Red Dot Pod

So far, you've heard the story of David Andersen, the primary coconspirator in the case that sent Stahl to prison. But who were the other coconspirators wrapped up in the scheme? Join us as we learn about Ingeborg Karow Bain and the broader pattern both were a part of.

An intro to the Red Dot House and the man behind it - the craziest story ever to come out of Boone, North Carolina.

Piecing together conversations with Stahl himself as well as sources who have come forward since the podcast released. We revisit the house with guests who attended it, talk to another person wrapped up in Stahl's insurance scheme, and discuss a bunch of other ventures Stahl has been involved in before and after prison.

So far, you've heard the story of David Andersen, the primary coconspirator in the case that sent Stahl to prison. But who were the other coconspirators the government mentions in Stahl's case? Where do they fit in? Were they knowing participants or unwitting victims? 

Against all odds, we have been provided the personal records of another individual wrapped in Stahl's insurance scheme- one Ingeborg Karow.

Episode 3 takes a deeper look into Dr. Stahl's most enduring legacy... his infamous house. The black hillside mansion which towered over the town of Boone for a decade has now been torn down.

Join us as we take you back in time to dissect the rumors and mysterious details around the Red Dot House. 

A breakdown of how Stahl netted $5 million in insurance payouts, the federal indictment that sent him to prison, a discussion on insurance fraud with one of his prosecutors, and the questions that remain about Stahl crime...

Welcome to "The Red Dot Pod". Our podcast tells the story of Dr. Richard Stahl, a former App State professor imprisoned in the early 2000s for wire fraud after the mysterious death of a coconspirator led to Stahl receiving a $5 million insurance payout. Stahl is a fascinating and controversial character of the North Carolina high country who built an ostentatious black mansion that was the subject of local lore for many years - the mansion was known in the town of Boone as "The Red Dot House". 

The infamous house became the center of a rumor mill in the town it stood for 25 years. It was around 10,000 square feet, long and rectangular in shape, jammed in the side of a mountain overlooking the college town of Boone, North Carolina. It was painted pitch black, with a bright red dot near the apex of its main wall. The inside was also far from mundane - designed and decorated so unusually that it stirred the most outlandish of rumors from aliens to satanic cults. 

But the house is only the beginning of the story... 

The original builder and owner was a longstanding professor of education at Appalachian State University named Dr. Richard Stahl. He vacated the house in 2004 to serve a prison term, following a 24-count federal indictment for a complicated life insurance scheme that ended with one coconspirator dead and Stahl $5 million richer. 

Join us on a this journey as we tell the fascinating story of Dr. Richard Stahl, his crime, and his infamous red dot house. 

Our plan is to share with you all the details and viewpoints we can find, with a healthy dose of our own thoughts... and to let you draw your own conclusions.