The Witch MurdersThe Witch Murders
In August, 1950, a man walked into a country store in Stanley Valley, Tennessee, and committed a terrible crime. What he did, and why he did it, is the subject
Category: Crime
The Execution Of White Tollett – January 11, 1939The Execution Of White Tollett – January 11, 1939
On this day 83 years ago White Tollett was electrocuted at the Tennessee State Penitentiary. His crime was setting off the dynamite that destroyed the home of Harmon Gouge near
Asheville’s Ponzi Is Arrested In Texas – December 30, 1921Asheville’s Ponzi Is Arrested In Texas – December 30, 1921
On this day one hundred years ago Scott Dillingham was arrested in Dallas, Texas. Dillingham was an Asheville, North Carolina, used car salesman and his arrest made the papers in
The Bloody HarpesThe Bloody Harpes
In the late 1700s two cousins, Micajah Harpe and Wiley Harpe, terrorized the Appalachian frontier, stealing, fighting, raping and killing pioneers as they crossed Appalachia looking for a new home.
Man Jailed Impersonating A Mason – December 20, 1930.Man Jailed Impersonating A Mason – December 20, 1930.
On this day in 1930 Leon Roberts was jailed in Knoxville, Tennessee. His crime? Wearing a Masonic pin when he wasn’t a Mason. Roberts, from Alabama City, Alabama, was in
Shots Fired In Judge Josiah Combs Murder Trial – December 12, 1894Shots Fired In Judge Josiah Combs Murder Trial – December 12, 1894
The feud between the Hatfields and the McCoys wasn’t the only one in Appalachia after the Civil War. Just as bloody and almost as notorious was the feud between the
The Prodigal Prisoner – December 9, 1910.The Prodigal Prisoner – December 9, 1910.
In the fall of 1910, 17-year-old Robert Carter was a prisoner in the Dandridge, Tennessee, jail, convicted of larceny of corn from the farm of a Mr. McMahan. He was
Green Allen Brooks, “Mountain Man”Green Allen Brooks, “Mountain Man”
There was a man who lived in Lee County, Virginia, who claimed to have once been a Tennessee Circuit Court judge, a preacher, a teacher and a business owner in
Cap Hatfield’s RunCap Hatfield’s Run
Over 120 years ago one of Devil Anse Hatfield’s sons made his escape from a Williamson, West Virginia, jail. How he got in that jail, why he escaped and where
A Robbery Gone AwryA Robbery Gone Awry
A hundred years ago two men were captured near Harriman, Tennessee, after an intense manhunt. They, along with two other men, were responsible for an attempted armed bank robbery, two