The Felon File

The Buncombe Co. Lynching of 1897 (E-12-9)

August 8, 1897, around 11:30, Kittie Henderson waswalking home by herself from church when a man attacked her. Knocking her down, he forced her into the wooded area next to the road.  He threatened and assaulted her. Leaving her to die beside the road. But she did not. What happened next becomes an ugly part of Buncombe History.

Some people are just hard to kill. (12-8)

A homeless Irishman from County Donegal who lived in

North Carolina John & Jane Doe Homicides (12-7)In the grim landscape of crime, some cases stand out not for their lurid details but for their profound tragedy: the unsolved homicides of John and Jane Does. These are the victims whose names are unknown, their stories silenced, their identities lost to the mists of time. While headline-grabbing cases often monopolize public attention, we must recognize the importance of dedicating resources and expertise to investigating these unidentified victims. They represent not just unsolved crimes but also the potential for healing for families that may not even know their loved one has been taken.

The story of the Pizza Gate Man.(Episode 12-6)

Who was he? What did he do then, before and after the media circus of Pizza Gate?  Hero or Villain?

Actor John Goodman may have said it best.

“People just do the strangest things when they believe they’re entitled. But they do even stranger things when they just plain believe.”

— John Goodman

The Murder of Karen Styles (12-5)

Karen Styles was a gifted and kind individual. Graduated High School in 1990. Continuing to college, where she helped create a program for disabled youth & kept 3 jobs while staying on the Dean's List

Styles' college years were marked by exceptional commitment and accomplishments. 1994, she received her Bachelor of Science in therapeutic recreation from Western Carolina University. She completed a 12-week internship at a Montana wilderness camp and then part-time work at Asheville Mall. Styles' passion for wilderness programming led her to a job at a South Carolina state-run wilderness camp. Taking a role in the program's development.

Twenty-two-year-old Karen Styles had a 2 p.m. shift at the mall on October 31, 1994. Before her shift, she planned to run.  That  Halloween morning, Styles disappeared into the National Forest.   When she did not return home, A search was initiated.  She would not be located alive.

Every story needs a beginning or a starting place.

Nellie Ellis Green was born on Halloween day, 31st of

At 19 Nellie married 23-year-old Alton Reid Freeman on

After five months of marriage, Alton was done. He was

Assault by Banjo

A 63-year-old man who played in a bluegrass band was charged with murder after beating his wife to death with two banjos. A Hungarian tourist killed an Auckland man by shoving a banjo in his mouth.  In 1880, a Banjo player finds his lady in the company of another man.  A physical altercation ensued between them.  The banjo man tried to leave.  In a fit of rage, she lunged at the musician, who struck her in the face with the rim of his heavy, brass-bound banjo.  Assault by

The Asheville Monkey (12-1)

106 years ago, on July 16, 1916, a flood changed the City of Asheville's

Murder of Lucy Pollard

June 14, 1895, a 56-year-old housewife named Lucy Pollard was found brutally murdered not far from her modest farmhouse near a rural hamlet in Lunenburg County, Va., about 65 miles southwest of Richmond.