The Felon File

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...

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...

Episode s2-9- The Pennsylvania Turnpike Phantom of 1953.

On the night of July 25. Lester Woodward, a 30 year old freight driver did what freight drivers have been doing for 1000s of years. He got tired and pulled his vehicle over to get some sleep. Hauling freight is an old profession. The methods of doing it have evolved but its still a matter of moving goods from one place to another...

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 s2-11-  Tragic 911 call and the Story of Lucky Joe.  A two part Episode.

A 911 call starts a shade of blue story. A young man calls for help because of his actions. County First responders in the small town of Pilot North Carolina arrived to a shocking, almost unbelievable crime scene.  What did the Deputy see and do, and what was the outcome of this sad and tragic incident. Listen to the episode to learn.  Part two. Luck Joe...

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...

Episode S2- 13.  The Civilian and War Crimes of Champ Ferguson

Thought of by many as a criminal before the civil war he was best know as a notorious Confederate guerrilla leader.  

Accused of many cold-blooded murderers and war crimes, he was thought of as a thief, robber, boot legger, con man and counterfeiter before the Civil War begun.

 He personally claimed to have killed over 100 Union soldiers and pro-Union civilians during the war...

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...

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...

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...