Southern Ax Murder (Part 2)

Hometown Murders & Mysteries | October 2021

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In the summer of 1938, Pulaski County was humming with quiet progress—air conditioning was a luxury, ginseng was a cash crop, and doors were still left unlocked. But on a farm tucked near the banks of the Cumberland River, something far darker was taking root.

Thomas Hurd was a respected, if eccentric, member of the Tateville community—a widower with a talent for conversation and a habit of welcoming company with nothing more than a note, a pencil, and an open porch. But one Sunday morning, that hospitality was repaid with brutality.

In Southern Ax Murders, we opened the case file on a long-forgotten crime that stunned the county: a dinner table set for two, milk spilled mid-sip, and two bloodied axes lying next to Tom’s lifeless body. The clues pointed to someone he knew—someone who had likely shared a meal with him just moments before the fatal blows were struck.

💥 But just when the investigation seemed to stall, a teenage relative is arrested—after allegedly bragging about the murder behind bars.

Was it a case of youthful violence? A cover-up? Or a far more twisted tale of money, property, and betrayal?

🎧 Join us as we dive into Part 1 of Southern Ax Murders. But beware—the real twist comes in Part 2, where suspects emerge, secrets unravel, and a single question remains: Did justice ever find its way to Shad Shoals?

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