Episode -11 The Murder of 17 year old Muriel Baldridge 1947

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 Ballad tell the story of the tragic Murder of Muriel Baldridge, the 17-year old high school cheerleader who was found beaten to death under a bridge the morning of June 28, 1949 in Prestonsburg, Kentucky.  The Murder after a decades of investigation by local, state and federal investigators follows a strange path of confessions, retracted confessions and finally a sensational  trial with a controversial verdict.  To this day the case remains unsolved and thought of as one  very confusing investigation and legal case in Eastern Kentucky  if not the South.  scottlunsfordauthor.com