The 1907 Western North Carolina trial of Zeke Austin.  Was it murder or justified homicide?   Why was Evidence unrelated to the death of the victim put before the jury?   Should the judge be allowed to tell his opinion on the case to the jury?   Before th

A bonus podcast of Felon File. This weekend. July fourth, 2021  is the celebration of Independence in the United States of America.   An ongoing experiment in freedom and independence. Podcast producer, Victora vents on the issue of free sp

Episode 6-2, A Certified Nursing Assistant on Death Row Are individuals as fragile as a porcelain statue? The younger the person is, the thinner the protective glaze. When the glaze or porcelain is broken, we can do our best to repair it. Sometimes the br

Episode 6-1. Season Six  The 1926 trial of Deputy Sheriff Two-Gun Ben Fowler In our first story of season, Six of Felon File.  Scott discusses The 1926 trial of Deputy Sheriff Two-Gun Ben Fowler Was he guilty? Or as he claimed framed by his enemies.  List

Bonus start of season 6. Murder of a 7-year-old. A bonus episode by Podcast Producer Victoria, while Scott is doing some research and investigation for the upcoming season six of the felon file podcast.   The Cold case murder of a 7-year-old you

Episode 5-20. Two Homicides from 2011 Ten years.  One decade ago. 2011 was a busy year.   A Lot was going on in the world.   In 2011, Libya's Colonel Muammar Gaddafi was killed by a very serious group of people who didn't like him very

Episode 5-19. Executed twice. Was it Double Jeopardy? 1944 murder of a Louisiana druggist in his own backyard.  Lost evidence and unchallenged confessions. There was a trial of one 15-year-old defendant. He was found guilty and executed.  Twice.

Episode 5-18.  The thirty-year murder case.  A 1900 argument over one man’s wife ends in the death of one of two Mountain cousins.   The shooter disappears only to reappear at the sheriffs office turning himself in and demanding a tria

Episode 5-17, That Special Place in Hell.   Scott discusses three shade of blue stories where the victims are some of our most vulnerable in our society. Three current stories of how the perpetrators were stopped. What they face after being caught an

Who killed the Hermit of spring creek and Why?  Today's discussion and shade of blue story is a homicide from 1939 Madison County, North Carolina.  Who murdered the mountain hermit? How did they get caught? Why were the offenders tried in court