The Mysterious Clack Mountain with Tom Byron


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With Halloween coming up, filmmaker Tom L. Byron talks to me about 'Clack Mountain', a mysterious landmark near his home in Morehead, Kentucky. Strange tales of devil worship have surrounded this place for years. You'll also hear the strange story of a local woman named Donna Markwell, who was murdered on the mountain in the 1980s, and the mysterious death of her killer, Alexander Bowling.

Partial list of sources used for this episode:

'Missing woman's body found in trunk of car', Louisville Courier-Journal, 1st November 1980

'Rowan man gets death penalty in 1980 kidnap-murder case', Lexington Herald-Leader, 26th November 1981

'Non-jury trial set in drug possession case', Daily Republic (Fairfield, CA), 26th February 1970

'Dyer Act charge jails three', El Paso Times, 24th January 1971

'Prison death now blamed on drug overdose', Louisville Courier-Journal, 25th September 1982

'Small deprivations on death row could lead to thoughts of suicide', Louisville Courier-Journal, 5th November 1982

'Gallery of the Doomed: An Exploration of Creative Endeavors by the Condemned', Roberta M. Harding, University of Kentucky College of Law, 2002



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