In the early 1980s, a man committed the unthinkable and set his life on a path to ruin. Years later, he claimed he had changed. But was he really reformed, or just manipulating the narrative?
Joining us is retired KSP Captain Jennifer Sandlin, with 23 years of experience in the Kentucky State Police and a graduate of the FBI National Academy, bringing real-world expertise and perspective to the story.

Check out Grit: Based on a Bloody Breathitt Story

Lexington Herald Leader: 1/18/80, 1/19/80, 1/23/80, 3/17/81, 3/24/81, 3/25/81, 3/27/81, 3/28/82, 3/29/81, 3/30/81, 4/21/81, 4/29/81, 4/27/92, 4/11/93, 1/12/95,1/22/96, 11/5/96, 12/18/96, 5/22/97, 6/2/97, 6/8/97, 6/10/97, 6/12/97, 6/13/97, 6/18/97, 6/20/97, 6/24/97, 6/25/97, 6/26/97, 6/28/97,7/1/97, 7/2/97

Courier Journal:1/19/80, 1/20/80, 3/26/81, 10/2/87, 10/3/87, 10/10/87, 10/12/87, 6/10/87, 2/17/84, 5/7/84, 6/29/84, 9/9/84, 9/25/85, 9/26/85, 5/19/87, 5/22/87, 6/10/87, 2/29/93, 4/6/93, 12/31/95, 5/5/97, 5/20/97, 5/31/97, 6/3/97, 6/5/97, 6/6/97, 6/11/97, 6/12/97, 6/18/97, 6/19/97, 6/21/97, 6/22/97, 6/24/97, 6/25/97, 6/26/97, 6/28/97, 6/29/97, 6/30/97

The Central Record:1/24/80, 2/7/80, 2/21/80, 5/15/81, 1/29/81, 2/5/81, 3/19/81, 3/24/81, 3/26/81, 4/2/81, 7/17/80,7/10/97

New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/1997/07/02/us/execution-in-kentucky-is-state-s-first-since-1962.html

McQueen V Scroggy 1996: https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F3/99/1302/639773/

McQueen V Commonwealth 1997

https://law.justia.com/cases/kentucky/supreme-court/1997/97-sc-507-mr-1.html

McQueen V Parker 1997

https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/ky-supreme-court/1215379.html

It Could Happen to You: The Harold McQueen Story parts 1 & 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrO9XLjOJtc

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_McQueen_Jr.

WHAS: https://www.whas11.com/article/news/local/kentucky-has-not-executed-anyone-in-10-years-heres-why/417-616648716

Find a Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30051641/harold-mcqueen

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/109148304/rebecca_bryan-o'hearn

Most people accused of a capital offense lawyer up and go silent. This is the story of a man accused of dumping his mistress in a Lexington, Kentucky pond...who just couldn’t stop talking to the press.

Check out Kentucky author Tashia L. Fugate!https://www.amazon.com/Silver-Aconite-Prophecy-Blood-Flowers/dp/1509258027#:~:text=Tashia%20L.%20Fugate%20lives%20in,of%20Blood%20and%20Flowers%20series.

Sources:

Lexington Herald Leader: 3/10/1903, 3/11/1903, 3/12/1903, 3/15/1903, 3/16/1903, 3/17/1903, 3/18/1903, 3/20/1903, 3/27/1903, 3/28/1903, 3/30/1903, 3/31/1903, 5/8/1903, 5/20/1903, 5/24/1903, 6/12/1903, 6/22/1903, 7/7/1903, 7/20/1903, 10/23/1903, 12/2/1903, 12/6/1903, 12/21/1903, 3/8/1904,3/9/1904,3/10/1904, 3/11/1904, 3/12/1904, 3/13/1904, 3/14/1904, 3/16/1904, 3/25/1904, 3/26/1904, 5/24/1904, 5/25/1904, 5/27/1904, 6/14/1904, 6/15/1904, 7/17/1904, 10/27/1904, 12/2/1904, 12/4/1904, 12/5/1904, 12/9/1904, 12/15/1904, 12/18/1904, 12/29/1904, 1/4/1905, 1/5/1905, 1/9/1905, 1/10/1905, 1/11/1905, 1/12/1905, 1/13/1905, 1/22/1905, 9/9/1914

The Lexington Herald: 3/3/1903, 3/12/1903, 3/13/1903, 3/14/1903, 3/15/1903, 3/17/1903, 3/18/1903, 3/29/1903, 4/1/1903, 4/2/1903, 4/3/1903, 4/5/1903, 4/7/1903, 4/10/1903, 5/20/1903, 5/21/1903, 5/24/1903, 5/25/1903, 5/27/2903, 5/29/1903, 6/9/1903, 6/23/1903, 6/25/1903, 6/29/1903, 7/8/1903, 7/21/1903, 7/24/1903, 3/1/1904, 3/9/1904, 3/15/1904, 3/16/1904, 3/20/1904, 5/8/1904, 5/24/1904, 7/17/04, 7/25/1904, 11/2/1904, 12/7/1904, 12/11/1904, 12/19/1904, 12/21/1904, 12/25/1904, 12/29/1904, 12/30/1904, 1/3/1905, 1/8/1905, 1/13/1905, 1/14/1905, 1/15/1905, 1/10/1914

The Kentucky Post: 3/11/1903

Courier Journal: 3/11/1903, 3/12/1903, 3/13/1903, 3/16/1903, 3/19/1903, 3/23/1903, 3/29/1903, 3/31/1903, 4/1/1903, 4/11/1903, 5/21/1903, 9/20/1903, 6/18/1904, 7/19/1904, 10/28/1904

Bess V Commonwealth 1903 https://case-law.vlex.com/vid/bess-v-commonwealth-902345880

Bess V commonwealth 1904 https://case-law.vlex.com/vid/bess-v-commonwealth-902342387

Find a grave

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/159409453/james_william-bess

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100748694/martha-martin

United States Census Records 1900, 1910, 1920, 1950

United States Vital Records Lexington Children’s Home School Records 1901-1902

In 1922, a man stood accused of a double murder in Breckenridge County. The press wasted no time branding him an escaped asylum patient from Alabama. But the real question lingers: was he legally insane, or did he know exactly what he was doing?Sources

The State Journal:2/14/1923, 8/17/1923, 3/19/1924

Messenger Inquirer: 2/13/1923

Owensboro Messenger: 12/9/22 , 6/15/1923,

The Kentucky Post: 6/18/1923, 5/9/1924

The Daily Independent: 4/4/1924

The Winchester Sun: 2/20/1924, 5/2/1924

The Breckenridge News: 4/23/1924

The Columbia News: 4/8/1924

The Courier Journal: 5/9/1924, 5/10/1924

The Lexington Herald Leader: 5/3/1924