Episode S2-7- A 15 day snow storm, domestic violence, & national attention to a small town in Mtns. of N.C.

A fifteen-day severe weather snow storm struck the east coast in1881.   It became the prequel to a fatal domestic violence incident in McDowell Co. North Carolina. The resulting murder gained national attention and was highlighted in the nationally published magazine the POLICE GAZETTE.  The media documentation quite different than the official records.  Part two is another domestic incident but from a different direction.  Yet just as unfortunate.

On line on 10-05-19 at 7:00 PM

Episode S2-6-  The Doctor did it.

The Shade of Blue Story of the Doctor from New Jersey charged with a federal mail robbery in Asheville NC.  His luck to escape justice lasted many years but Karma finally caught up with the  “Good Doctor”.  The story of his luck and how he almost fooled the FBI, and why he is still referenced in the FBI academy for his surgical skills.

Episode S2- 5-  A murder solved but still not closed. 1936 

In the 1930’s, a senseless homicide took place on the campus of Berea College, A school known as an institution of higher learning and its advocacy of the work ethic. Providing educational opportunities for the young people of  Appalachia.  A murder from the 1930s that you would not be surprised to see on today's  evening news. And you might have.  A 1936  murder, solved but still not closed. 

Episode Bonus # 3-  Police Chiefs coming and going. 

 Chiefs and heads of law enforcement have been resigning for as long as there has been law enforcement.

Is recent coverage in the media different than any other time. Is there more to the story. Listen and decide for your self.

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Episode S2- 4- The Buncombe County Smith Cold Case

Scheduled for September 14, 2019 at 7:00 PM

1997,  A man and his son are looking for deer tracks in North Carolina's Pisgah National Forest. Instead of deer sign they came across human bones, clothing, and other items scattered in the woods near a primitive campsite.  

The remains, were centered around a shallow grave. The grave of a murdered woman.   Investigation found the body to be of a Pennsylvania  missing person, Judy Smith.  Today the murder investigation has never been solved. Was the killing the act of a serial killer or is the answer more simple. Listen and make your own decision.  

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Episode S2-3-  The Murder of 3 year old Lillian Patrick

Three year old Lillian Patrick's step father John Gibson, lived with his eighteen-year-old wife; her three-year old daughter from a previous marriage Lillian. Gibson's 16 year old brother Henry .  

In late November 1900, an anonymous person informed the city health Inspector-Doctor that the Gibson stepdaughter was suffering from smallpox. When the Dr. went to the Gibson house to investigate, he found the three year old dying, but not of smallpox. Instead of a contagious disease a fatal case of sever child abuse was located. This Shade of blue is about the investigation, manhunt and trial of a child killer.

Episode to air Saturday 9-24-19 at 7:00 pm

Episode s2-2- 160 years ago a Congressman shot & killed the son of Francis Scott Key near the white house and witnesses

In April of 1859, New York Congressman Daniel Sickles became the first person in history to ever be acquitted of a crime due to temporary insanity.

The crime in this case was the  murder of Philip Barton Key II, the son of Francis Scott Key, author of “The Star-Spangled Banner,” the national anthem of the United States.

Sickles approached Key in DC’s Lafayette Square — a short distance from the White House –and shot him in the groin.

“You villain, you have dishonored my house, and you must die!” Sickles reportedly said.

He shot Key again in the chest and would have shot him directly in the head had the gun not misfired.

On line 8-13-2019 at 7:00 pm

   Episode S2-1-  What do you do with a Six year old Murder?

   1929 A few Months before stock market crash and the time in our history know as the Great Depression. In the steep hills of  eastern Kentucky on May 18, two young boys got into a argument over the ownership of a simple piece of scrap Iron.   

Usually the two got along well and would play together.  Losing the fight over the hunk of iron the younger of the two went home, located a firearm and purposely shot his friend.  The incident and court case gained nationwide  attention.  It all came down to one question. 

What do you do with a Six year old Murder?

To be aired Aug. 24, 2019 7:00 pm

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Episode Bonus - 2- More Appalachian trail murder mysteries.

Schedule for 8/17/19 at 7:00 PM

A Bonus edition of Five  Four Two and the Blue

More Appalachian trail murder mysteries. As Scott related in podcast Episode eight .   Murder and attempted Murder on the Appalachian Trail.   

The Trail is mostly a quiet, serene, and blissful place.  Many go there to escape the pressure of modern urban society.  

A devise collection of people can be found hiking on the trail. But like the society that  many hike get away from.  There are still individuals with evil intents.

Episode Bonus - 1- A Serial killer and murdering politicians 

 Political corruption is a common thread that runs throughout the history of mankind.   As is just regular old fashioned murder.  It runs from the jaw bone of an ass to the voting both. We look at Serial Killer Little and the murdering Lt. Governor who killed a rival in broad daylight on the street in front of a police officer.  Find out what happened and what is still happening in this Shade of Blue Podcast. 

on line 8-10-2019 8:00 pm