1871 Murder of the Silas Weston Family Episode 10-3Murder or Lynching.? Who escaped and how? The entitled suspects were caught, but one escaped which caused a legacy of lies to grow with the assistance of a local writer for a New York City News Paper ye

The 1869 murder of a Congressman.Since the United States Congress was established in 1789, fifteen members havebeen killed while in office, and fourteen have suffered severe injuries fromattacks. The felon files look at some of those incidents, includi

9-25. Did the Lt. Governor get away with murder?In the middle of the day, the S.C. Lt. Gov. shot and killed his loudest opponent on a capital street. He had just lost the election for Governor. Was it murder or self-defense?--- Send in a voice messag

9-24. Criminal or Hero? What's your perspective? 1860s USA. Brother against brother. Neighbor against neighbor. It's hard to tell who is the hero vs. the criminal. As the old saying goes, "You can't tell the good guys from the bad guys w

Podcast 9-23. The Strange Florida Murder of 1865Lord Byron told his readers of Lady Adeline and Don Juan "'Tis strangebut true; for truth is always strange; Stranger thanfiction." Mark Twain wrote, "Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fic

9-22 The murdering wife of Georgia 1876Robert Southern was the most eligible bachelor in Pickens County,Georgia. He probably wasn't the most suitable, but the media of the day said he was. Described as tall and handsome, from a locally prominent fam

9-21. The 1894 Sixteen-Year-Old Murderess Was it Love, honor, or, as one Newspaper said, "she was just a Holy Terror."--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/felonfile/message

9-20. A Presidential arrest. (& No, it's not what you think) Where was the Secret Service in 1872 when the President was arrested? Not exactly sure, but listen to find some historical details. On the Felon File. Listen anytime for stories of rea

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9-19. 1927 Goldsboro NC Murder of a 15-year-old girl. The body of a 15-year-old girl was found by her father one evening, Thursday, 8 December 1927, lyingbeside a path, thirty-five or forty yards from his home in Wayne County, N.C. Who did it and why.