One Kentucky inmate has spent more than 30 years on death row. His appeals have been exhausted, yet his sentence still has not been carried out.

At what point does justice delayed become justice denied?

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Sources:

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Baze

Kentucky On-Line Offender Lookup: http://kool.corrections.ky.gov/KOOL/Details/218175

Murderpedia: https://murderpedia.org/male.B/b/baze-ralph.htm

Baze v Commonwealth 1997: https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/ky-supreme-court/1322852.html

Dept of Correction V Baze: https://law.justia.com/cases/kentucky/supreme-court/2024/2024-sc-0249-t.html

Kentucky. Gov: https://www.kentucky.gov/Pages/Activity-stream.aspx?n=AttorneyGeneral&prId=1685

WKYT: https://www.wkyt.com/2023/02/02/wkyt-investigates-justice-delivered-delayed-or-denied/

https://youtu.be/XPmSQckAVGw?si=NUoJKWO2ENP2tvNI

https://www.wkyt.com/video/2023/01/30/wkyt-archives-death-row-inmate-ralph-baze-interviewed-prison/

Lexington Herald Leader: 1/6/91, 1/30/91,1/31/92, 2/1/92, 2/3/92, 2/4/92, 2/5/92, 6/26/92, 3/19/92, 10/10/92,8/11/93, 9/8/93,11/30/93, 12/7/93, 12/9/93, 12/10/93, 12/14/93, 12/17/93, 12/18/93, 12/19/93, 12/21/93,8/5/94, 11/14/96,4/21/00, 3/30/01, 6/16/04, 9/28/25

Courier Journal: 1/31/92, 2/1/92, 2/3/92, 2/8/92, 2/21/92,3/6/92, 6/27/92, 7/4/92, 9/3/92, 9/12/92, 1/8/93, 2/6/93, 7/7/93, 7/8/93, 11/10/93, 11/30/93, 12/3/93, 12/7/93, 12/9/93, 12/10/93, 12/14/93, 12/15/93, 12/16/93, 12/17/93, 12/18/93, 12/20/93, 12/21/93,2/5/94, 7/15/94,3/28/97, 10/8/97, 10/10/97, 3/17/98,2/21/00

Park City Daily News: 1/31/92

The Blade: 1/7/97, 3/4/97, 6/26/97, 10/7/97, 10/8/97, 10/15/97

Bath County News Outlook 1/15/87, 9/10/87, 2/18/88, 7/14/88, 4/5/90

The 1930s were the golden age of the American bank robber. Names like Baby Face Nelson, Bugsy Siegel, and John Dillinger became legends as newspapers splashed their exploits across the front page. Armed with Tommy guns and fast cars, they robbed banks, vanished down dusty roads, and, more often than not, escaped with the money.

To many, it seemed almost glamorous, a victimless crime where only the banks lost.

But that illusion wouldn't last.

In this episode, we tell the story of the day a bank robbery turned deadly, forever shattering the myth that these crimes were harmless adventures. Because behind every headline, there were real people... and sometimes, innocent lives caught in the crossfire.

Sources:

Tincher V Commonwealth 1934 https://case-law.vlex.com/vid/tincher-v-commonwealth-901771129

Glenday V Commonwealth 1934 https://www.casemine.com/judgement/us/5914ccc2add7b0493480d087

Findagrave

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/280978407/francis-harold-glenday

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/136180658/ben-milam-keenon

The Lexington Herald:11/29/1932, 12/10/1932, 12/11/1932, 12/27/1932, 1/5/1933, 1/8/1933, 2/8/1933, 2/10/1933, 2/11/1933, 2/12/1933, 2/17/1933, 2/22/1933, 8/22/1934, 8/23/1934, 8/24/1934, 11/2/1934, 12/7/1934

The Lexington Herald Leader: 12/31/1932

The State Journal:11/29/1932, 12/13/1932, 1/4/1033, 1/10/1933, 2/8/1933, 2/9/1933, 2/10/1933, 2/15/1933, 2/16/1933, 2/18/1933, 8/25/1934, 8/28/1934 , 11/29/1934,

Park City Daily News: 12/10/1932

The Advocate Messenger: 12/10/1932

The Sentinel Democrat: 12/1/1932

The Messenger: 12/17/1932

This story has everything: a maybe-love triangle, a defense built on questionable sanity, lawyers facing disbarment and criminal charges, and a child witness whose reaction to the violence left the entire courtroom stunned.

We're pulling this case out of the dust, a story nearly lost to time, and one that ends just as tragically as it begins.

Check out- Grit: Based on a True Bloody Breathitt Story

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Sources:

Courier Journal 10/8/1922, 10/9/1922, 10/12/1922, 10/13/1922, 1017/1922, 10/18/1922, 10/20/1922, 10/21/1922, 10/22/1922, 10/31/1922, 11/1/1922, 11/4/1922, 11/10/1922, 11/15/1922, 11/24/1922,11/26/1922,12/13/1922, 12/14/1922, 12/15/1922, 12/15/1922, 12/16/1922, 1/16/1923, 1/17/1923, 1/18/1923, 1/19/1923, 1/24/1923, 1/25/1923, 1/28/1923, 2/6/1923, 4/8/1923, 7/4/1923, 5/3/1924, 5/5/1924, 5/6/1924, 5/9/1924, 5/10/1924,

The Louisville Herald 1/17/1923, 1/25/1923

The Winchester Sun 10/9/1922, 10/10/1922, 10/17/1922, 10/18/1922, 11/10/1922, ,

The Kentucky Post 10/9/1922

The State Journal 10/12/1922, 1/9/1924

Park City Daily News 1/9/1923

The Paducah Evening Sun 5/8/1924, 5/9/1924

Owensboro Messenger 5/8/1924

Messenger Inquirer 10/17/1922,

Lexington herald Leader 10/17/1922, 10/18/1922, 10/27/1922, 1/17/1923, 2/6/1923, 4/12/1923, 5/9/1924

Weick V Commonwealth 1923

Find a Grave

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/125863205/george-washington-weick

When someone is executed, there are two things people almost always want to know: what was their last meal, and what were their final words.

Sometimes the condemned have no final words at all. Sometimes they give long speeches. Sometimes they put on a show of repentance, regret, and sorrow for what they’ve done.

And sometimes, very rarely, they say something that delivers a roundhouse kick straight to the face of justice.

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Sources:

The Courier Journal: 7/10/1938,

The Lexington Herald: 7/12/1938, 7/13/1938, 7/14/1938, 8/19/1938, 8/20/1938, 7/23/1939, 7/29/1939, 8/27/1939, 12/9/1939, 10/31/1940,

Lexington Herald-Leader: 7/15/1938, 7/30/1938, 8/18/1938, 8/19/1938, 4/25/1939, 7/21/1939, 7/26/1939, 10/31/1940

The Winchester Sun: 7/12/1938, 7/13/1938, 7/14/1938, 8/12/1938, 8/16/1938, 8/25/1938, 8/27/1938, 7/21/1939, 7/22/1939, 7/24/1939, 12/8/1939, 12/9/1939,

Hazard Herald: 7/14/1938, 7/21/1938, 7/28/1938, 8/18/1938, 8/25/1938, 9/1/1938, 4/27/1939, 6/22/1939, 7/20/1939

The Hazard Plaindealer: 7/20/1939,

The Arizona Republic 1/11/1985

Davis v Commonwealth 1939 https://www.casemine.com/judgement/us/5914cc0dadd7b0493480746f

Shelton v Commonwealth 1939 https://www.studicata.com/summaries/court-of-appeals-of-kentucky/shelton-v-commonwealth-1939-lxwmpo/

Find a Grave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/83861423/abram_b-combs

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25040826/isaac-j-shelton

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.

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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

A chilling story of teenagers who mistook fantasy for reality- with deadly consequences.

Check out a Kentucky author: Tashia L Fugate

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Sources:

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Ferrell

Daily Commercial: https://www.dailycommercial.com/story/news/local/eustis/2019/12/01/mother-of-vampire-cult-killer-ive-changed/2178130007/

Orlando Sentienel On-Line https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2006/12/17/heather-wendorf-kelly-was-cleared-in-her-parents-1996-murder-in-eustis-now-married-and-living-out-of-state-she-reflects-on-a-tragic-time-2/

Ferell V FL 2000: https://library.law.fsu.edu/Digital-Collections/flsupct/dockets/93127/93127ans.pdf

Anderson V FL: 2003: https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/fl-district-court-of-appeal/1260192.html

Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94130409/richard_james-wendorf ,https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94130515/naoma_ruth-wendorf

Orlando Sentinel 10/16/96, 11/3/96, 11/12/96, 11/26/96, 11/27/96, 11/29/96, 11/30/96, 12/1/96, 12/2/96, 12/3/96, 12/4/96, 12/6/96, 12/7/96, 12/8/96, 12/9/96, 12/10/96, 12/15/96, 12/17/96, 12/18/96, 12/19/96, 12/20/96, 12/21/96, 12/22/96, 12/24/96, 12/31/96

The Mayfield Messenger 10/16/96, 11/27/96

The Paducah Sun 11/3/96

Tampa Bay Times 11/27/96