Who Was the Phantom Killer of the Pennsylvania Turnpike?
About 4 pm on July 25, 1953, Lester Woodward, a 30-year-old truck driver, was found shot to death in the […]
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Through the Mill to a Moonshine Still
Revenue officers knew there was a still near Hester & Thompson’s mill, in the northern part of Wake County, along
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The NC Store Burglary That Ended in a Gun Battle
It was a rainy Friday night in February 1901 in the village of Emma, NC, three miles west of Asheville.
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Larkin Liles, Man of Honor and Mayhem: Fact or Fiction
As you know, I spend a bit of time scouring Appalachian history books in search of extraordinary crime stories and
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Charles Folias, Whiskey Caveman: Fact or Fiction
The September 29, 1882, New York Times carried the following item on the front page: NOVEL CAPTURE OF A MOONSHINER
Appalachian True Crime Quiz
I’ve been working on a quiz for a while now. The struggle is where you start and where you stop,
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Death Rides A Fast Train: The Laurel Creek Murders
Were the 1909 Virginia murders a robbery or the work of a madman? Late on the night of September 21,
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A Twisted Road to Justice: The Great Clayton, GA, Bank Heist
On Tuesday, August 21, 1934, Raban County Sheriff Luther Rickman was getting a haircut at Roy Mize’s barber shop when
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The Greenbrier Ghost: Did An Australian Ghost Story Solve A West Virginia Murder?
Two Ghost Stories Reveal Hidden Crimes. The most famous ghost story in Australia is FisherÔÇÖs Ghost; the most famous in
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The Cocaine Freefall: Guns, Gold, and Gucci Loafers
In September 1985, the Blue Ridge region witnessed one of the most bizarre and quintessentially 80s crimes ever committed. On