Episode-18- Why did the Deputy shoot Tom Mashburn? & Who killed the father of NC Ginseng Trade The song says Someone may have shot the sheriff and claims they did not shoot the deputy, but we do know for sure that the Deputy shot Tom Mashburn. Part 2-

Episode- 17- A 1960s unusual disappearance and missing person case with connections to Western N.C.  A new shade of blue looking at an unusual disappearance and missing person investigation. In the mid 1960’s  Mary Little was a Bank secretary in

The Murder of W. W. “Bill” Ormond by Mr. William Bonaparte Cole.   Episode - 16- Part 2.   Part two of the Murder of W. W. “Bill” Ormond by Mr. William Bonaparte Cole.   W. “Bill” Ormond, a veteran of the trench warfare of World War On

Episode -15 The 1925 Murder of W. W. “Bill” Ormond by Mr. William Bonaparte Cole.  Part one. Saturday June 1st at 7:00 pm. William Bonaparte Cole started in N.C. textiles at the age of fifteen as a mill bookkeeper in Rockingham, NC. Cole was able to

Crime and punishment in the Appalachian Mountains.  On Oct. 2, 1905, A man was hung at Marshall NC the County seat of Madison County.  Most of us history nuts in the Western NC area are familiar with the Hanging of Peter Smith.   Growing up

Five Four Two and the Blue episode - 13 – 1901  murder of a sleeping family.   On the night of September 21st, 1909, a knock on a cabin door and a neighborly welcome turned to murder.  The family knew the visitor and quite naturally opened

Episode -12- Big Al Capone in the Appalachians Big Al in the Appalachians.    Did the famous gangster "Scarface" Al Capone keep an apartment and hide out in Johnson City Tnn?  And was the Mob involved with the death of a whole family in N.C

Episode -11 The Murder of 17 year old Muriel Baldridge  in 1947 The Podcast starts with a brief musical ballad telling the story of a  tragic event from the Appalachian Mountains.  The Ballad written in 1949, the recording made in 1977. The

Five Four Two and the Blue episode - 10 -gambling in the Mountains Scheduled for April 27, 2019 at 7:00 PM Illegal gambling in the Mountains.  Cases from 1901, 1955 and 1977.A look at the differences of how the Evil of Gambling and "Gambling Dens" wa

 Episode - 9. Witchcraft Trials in Tenn,, Ghostly evidence and Court testimony in West Virginia Episode 9.   Three Shades of Blue stories, for Five Four Two and the Blue.   Three stories of Law enforcement, and the court system.