88. Mayberry's Dark Day: The 1951 Bombing in Mount Airy, North Carolina
On New Year's Day 1951, a respected member of the Mt. Airy community was targeted in a car bombing. He was a teacher, a new husband, the son of a police chief, and an upstanding citizen. It took two years for the bomber to be apprehended when they targeted another victim.
Narrator: Curtis Hildreth
Intro and Outro Music: Isaiah Hildreth
Sources:
Pickens, Cathy. True Crime Stories of Western North Carolina. Arcadia Publishing, 2022.
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