In this special paranormal edition of Blue Ridge True Crime, host Alfred Dockery talks with journalists Marie Mitchell and Mason Smith, authors of Paranormal Kentucky: The Uncommonwealth of Close Encounters with Aliens, Ghosts, and Cryptids.

The book covers more than 20 supernatural cases across Kentucky: UFOs, ghosts, haunted places, and creatures said to roam the Bluegrass woods.

In this episode: the Kelly-Hopkinsville incident of 1955, where a farm family traded gunfire with three-foot visitors; a 1976 abduction case in Stanford where three women lost two hours and gained radiation-like burns; Waverly Hills Sanatorium; the Goatman's trestle; and Leah Smock, the Battle Town Witch.

Marie and Mason traveled the state, treating witnesses with respect and refusing the easy skeptical answers. As they put it: sometimes the only honest conclusion is "I don't know." Paranormal Kentucky is available from the University Press of Kentucky, online bookstores, local booksellers, and state park gift shops.

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He called himself "Mr. Social Security." In reality, Eric C. Conn was the mastermind behind one of the largest disability fraud schemes in U.S. history. From glowing billboards in Eastern Kentucky to a 19-foot statue of Abraham Lincoln, Conn built a flashy empire on a foundation of bribes and fake medical records.

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This is the wild story of a lawyer who defrauded the government out of $550 million, the whistleblowers who risked everything to stop him, and the devastating humanitarian crisis left in his wake. We cover his rise, his ridiculous life on the run (including a fake passport and a puppy), and the tragic aftermath for thousands of former clients who lost everything.

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He was a killer, a folk hero, and the most dangerous man in the Carolinas. Discover the wild true story of Lewis Redmond, the Moonshine King who defied the federal government, survived a hail of bullets, and became a 19th-century legend.

In this episode, we explore the life of Lewis Redmond, the notorious "Moonshine King of the Carolinas." More than just an outlaw, Redmond was a product of the Reconstruction Era—a time of federal taxes, illicit economies, and violent conflict in the Blue Ridge Mountains. We follow his story from a daring escape through the snow in his socks to a shootout that landed him on the front page of the New York Times.

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