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Inmate long suspected in Knox County murder takes stand in 2011 rape case
Larry Lee Smith, who grew up in South Knoxville, has been convicted in three attacks on women dating to 1981.
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Appalachian Unsolved: The girl in the woods
In April 1985, a child's skull was found in woods off a remote Campbell County road used by trucks hauling logs and coal from a strip mine.
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Appalachian Unsolved: Finding justice for a murdered young father
A $10,000 reward is being offered for information that leads to the conviction of the person who shot and killed T.S. Thrasher Jr. in his home in 2014.
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Appalachian Unsolved: The predator and the high school student
Larry Lee Smith has served time in three states for attacks on young women. Authorities think he also killed a Knoxville girl in 1987, but he's never been charged.
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Appalachian Unsolved: The young father killed on his couch
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Appalachian Unsolved: The decade-old mystery of Bernice Cutshall
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Appalachian Unsolved: The mass murderer's daughter
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Appalachian Unsolved: The Girl in the Woods
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Appalachian Unsolved: A Young Girl in the Woods
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Appalachian Unsolved: The trucker who liked redheads
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Appalachian Unsolved: In the small town of Cosby, someone knows who killed Roger Hooper
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Appalachian Unsolved: The young father killed on his couch
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Appalachian Unsolved: The predator and the high school student
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Appalachian Unsolved: The decade-old mystery of Bernice Cutshall
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Appalachian Unsolved: The mass murderer's daughter
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Appalachian Unsolved: The Girl in the Woods
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Appalachian Unsolved: A Young Girl in the Woods
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Appalachian Unsolved: The trucker who liked redheads
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Appalachian Unsolved: In the small town of Cosby, someone knows who killed Roger Hooper
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Appalchian Unsolved: The killing of 'Little Bit'
Someone, perhaps a truck driver, dumped Bernice Cutshall's body by a guardrail just beyond a Jefferson County rest stop in November 2010.
Crime
True crime podcast highlights Smokies murder mystery
The Vault's "The Daily Crime" takes a look at the William Bradford Bishop case, which has a horrifying tie to the national park.
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Appalchian Unsolved: The killing of 'Little Bit'
Someone, perhaps a truck driver, dumped Bernice Cutshall's body by a guardrail just beyond a Jefferson County rest stop in November 2010.
Crime
True crime podcast highlights Smokies murder mystery
The Vault's "The Daily Crime" takes a look at the William Bradford Bishop case, which has a horrifying tie to the national park.
Appalachian Unsolved
A decade later, Shannon Hercutt's homicide still a mystery
What appeared to be a car accident was later ruled murder in the death of a Sevier County woman.
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Appalachian Unsolved: Deadly veteran attack
Investigators are looking for the couple who attacked an East Tennessee veteran while he was out holiday shopping. He later died from his injuries.
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A decade later, Shannon Hercutt's homicide still a mystery
What appeared to be a car accident was later ruled murder in the death of a Sevier County woman.
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Appalachian Unsolved: Deadly veteran attack
Investigators are looking for the couple who attacked an East Tennessee veteran while he was out holiday shopping. He later died from his injuries.
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Appalachian Unsolved: How a father of 7's killing spurred creation of the TBI
J.T. Lutz was at home with his family when someone fired a shotgun blast that killed him. Seventy years later the case remains unsolved. But his slaying inspired creation of the statewide crime-fighting agency.
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Appalachian Unsolved: The trucker who liked redheads
Jerry L. Johns worked as an independent trucker in the 1970s and 80s. Authorities are checking for links between his travels and numerous unsolved killings.
Appalachian Unsolved
Appalachian Unsolved: How a father of 7's killing spurred creation of the TBI
J.T. Lutz was at home with his family when someone fired a shotgun blast that killed him. Seventy years later the case remains unsolved. But his slaying inspired creation of the statewide crime-fighting agency.
Appalachian Unsolved
Appalachian Unsolved: The trucker who liked redheads
Jerry L. Johns worked as an independent trucker in the 1970s and 80s. Authorities are checking for links between his travels and numerous unsolved killings.
Appalachian Unsolved
Appalachian Unsolved: In the small community of Cosby, someone knows who killed Roger Hooper
Hooper, 26, was ambushed one night in February 1991 when he came home from a high school basketball game.
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LISTEN: Appalachian Unsolved The Podcast
From mysterious disappearances in the Great Smoky Mountains to decades-old murders, Appalachian Unsolved investigates East Tennessee's infamous cold cases. This is Appalachian Unsolved - The Podcast.
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Appalachian Unsolved: The diplomat accused of killing his family, Part 2
The search for Bradford Bishop is international in scope. But it's very possible the man accused of killing his entire family is right here in East Tennessee.
Appalachian Unsolved
Appalachian Unsolved: In the small community of Cosby, someone knows who killed Roger Hooper
Hooper, 26, was ambushed one night in February 1991 when he came home from a high school basketball game.
Appalachian Unsolved
LISTEN: Appalachian Unsolved The Podcast
From mysterious disappearances in the Great Smoky Mountains to decades-old murders, Appalachian Unsolved investigates East Tennessee's infamous cold cases. This is Appalachian Unsolved - The Podcast.
Appalachian Unsolved
Appalachian Unsolved: The diplomat accused of killing his family, Part 2
The search for Bradford Bishop is international in scope. But it's very possible the man accused of killing his entire family is right here in East Tennessee.
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