Appalachian Unsolved: Murder in the mansion

[@nathanbarger3449]

I briefly remember reading about this in one of Knoxville's newspapers back in 2001. After the man gave more information about the case. I remember reading that someone said you could still see blood stains on the carpet inside the house before it burned down.

[@margaretdrew2844]

Thank you for putting this up . I am from the uk it certainly was a mystery .

[@updownstate]

1:41 Thank you for the beautiful true Southern accent. It brings my family back to me.

[@Biblesmakegoodkindling]

Makes me 🤮

[@katbowen4800]

@@Biblesmakegoodkindlingno one asked you

[@jenniferrobinson9546]

This is so sad, going on 75 years and still not solved this murder. So sorry for the families for there loss.

[@robinclark9805]

Greed is the destruction of man😢

[@noorgonzalez1076]

Psalm 37:10,11

[@christystokely8773]

Very interesting. And very sad. 3 people lost their lives for what appears to be motivated by greed 😞 And one not only was murdered in cold blood.. but became the scape goat for a heinous crime, covered up, and possibly even co-conspired by the Sheriff at the time. I hope someone who knows the truth, will find it in their heart to come forward. Give these 3 people whatever justice this could bring, so they can finally rest peacefully. Along with their family and descendants. 💔

[@stephaniespc]

Removal of inheritance should be investigated thru who benefited ..

[@TennesseeTrio]

Such a heartbreaking story!

[@clairedouglas5450]

Thank you for the story and video. I thought it might have something to do with whoever was close to whoever gained out of this but not neccessarily. I do always keep an open mind.

[@WhispersFromTheDark]

Bless their hearts.

[@magica1355]

One of the saddest parts of this, other than the obvious being the murders, is that the house is just gone. So much history destroyed all the time in this country it makes me so sad.

[@SeventhTrump-kp5bu]

haunted for sure.

[@youwish378]

​@@SeventhTrump-kp5bu Not everything is haunted 🙄

[@melissadouglas570]

Mary, the younger sister, obviously had something to do with it. Why would she continue to send “students two different times to make sure the sisters were getting ready for their outing?”

[@jeffreykidd4248]

That's a very good assumption by that point their wealth had dwindled down significantly. I tend to hold with the cousin as the main suspect only she had it done rather than pulling the trigger herself. Hopefully they will one day be able to close this case.

[@andrewyoung2796]

Hmmm. Could be she didn't want to be late?

[@xamyx725]

@@jeffreykidd4248 The cousin also owned an insurance company; she could have drafted policies, and manipulated them, to get a payout under a different name. Since she owned the company, no one else would know about it, much less question anything…

[@xamyx725]

The sister may not have had a phone…?

[@danadavis6097]

Ive never heard of this. Very interesting. Im surprised someone hasnt written a book about the murder.

[@NikkiNole]

The lady Danita Ashley wrote a book about this case. They say it at 1:12

[@blkjakk]

Local (Knoxville) news anchor Sam Brown got the interest in this case up and running again back in the early 2000’s. He was going to make sure the sisters received justice but was basically told to shut up about the whole thing. He talked to Oliver Springs historian Sonny Harvey back then. Sonny knew everything about the town and had his opinion on who did it. I spoke to Sonny Harvey back then and he told me a lot. Everybody who ever talked to Sonny knew why law enforcement didn’t arrest anyone.

[@sherylpruitt9785]

Do tell!

[@KennedyMusicTheories]

I have always been intrigued by this story

[@kathydavenport4422]

May all of them Rest In Peace

[@lutomson3496]

The neighbor who owned the gun im thinking did it

[@ondreacounts2556]

I agree. The neighbor's gun was used & then it comes up missing. This is the same neighbor they had an on-going dispute with as well. Yep the neighbor did it & I have no doubt the sheriff knew this but bcuz of either friendship loyalty or possibly kinship to that neighbor, chose to use Powder as the scapegoat. I believe someone alive today knows exactly the truth & I hope they feel the need to die with a clear conscience & they come forward.

[@teddyhaynes9876]

It’s over now who really cares , GOD will deal with all of that . We got more important problems to worry about in todays world

[@priesteresmarietje4772]

There are no crimes of passion. Only horrible abusers who plan for and build up to that final act.

[@texas1949]

👏👏👏👏

[@juicyjules7409]

Uep

[@ItsMe-ic7on]

Why are people being silent about it? Do they know something they dont want brought to light?

[@kingbullyrock8739]

Anyone who had anything to do with the murders are long dead and buried. These people are chasing ghosts.

[@bobalky3638]

Seriously? The murders happened 83 years ago!

[@proanimaluver6487]

Decendants. Small town , old money...bet there are streets named after some of these people

OR maybe know one actually knows anything especially 80+ years later.

[@youwish378]

People just don't run around telling their relatives and family and everyone in the streets that they just committed murder 🙄

[@cdnmrspolitics]

Yes, who stood to gain from those murders?

[@bettystouffer6012]

😔so very sad and tragic

[@spiderlegs50]

That was my 1st ? to.....

[@denisek292]

Only someone related, imho.

[@cdnmrspolitics]

@shemnetto4128 Who else on here cannot stomach other ppl preaching their own beliefs without invading a simple youtube chat with their indoctrination - oh my

[@teddyhaynes9876]

The truth isn’t up for debate , the word of GOD is the truth and it’s not religion and it don’t care about ur fe fe fe’s

[@andrewyoung2796]

Maddening

[@aimeemoore1094]

Great story

[@sokhasom41]

Why they sell the property at 1 dollar that's a question

[@sandyfarley260]

Because no one at that time would buy a house that was the location of these murders! They feared " The Han'ts" would get them!

[@laurencaulton103]

Nobody was held accountable. Southern justice.

[@JG-tt4sz]

You think justice is better up here in the north? 😂😂😂

[@noorgonzalez1076]

😮 whoa wow Psalm 37:10,11

[@noorgonzalez1076]

@@JG-tt4sz🕊♥️ Psalm 37:10,11

[@JG-tt4sz]

@@noorgonzalez1076 Book of Bob 12:13-22

[@terryrenfroe6753]

Your definition of Southern Justice please.

[@hunna5849]

Is the song really necessary

[@pameaves3170]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ShakepearesDaughter]

Drove me nuts too

[@teddyhaynes9876]

Yeah it is , who cares what u feel or think? Is it offensive? Does it make you angry

[@hunna5849]

@@teddyhaynes9876 yes 💩🍑😀

[@emmahartvig9966]

Yes because it’s about the murder they’re talking about

[@MegaJazzyjess]

This is so sad

[@sunshinefinney8897]

What is the name of the cemetery that Leonard Brown is buried in?

[@normanfletcher8332]

Sad: so uncalled for...

[@Proud_Texan]

The perpetrator (s) of this tragedy will be held accountable, just not in this dimension. It's gonna suck to be them.

[@ladyhonor822]

WHY?

[@BB-ts2gu]

I don’t understand why people on their death bed, if they know who did it, why they don’t say!!? Appalachian people in general are very distrustful. That’s why you can’t get anyone to talk.

[@teddyhaynes9876]

Not talking is the opposite of distrustful , people actually kept there mouths shut back in them days

[@corrinnacorrinna5572]

You can look at it this way, 'Snitches get stitches.' They certainly don't trust outsiders.

[@BB-ts2gu]

@@teddyhaynes9876 how is not talking the opposite of distrustful?? It’s literally the same. 🙄

[@BB-ts2gu]

@@corrinnacorrinna5572 you can’t get stitches if you’re dead. LOL

[@corrinnacorrinna5572]

@@BB-ts2gu true🤣

[@jamietomlinson8787]

That was very intresting, but sad.

[@anniesapp906]

What a suspense.

[@melanieroberts2221]

Could of been the sheriff

[@kingbullyrock8739]

Could have been a Nazi spy from Germany.

[@genericamerican7574]

⁠@@kingbullyrock8739could have been you

[@Hyaphill]

Sad

[@gailspaw5521]

Sup from Kentucky😊

[@leahawkins-johnson1817]

Well I'm sure you already know

[@sheriwright5411]

If someone came forward, wouldnt they be an accessory??? Knew and didnt tell.

[@teddyhaynes9876]

All this time who cares

[@texas1949]

So interesting! Little sis Mary did it. 🤷‍♀️

[@teddyhaynes9876]

No she didn’t

[@samanthab1923]

Who benefited?

[@andrewyoung2796]

Who could have procured the gun Were they trying to frame him too?

[@saryarohit2925]

Who was cleaning 18 rooms?!

[@MSteffen]

Black people ..

[@genericamerican7574]

You think that they were using them all the time?

[@saryarohit2925]

@@genericamerican7574 No, but rooms need dusting, sweeping and airing out daily especially in those times before any little critters take up residence.

[@LouiseLouise-sk2ci]

All of tbey above...

[@righteousbyfaithinChrist]

God knows and judgment day is approaching.

[@Biblesmakegoodkindling]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@robertmiller5516]

Sounds like that town has a lot to hide

[@KrystynaKaczynski]

Looks like the Stanley hotel

[@cathylanders6377]

😢

[@mistervacation23]

It was probably done by the Gregg family of Terra Alta

[@dyanshane]

I am SO SICK of the RACIST horse crap. The black guy was there, so OF COURSE they are going to be checking him out as a suspect. Race had nothing to do with it.

[@chs75]

Clearly race had everything to do with it. He was the scapegoat even though all evidence pointed away from him.

[@dyanshane]

@@chs75 Lol, yea yea

[@chs75]

@@dyanshane Thank you for agreeing.

[@teddyhaynes9876]

But but that’s wasist

[@franciscarodriguez2855]

Greed

[@kerihegwald323]

Wiley, wigley,or Alexander , Marchant any names that would be included?

[@lesleylawson8094]

75 years and the popo has not put anyone in jail! Great popo

[@Kathy-z3r]

I heard powder Brown. Dont know powder but I'm a Brown. Wont say the other name i am. Wheres Elmer?

[@anjicollins5130]

I think it was a family thing! He cud hav done it,but we don’t kno!!

[@susanjelleberg4485]

Who inherited everything? Looks like a case for Psychic Detectives!

[@lemonhead4368]

It's always greed

[@juicyjules7409]

$1 hmm 🤔 bery beautiful home

[@juicyjules7409]

Old southern homes hotels 😮😔🌎oliver springs

[@lorig7077]

I feel sorry for the massengil guy

[@cherribenzin8289]

But why did the young man kill myself if he didn’t do it? They said his wound was self-inflicted.

[@JesusIsKing91276]

Joe..

[@missk.1893]

🌹🌹🌹🙏

[@cherylmays3374]

That manion been sitting there going away

[@jasminefloyd276]

😮😮😮😮😮😮

[@pilotboy217]

Follow the money. Who wanted the power. Probably a cop or sheriff did it.

[@kelsiewilson]

Did they have anything on the Clinton family?

[@genericamerican7574]

Did they have anything on you?

[@WiseVirgin21]

Hunger killed them once you feed the dogs 🐕 put him out 🚭

[@zutrue]

There is wide gulf between American Truth and The American Lie. But...The Arch of the moral universe is long, but bends toward Justice. Or...what goes around, comes around. Southern Justice is an oxymoron. The.."comes around" ain't

[@denisek292]

Justice anywhere in America, in these modern times, is an oxymoron.

[@teddyhaynes9876]

You get them you justice warrior !

[@handsome526]

Where is my hello, how are you? It's not a game to me.

[@yuantronz45]

Racism from what group??

[@byunniq9060]

🙄

[@JG-tt4sz]

Only one group can possibly be racist. The rest are as innocent as the driven snow.

[@coolmoon4382]

Apparently your group. .. Only the guilty act dumb about the obvious... You know that.

[@teddyhaynes9876]

Blacks are far more racist, they still use it as a crutch today

[@charlottesmith946]

Sad