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Who killed the Hermit of spring creek and Why?  Today's discussion and shade of blue story is a homicide from 1939 Madison County, North Carolina.  Who murdered the mountain hermit? How did they get caught? Why were the offenders tried in court twice? Listen and find out. On-Line 5-8-2021 @ 7:00 PM EST FelonFile.com buymeacoffee.com/felonfile

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. FelonFile.com

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 dis...

Episode 5-14. At 15 years old he was told to die in prison. He came close.   Freedom after 82 % of his life was spent behind bars.  Is it constitutional? Legal? Morally right? What alternatives do we have for convicted killers? Lots of questions, what are the answers.  A look at several examples of long prison terms. Felonfile.com https://anchor.fm/felonfile

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, Za...

Episode 5-12.  Cops in Court. Carjacker lectures.  Egg thief Deputy of Buncombe County & Covid crooks In this episode, Cops in Court.  A carjacker lectures a mother on child safety.  The 1800's egg thief Deputy of Buncombe County. The Remo rocket scientist and more Covid crooks. felonfile.com. &  scottlunsfordauthor.com Felon File  • A podcast on Anchor

Episode 5-11. A missing mother, murder, pizza, and Sheriff Ponder. A shade of blue story that takes us from, 1975 south Vietnam. Then to Guam, a refugee camp in Pennsylvania. To Greenville South Carolina then Asheville North Carolina. The Main Street of Marshall in the Mountains of Western North Carolina.  The Federal Court and a final ending in the Columbia South Carolina prison death chambe...

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 t...

Episode 5-9. Murder of the Widow  1951 Lexington North Carolina.  Assault and Murder of a widow in her own home.   The Investigation, Arrest, and Court case.  A review of the findings of the North Carolina Supreme Court.  Was the evidence circumstantial? Was there more to this case? What happened to the defendant?  Was the State right or wrong? &nb...

Episode 5-8,  Confidence Artists of today and yesterday. A phone scam message left on the Host's voice mail sends Scott on another research expedition looking for information to pass along to his listeners.  He also uncovers another Shade of Blue Story that is discussed.    One of the infamous con men of yesterday and how he made his money.   Everyone wants a shortcut...

Episode 5-7. The Morris Murders of 1879 An unsolved murder investigation of Husband and Wife, Charles Henry Morris and Esther Jones Morris of Decatur, Michigan. Murdered in the middle of the night by an unknown person or persons.  What was the motive? Who is the killer?    These questions have never been answered felonfile.com Felon File  • A True Crime podcast 

Episode 5-6,  The Trial of Thomas W Strange. A killing in 1875.   The son of the Sheriff of Haywood county is shot after a disagreement with Thomas Strange, a visitor from Wilmington North Carolina. Who with friends was on a sightseeing and fishing tour of the mountains.  Was the killing self-defense or Murder?  Listen and decide. FelonFile.com

Episode 5-5  Were they hung because of the cat?   Or did they just pick the wrong place and the wrong victim? A daring robbery that went wrong in the  North Carolina  Mountains.  120 years ago. Felonfile.com

Episode 5-3,  Human Trafficking, Juvenile killers, Juvenile Victims and a Million dollar Larceny   The Felon File discussion today is a look at a collection of stories on Human trafficking. Murdering juveniles, and murdered juveniles.  A Car Jacking and Larceny of close to a million dollars. felonfile.com

Episode 5-2 Part two of The The Wigwam Murder. Today's discussion.  Is Part Two of A murder from the 1940s.  A murder That occurred outside of a World War Two military base in England.  The Wigwam Murder. Part Two.  A discussion with D irk D eklein .  Talking to us From Ireland.  He is the writer of the Blog.   History of Sorts.

Episode 5-4-  The Murder of 2 little girls in 1966 Tennessee. Today's discussion.  The killing of two little girls in 1966 Tennessee.    The murder convicted in 1967 but tried a second time in 2008.   What was the reasoning behind the second court case? Listen to the story and decide if it was the right thing to do. Felonfile.com

Episode 5-1 The Wigwam Murder Today's discussion.  A murder from the 1940s outside a World War Two military base in England.   The Wigwam Murder. Part one.  Part two is a discussion with D irk D eklein from Ireland writer of the Blog History of Sorts . 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.  F ound 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 decade...

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 w...

Due to the covid situation we have had to swap up our line up. Episode 4-19 Punishment for a 12-year-old Killer. The killer was a Cops Kid.   Infamous for his punishment.   What did the Judge do?  Did the kid need a second chance?  What did the District Attorney say?  Was the conviction the end of the story?   What do you think?  Listen and decide.   Scottlunsfordauthor.com fivefourtwoandtheblue.c...

The concept of sanity.  How crazy is too crazy?   Just like anything in life you can have too much.   Or too little.  Is too much sanity possible? Not enough insanity can also be an issue. Noncompos mentis.  meaning "not of a sound mind". How do we tell if someone is not mentally sound to stand trial? Should we hold everyone to the same standard of Right vs. Wrong.? When is too much insanity, how...

Episode s-4-17  Abuse, Neglect, and Homicide of our Children The death of any child is a terrible thing, Dwight Eisenhower said. “There’s no tragedy in life like the death of a child. Things never get back to the way they were.” —Dwight D. Eisenhower Today's Episode and shade of blue story cover child neglect issues and cases.       A sad topic but one that can impact an entire community. scottlun...

Episode S-4-16  The Worlds Best Con Man?  Scott discusses another famous conman from the 1920s and thirty's.   There is a fascination with the exploits of the criminal confidence man as well as the apparent gullibility of the victim.  Yet. Lest we forget. We shouldn’t judge others when we might have fallen victim our self's.  If we found our-self in the same situation...

Episode s4-15  Big Bertha the Confidence Woman  Another Shade of Blue Story on con women.  A comparison of some modern methods of swindling money vs. Someone who was described as  "one of the smartest confidence women in America", and  considered by the New York City police to be "the boldest and most expert of the many female adventuresses who infest the country."  S...

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...