When a friend said to me, “What about an episode about that time the Wright’s Chicken Farm kids were kidnapped?” I had to know more. Today’s episode comes right from the newspaper archives, from March of 1979. 

Episode Source Material: 

• State v. Ballard :: 1982 :: Rhode Island Supreme Court Decisions
• STATE v. BALLARD | FindLaw
• Newport Daily News Newspaper Archives, Mar 10, 1979, p. 1
• Newport Daily News Newspaper Archives, Mar 9, 1979
• Newport Daily News Newspaper Archives Aug 16, 1979
• Newport Daily News Newspaper Archives, Oct 16, 1979, p. 8
• Newport Daily News Newspaper Archives, Mar 13, 1980, p. 8
• Wright's rules the roost