Ep 9: The Arkansas Ghost Trial

In 1929, a tragic murder case rocked the small Arkansas community of St. James...but when the murder victim showed back up to testify at his own trial this case went from straight-forward to completely off-the-rails.  Tune in as Michelle regales Ron with this head-scratcher!

Music by GuillhermeBernardes from Pixabay

Sources:

1. The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, Tennessee). Sun, Dec 15, 1929, Page 20. Retrieved from Newspapers.com

2. https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2021/10/the-strange-case-of-the-arkansas-ghost-trial/

3. https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/connie-franklin-5929/

4. Caldoni, V. & Swaney, J. (Hosts). (2020, February 25). The Arkansas Ghost Trial (No. 2) [Audio podcast episode]. In The Shocking Details. https://www.theshockingdetails.com/home/the-arkansas-ghost-trial

5. Blevins, B. (2009). The Arkansas Ghost Trial: The Connie Franklin Case and the Ozarks in the National Media. The Arkansas Historical Quarterly, 68(3), 245–271. http://www.jstor.org/stable/40543237