The Felon File

Episode 3-10 ---The JFK Assassination and the Boone N.C. triple Murder connection.  Did a North Carolina man give President Kennedy’s assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald a ride from Dealey Plaza to the Oak Cliff area of Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963?  Was this man connected to Dallas Police Officer Tippet’s death? How is this man also connected to an unsolved 1972 triple homicide in Boone...

Episode 3-9 ---  1902 fratricide with an eleven year old killer. A shade of blue story,  of a Juvenile offender homicide investigation. The idea of homicidal children is nothing new. In episode one of season two of 542 and the blue. We discussed a murder by a six year old in Kentucky. This not a symptom of the times we live in.  Juvenile killers have been with us throughout history....

Episode 3 - 8 - Arrest in Cold Case slaying of teenage boy 29 years ago Advancements in forensic technology, not available in 1991, when a 14 year old young man was found shot twice in the head.  Have led to the arrest of a Restaurant Chain Company President in 2020.

Episode 3  -  7-    An 80 year old open child abduction investigation Eighty years ago, Marjorie vanished while at a Mother’s Day picnic in the forest with her family. To this day she is the subject of one of the oldest unsolved cases recorded by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children . Her search was one of the largest for a child since the Lindbergh baby...

Episode 3-5,  Power, control and death  A shad of Blue about power, control and death.  How is the birth of the first surviving set of identical quadruplets on May 23, 1946, connected to a crime spree that ended dramatically almost 40 years latter.   A story that starts 74 years ago in Milton, North Carolina that explodes in the death of 9 family members in 1985. Listen to...

Episode 3-4 A view of the Asheville Police Dept from 1970 and 1983 Mr. Bob Terrell.  Terrell wrote for the Asheville Citizen-Times for over fifty years.  Terrell is also the author of several Police related books.  A must read for history and law enforcement historians is The Will Harris Murders: November 13, 1906, a Night in Which Asheville Was a Tougher Town Than Tombstone and Dodge City Rolled...

Episode 3-3   --- Political Prisoner or Murderer ? The 1957 Murder of Two North Carolina Highway Patrolmen. Is the killer, Frank Wetzel a cold-blooded killer or a political prisoner? Some say the most notorious prisoner in North Carolina history was silvery-haired, sparkly-eyed Frank Edward Wetzel, inmate No. 11021-OS, serving two consecutive life terms at the Vance Correctional Center....

Episode 3-2   Justice denied and justice delivered.    The Killing of an Asheville North Carolina police officer in 1911.

Episode 3-1 The Satanic Panic - Dungeon and Dragons and murder.    In the late 80’s  a phenomenon know as the Satanic Panic characterized by  a fear about the presence of Satanic ritual abuse in one's community, state or country showed up in many cities and communities.   Today's Shade of Blue is about the game that allegedly led to the Murder of a step father over a two m...

Bonus 3 #6  Wyatt Outlaw Today's shade of blue story is about one of the First African American  Law enforcement Officers in the state of North Carolina.    Mr. Wyatt Outlaw.

Bonus 5  Redhead Murder and Nazi Found and removed.  Serial killer 1983 to 1985 and A monster  found hiding in the United States. Federal Court orders him to be removed from the U.S.

Bonus season 3 #4 The killing of the father in law. A short look at a domestic incident that went wrong.

Bonus 3  #3  Two N.C. Cold Cases As time passes  felonious minds have been attempting to get better at getting away with murder. According to the F  B  I. Uniform Crime Reports.  In 2016.  nearly 40 percent of murder and non-negligent manslaughter cases went uncleared, This can cause grief for victims’ families and frustration for investigators.  some of who...

bonus -A killing among friends Today’s shade of blue bonus story, for five for two and the blue is a bonus episode to hold over till season three starts on the third Saturday of March.   Today is a brief look at an incident and court case in Madison County North Carolina. November 1962.

Episode -S2-25   Wrongfully convicted - Illegally executed by South Carolina Paxvill south Carolina Calvary Baptist Church Cemetery There is a large dark tomb stone to be found here.  The stone reads,October twenty first 1929  - June 16 1944. Wrongfully convicted    Illegally executed by South Carolina. A shade of blue  discussion on George Stinney. Junior’s...

Episode -S2-24  Juvenile death penalties.  Juvenile death penalties.   How young is two young to be executed for you crimes? Learn more at the Five Four Two and the Blue Podcast on line free on 1-25-2020 scottlunsfordauthor.com anchor.fm/scott-lunsford.com or your favorite Pod Cast App.

Episode -S2-23“Five O” Stories from a Police agency  not in the Appalachian mountains yet still associated with mountains non the less. Sharp mountains created by volcanic action  much more recently than our Appalachian mountains. During a visit to the state of Hawaii. I was curious how law enforcement was done in paradise and looked for some Hawaii shade of blue stories. Learn more at t...

Episode -S2-22 The Atlanta Ripper of 1911 Most know of Jack the Ripper of London, Son of Sam, and Ted Bundy. But many are not aware of the terror of the so called “Atlanta Ripper” who started his notoriety in 1911 in the City of Atlanta. Seventy years later, the notion of a serial killer once again captured the city's imagination, when more than 20 young African American males were found murdered....

Episode -S2-21-  Violence and school shootings  Violence and shootings at schools is not a new phonomina.  The incidents in American go back to the 1800s.  An issue that should concern us greatly is that 70% of the perpetrators of school shootings were under the age of 18, with the median age of 16.    Five four two and the Blue Episode S-2-21 is a discussion of some...

Episode -S2 - 20 A look at the first court cases in Buncombe County North Carolina. A Shade of Blue look at the first court cases in Buncombe County North Carolina. The crimes and the punishments.  The results of trials and how they affected others.  Scottlunsfordauthor.com

Episode -S2 18  Shootout at the Ironton jail Pulp detective magazines and the stories they have run have documented incidents in the Appalachian Mountains going back to the 40’s .   True Detective Mysteries in the article T he shootout at the Ironton jail. Wrote about the former World war II Veteran who became Chief of police of his home town.   He survived  the battle of...

Episode S2- 18. The Thorny Rose- Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch connection to Tnn. Laura Bullion was  a member of Butch Cassidy 's Wild Bunch .  At 15 she was romantically involved with the outlaw Ben Kilpatrick ("The Tall Texan"), bank and train robber.   Nicknamed "The Thorny Rose". Her story started in the Wild West and ends as one of our Shade of Blue stories in Appalachia.&nbs...

Episode S 2-17 Repeat offenders and killers. This Shade of Blue Story, for Five Four Two and the Blue, starts in Asheville North Carolina in the mid 1970s. Two Asheville Police officers on patrol locate a body in the snow. Addiction, Murder, and more drugs. It ends years later in Virginia Beach Virginia. A second shade of Blue, tells the story of a repeat offender from 1910. A murder that impacts...

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. Such is the case of...

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 Ol...