9-16. The Pollard Murder, a fair trial or "Judicial Murder."

One Murder. Four Defendants. No legal defense lawyers. Was it a fair Trail? Was the right man hung? Did someone get away with murder? Listen and decide.

9-15. Firsts in N.C. Law enforcement History

History can be made anywhere and anytime. Here are two Shade of Blue Stories of firsts in North Carolina History and perhaps in the United States.

9-14. The Forest City Incident. 

Race and class hatred seethed beneath the surface of early twentieth-century North Carolina. Here and there, it erupted to the surface, like in the events in Forest City, North Carolina, in 1900. Sometimes even under lock and key, Evil happens.

https://anchor.fm/felonfile/episodes/9-14--The-Forest-City-Incident-e1uniac

9-13. The 1845 weeklong marriage and murder.

How far would you go to fix something or make another happy? What do you do when mom doesn't like the new Bride? A shade of blue story on how one man tried to fix things.  What was the outcome? Listen to find out.

https://anchor.fm/felonfile/episodes/9-13--The-1845-weeklong-marriage-and-murder-e1uccvr

9-12. 400 Versions, One True Story

Did Stag a Lee kill over a Stetson Hat? A story of murder with over 400  Versions but  only One True Story

Living forever in a song.

https://anchor.fm/felonfile/episodes/9-12--400-Versions-One-True-Story-e1u57qf

9-11. The 1890s missing peddler. 

Samuel Tucker made his living as a peddler in the early 1890s in Franklin County, North Carolina. Needing a place to spend the night, he arranged to rent a room from two sisters overnight. Though recommended by one of his customers, Samuel Tucker was never seen alive again. What became of Samuel? What was the fallout of his disappearance? Listen to discover.

https://anchor.fm/felonfile/episodes/9-11--The-1890s-missing-peddler-e1ttr5u

9-10. Don't Mess with the Postmistress, and Is making a joyful noise illegal?

The first lady Postmaster in the United  States and her court cases.  Story two, is singing off-key illegal?  The case heard by the North Carolina Supreme Court, and the ruling.  

https://anchor.fm/felonfile/episodes/9-10--Dont-Mess-with-the-Postmistress--Is-making-a-joyful-noise-illegal-e1tkmpp

9-9. Law Order and Waffles

In the criminal justice system, fast food-based offenses are considered especially heinous.

In the south, the dedicated detectives investigating these vicious crimes are members of an elite group known as the Waffle House Unit. These are their stories. BONUS: Learn to speak Waffel House!

https://anchor.fm/felonfile/episodes/9-9--Law-Order-and-Waffles-e1tkoer

9-8.  Escaped Killer or Hero US Marshall.

What happened to the two fugitives from the 1889 Buncombe County “Bastille” jail breakout? Where did they go? Where did they hide? You will be surprised. Listen and find out. Online at 7:00 pm 1-14-23. Found on many Podcast platforms.

https://anchor.fm/felonfile/episodes/9-8--Escaped-Killer-or-Hero-US-Marshall-e1tf46o

The Buncombe Bastille Breakout

episode 9-7

Jail facilities and the ways of incarcerating people have steadily changed over the years in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Western North Carolina is no exception. From stocks in the town square of Asheville (“Morristown”) To more modern facilities that were, at the time, the best that money could build.

The Buncombe co. In its many constructions, Jail has, at times, been full of criminals, both State and federal, some of whom were men of means and Influence. Men who could afford outside help to make their escape. Or at least make it a matter of more than a mere possibility.

This shade of blue story is about a forgotten 1886 escape from one of the previous jails in Buncombe County.