The Felon File

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...

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 1...

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 &n...

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....

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. scottlunsfordauthor.com

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. Lester had...

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 t...

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...

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 &nbsp...

Episode Bonus # 3-  Police Chiefs coming and going.   Chiefs and heads of law enforcement have been resigning for as long as there has been law enforcement. Is recent coverage in the media different than any other time. Is there more to the story. Listen and decide for your self. Scottlunsfordauthor.com https://anchor.fm/scott-lunsford

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 mur...

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 sma...

Episode s2-2- 160 years ago a Congressman shot & killed the son of Francis Scott Key near the white house and witnesses In April of 1859, New York Congressman Daniel Sickles became the first person in history to ever be acquitted of a crime due to temporary insanity. The crime in this case was the  murder of Philip Barton Key II , the son of Francis Scott Key , author of “The Star-Spangle...

Episode Bonus - 2- More Appalachian trail murder mysteries. Schedule for 8/17/19 at 7:00 PM A Bonus edition of Five  Four Two and the Blue More Appalachian trail murder mysteries. As Scott related in podcast Episode eight .   Murder and attempted Murder on the Appalachian Trail.    The Trail is mostly a quiet, serene, and blissful place.  Many go there to escape the p...

Episode Bonus - 1- A Serial killer and murdering politicians   Political corruption is a common thread that runs throughout the history of mankind.   As is just regular old fashioned murder.  It runs from the jaw bone of an ass to the voting both. We look at Serial Killer Little and the murdering Lt. Governor who killed a rival in broad daylight on the street in front of a...

The California Cold case that ended in a small town in Western North Carolina. Part 2: Moonshine! Today’s shade of blue story,  is a 1985 story that starts all the way across the country to the west coast. The land of make be-leave and stories. But the story begins its ending here, in the mountains of Appalachia.  If you grew up in the 70’s and 80’s the victim’s name might not be familia...

Episode-23-   The Ballad of Poor Ellen Smith and the truth behind the song. This episode starts with The Ballad of Poor Ellen Smith .  The morning of July 21, 1892, the body of Ellen Smith was found behind the Zinzendorf Hotel in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Shot through the heart. The story of Ellen Smith’s murder is a classic tale of seduction and betrayal. A beautiful but innoc...

Episode -22- The 1970s  Virginia Bunny man mystery and Investigation. Who was the Virginia Bunny man? Ghost? Specter from the past? A crazed ax welding man in a rabbit costume?. Perhaps a simply misunderstood guy who liked to dress up as a Bunny. If so why the ax? Find out the reality of the 1970’s story of the Virginia Bunny Man and the police investigation into his existence.  scottlun...

Episode -20- The Right Rev. George Washington Carawan and the school teacher Charles  Lassiter. 1852. Though a preacher of the gospel, The Reverend George Washington Carawan, was a  prominent and powerful North Carolina Baptist minister. A man of violent temper and strong animal passions, more likely to inspire terror than piety in the community and those around him.  The sorrows he...

A cold 1904 January in Mitchel County North Carolina, the body of a young man is found lying near the railroad tracks. Lying face first in or near a small creek, The young man shot three times in the head and five in the back.   The county Coroner was summed and an inquest held. In 1900’s North Carolina many times the initial investigation of a death or homicide was completed by a coroner's j...

Episode-18- Why did the Deputy shoot Tom Mashburn? & Who killed the father of NC Ginseng Trade The song says Someone may have shot the sheriff and claims they did not shoot the deputy, but we do know for sure that the Deputy shot Tom Mashburn. Part 2- Is it true that the murder will return to the scene of the crime? The fact is sometimes he does. How this and 1800 CSI work solved the killing o...

Episode- 17- A 1960s unusual disappearance and missing person case with connections to Western N.C.  A new shade of blue looking at an unusual disappearance and missing person investigation. In the mid 1960’s  Mary Little was a Bank secretary in Atlanta, Georgia, she disappeared from the parking lot of Lenox Square Mall shopping one night. Unusual evidence is uncovered in the investigati...

The Murder of W. W. “Bill” Ormond by Mr. William Bonaparte Cole.   Episode - 16- Part 2.   Part two of the Murder of W. W. “Bill” Ormond by Mr. William Bonaparte Cole.   W. “Bill” Ormond, a veteran of the trench warfare of World War One was a young man returning home from war. He becomes romantically involved with Influential Mill owner, Mr.  William Cole’s daughter. &nbsp...

Episode -15 The 1925 Murder of W. W. “Bill” Ormond by Mr. William Bonaparte Cole.  Part one. Saturday June 1st at 7:00 pm. William Bonaparte Cole started in N.C. textiles at the age of fifteen as a mill bookkeeper in Rockingham, NC. Cole was able to advance himself to becoming a powerful Mill Owner, Businessman and resident of Rockingham North Carolina. W. “Bill” Ormond, a veteran of the tren...