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In April 1975, a disheveled hiker walked off the Appalachian Trail in Tennessee and walked straight into a sheriff's department to confess to a murder no one knew had happened. The authorities thought he was a kook looking for a warm jail cell. They were wrong.
In this episode, we explore the strange, haunting case of Paul Wallace Bigley and Janice Kay Balza—a crime that raises unsettling questions about memory, violence, and the darkness that can hide inside an unassuming hiker.
Find everything: all episodes, articles, and videos at: https://blueridgetruecrime.com/
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By Alfred Dockery | Appalachian True CrimeIn April 1975, a disheveled hiker walked off the Appalachian Trail in Tennessee and walked straight into a sheriff's department to confess to a murder no one knew had happened. The authorities thought he was a kook looking for a warm jail cell. They were wrong.
In this episode, we explore the strange, haunting case of Paul Wallace Bigley and Janice Kay Balza—a crime that raises unsettling questions about memory, violence, and the darkness that can hide inside an unassuming hiker.
Find everything: all episodes, articles, and videos at: https://blueridgetruecrime.com/
Direct Links:
Blue Ridge True Crime Substack
Blue Ridge True Crime YouTube Channel