A feeling that something was wrong. She tries to purposefully keep the girls up later than normal because of those feelings. Once the children couldn’t stay awake any longer, they all go to bed. She spends the rest of the restless night tossing and turning.

Just after 3:00 in the morning, shes awoken to an unimaginable roar. She fights back the blackness long enough to hear one of her daughter’s scream and see plaster and dust falling.   She blacks out as her home implodes around her.

At first its thought of as a tragic accident. Then a famous arson investigator from the 1930s is given the responsibility by the Governor of Tnn to solve the mystery but only 48 hours to do it.

What did he discover and why?  Listen to the Podcast to find out.   A story from the “good old days” that's shocking enough to be from today news media.

On line and free to listen to.  Published 10-12-2019 at 7:00 pm

Episode S2-7- A 15 day snow storm, domestic violence, & national attention to a small town in Mtns. of N.C.

A fifteen-day severe weather snow storm struck the east coast in1881.   It became the prequel to a fatal domestic violence incident in McDowell Co. North Carolina. The resulting murder gained national attention and was highlighted in the nationally published magazine the POLICE GAZETTE.  The media documentation quite different than the official records.  Part two is another domestic incident but from a different direction.  Yet just as unfortunate.

On line on 10-05-19 at 7:00 PM

Episode S2-6-  The Doctor did it.

The Shade of Blue Story of the Doctor from New Jersey charged with a federal mail robbery in Asheville NC.  His luck to escape justice lasted many years but Karma finally caught up with the  “Good Doctor”.  The story of his luck and how he almost fooled the FBI, and why he is still referenced in the FBI academy for his surgical skills.

Episode S2- 5-  A murder solved but still not closed. 1936 

In the 1930’s, a senseless homicide took place on the campus of Berea College, A school known as an institution of higher learning and its advocacy of the work ethic. Providing educational opportunities for the young people of  Appalachia.  A murder from the 1930s that you would not be surprised to see on today's  evening news. And you might have.  A 1936  murder, solved but still not closed. 

Episode S2- 4- The Buncombe County Smith Cold Case

Scheduled for September 14, 2019 at 7:00 PM

1997,  A man and his son are looking for deer tracks in North Carolina's Pisgah National Forest. Instead of deer sign they came across human bones, clothing, and other items scattered in the woods near a primitive campsite.  

The remains, were centered around a shallow grave. The grave of a murdered woman.   Investigation found the body to be of a Pennsylvania  missing person, Judy Smith.  Today the murder investigation has never been solved. Was the killing the act of a serial killer or is the answer more simple. Listen and make your own decision.  

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Episode S2-3-  The Murder of 3 year old Lillian Patrick

Three year old Lillian Patrick's step father John Gibson, lived with his eighteen-year-old wife; her three-year old daughter from a previous marriage Lillian. Gibson's 16 year old brother Henry .  

In late November 1900, an anonymous person informed the city health Inspector-Doctor that the Gibson stepdaughter was suffering from smallpox. When the Dr. went to the Gibson house to investigate, he found the three year old dying, but not of smallpox. Instead of a contagious disease a fatal case of sever child abuse was located. This Shade of blue is about the investigation, manhunt and trial of a child killer.

Episode to air Saturday 9-24-19 at 7:00 pm

   Episode S2-1-  What do you do with a Six year old Murder?

   1929 A few Months before stock market crash and the time in our history know as the Great Depression. In the steep hills of  eastern Kentucky on May 18,