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The five four two and the Blue Podcast. .. Discussions of law enforcement history. issues and incidents in the Appalachian Mountains. Hosted by Scott Lunsford, retired police detective sergeant. Author and researcher.
Some quick local history to gain some perspective of the area.
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Episode- 3- Montford Avenue Murder / The Trial
On the morning of May 10- 1927, a maid walking to work discovered the body of a women in a ravine on Montford Avenue. This begun one of the most sensational crimes, investigations and trials in that time period.
The Investigation and trial had impact through out Buncombe County and the City of Asheville at that time...
Episode- 4- Five dead in ten Minutes, Asheville NC 1906
A discussion about the Asheville North Carolina of 1906. The 5 homicides that occurred in a 10 minute span rampage, the investigation and man hunt reported as far away as New York City .
The murder Will Harris is quoted as saying before shot by an avenging public.
"I come from hell,…. from Charlotte, ….....
Shortly before midnight Tuesday November 10, 1964, masks, guns and other disguises were collected by four young men. The burglary and robbery tools placed in a burlap bag, hidden under the hood of a pick-up truck just in case they were stopped by police at some point.
The robbery team consisting of a 23, 27, 19, and a 16 year old, drove to the farm of Charlie Lunsford. The four men drove around the area several times to make sure police were not in the area...
Episode -6 The Miller Manhunt
Many in the Appalachian Mountains are familiar with the murder and killing rampage that occurred in 1906 Asheville North Carolina. The Gunman, Will Harris’s manhunt and killing related to his shooting of several individuals both white and African American...
Episode -8- Murder and attempted Murder on the Appalachian Trail
The shade of blue in this podcast on five for two and the blue. Puts us in the great outdoors along the Appalachian Trail.
For those of you who don’t know The Appalachian National Scenic Trail, generally known as the Appalachian Trail or simply the A.T...
Episode - 9. Witchcraft Trials in Tenn,, Ghostly evidence and Court testimony in West Virginia
Episode 9. Three Shades of Blue stories, for Five Four Two and the Blue.
Three stories of Law enforcement, and the court system.
Two Witchcraft Trials in Tenn.
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A Shade of Blue story of, Ghostly evidence and Court testimony in West Virginia.
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Five Four Two and the Blue episode - 10 -gambling in the Mountains
Scheduled for April 27, 2019 at 7:00 PM
Illegal gambling in the Mountains. Cases from 1901, 1955 and 1977.A look at the differences of how the Evil of Gambling and "Gambling Dens" was handled.
In 1901 the NC state Legislature passed a new Anti-Gambling Law...
Five Four Two and the Blue episode - 13 – 1901 murder of a sleeping family.
On the night of September 21st, 1909, a knock on a cabin door and a neighborly welcome turned to murder. The family knew the visitor and quite naturally opened their home to him. By nine o’clock, all six family members were asleep. Using a pistol, a knife, and a hatchet the visitor is said to have slain the entire family, then set the cabin on fire and left...
Episode -11 The Murder of 17 year old Muriel Baldridge in 1947
The Podcast starts with a brief musical ballad telling the story of a tragic event from the Appalachian Mountains. The Ballad written in 1949, the recording made in 1977.
The Ballad tell the story of the tragic Murder of Muriel Baldridge, the 17-year old high school cheerleader who was found beaten to death under a bridge the morning of June 28, 1949 in Prestonsburg, Kentucky...