Junction City Justice

Send us Fan Mail Ogden, Utah - From the 1930's to the 1950's Henry Garcia Allred detected his way through and around Two-Bit Street, putting down a number of high profile burglaries and robberies. Born in Chihuahua Mexico and ultimately migrating back to Ogden. On his off-duty time he sang in musicals, acted in plays, and was in a barbershop quartet. How does a man possess the dichotomy...

Send us Fan Mail Ogden, Utah - Junction City -  Finn's career as a lawman and copper begins as the Roaring 20's begin, bursting onto the scene filled with promise and prosperity. But much as the Great Depression loomed to bring the Gilded Age crashing to an end, will the same happen to Finn? With an innate knack due to skill and street knowledge of putting himself in the right place at t...

Send us Fan Mail D.B. Ballantyne, one of the first members of the local Vice Squad, pick-axe murder investigator, shot at by a popular local baseball player, and the primary officer in the greatest and most involved police chase I have ever heard of. Take a trip back into the 30's, 40's, and 50's of Junction City with David Burton Ballantyne, Sergeant of Detectives who supervised CE...

Send us Fan Mail What drives a widowed mother of four to Police work in an actual era in which females in the profession were unheard of and controversial? Meet Fanny Adeline Jones Sanders, or Addie J Sanders as she preferred to be known. Addie was a remarkable woman. Not only was she not just satisfied with being a groundbreaker in the turbulent and violent times of the 20's, 30's, and...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 5, the first benchmark of many. Our first sit-down interview with a living legend. Bill Stettler had a 30 plus year career that spanned the 60's, 70's, 80's, and 90's. Bill discusses with us his time in the Marine Corps and the many experiences of Ogden as a Police Officer. Bill was also gracious enough to discuss investigating the notorious Hi-Fi murde...

Send us Fan Mail Baseball game riots, Black-Hand gangsters, and "Skulking dope peddlers", from 1900-1931 Captain James Robert "Bob" Burk's career spanned the gap between Pender and Noble/Keeter. Noted for his heavy hand and impeccable memory, Burk's legacy is tied into Black-Hand gang leader JH Martin, who due to the time period was able to change his name multiple ti...

Send us Fan Mail Staying in the time period of the 1920's-1940's, the natural transition is to talk about Noble's longtime partner, Clifford Kenneth Keeter. CK Keeter had a 32 year career with many ups and a couple of downs. He worked an axe murdering serial killer case and some other famous homicides. Keeter also had what started out as a friendly turned contentious relationship wi...

Send us Fan Mail In the Police profession the word "Noble" is thrown out quite a bit. *Insert Your Own Thoughts Here, however, in this particular instance the word is entirely appropriate. Look up a picture of the man and he looks like anyone else from that era. But all 5'10 180 lbs of the average looking Charles Everett Noble was a policing powerhouse. From 1918-1942 C.E. Noble and...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 1 and who better to start with than the larger-than-life man who stepped into a role in the larger-than-life town you've never heard of. Turn of the Century Ogden, Utah. Railroad crossroads to the western United States. A bustling town with a lively downtown centered around 25th Street bursting with Hotels, Saloons, Restaurants, Cafe's, and abutted by Electric Al...