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Hosted by Marcus Roland and Emily Steele · society · EN · 15 episodes
Kentucky Case Files explores infamous and overlooked true crime in the Bluegrass State. Covering tantalizing cases that made headlines large and small throughout Kentucky history, KCF delves deep into the serious, macabre and always fascinating stories that showcase why Kentucky was once called "the dark and bloody ground." https://pod.co/kentucky-case-files
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Signup to Generate a PitchKentucky Case Files explores infamous and overlooked true crime in the Bluegrass State. Covering tantalizing cases that made headlines large and small throughout Kentucky history, KCF delves deep into the serious, macabre and always fascinating stories that showcase why Kentucky was once called "the dark and bloody ground."
Kentucky Case Files is hosted by Marcus Roland and Emily Steele. The show has published 15 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "The Ashland Tragedy, Pt. 4: The Granite State Incident" (6 October 2026, 22 minutes), "The Ashland Tragedy, Pt. 3: Vengeance" (15 September 2026, 17 minutes), and "The Ashland Tragedy Case, Pt. 2: Justice" (1 September 2026, 26 minutes).
Kentucky Case Files publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 21 minutes across 15 episodes.
Booking probability for Kentucky Case Files is 19%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Kentucky Case Files requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Kentucky Case Files's contact route on record: verified email.
Marcus Roland and Emily Steele hosts Kentucky Case Files, a society show with 15 episodes published.
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Episode #8
In October 1882, Kentucky Gov. Luke Blackburn sent state troops into Eastern Kentucky to protect two condemned men awaiting retrial — one of the largest military deployments the commonwealth had ever made over a...
Episode #7
On June 1, 1882, a jury convicted George Ellis and sentenced him to life in prison rather than death. He had confessed. He had testified against the other two men. He had given the Commonwealth its case. He was dead...
Episode #6
On Jan. 3, 1882 — the day after three men were arrested for the Ashland murders — as many as 1,500 people descended on Catlettsburg, Ky., for a preliminary hearing. That is more than the population of the town itself...
Episode #5
Around 4:30 on the morning of Christmas Eve 1881, a woman in Ashland, Ky., looked toward her neighbor's house and thought she saw lamplight. It was fire. By the time neighbors forced their way inside, three teenagers...
Episode #4
"He made bad choices." That's what Joseph Smith's family says they were told, in one form or another, from the night he died forward. On March 5, 2021, the 25-year-old was shot and killed in a parking lot in Upton...
Episode #3
Kentucky authorities considered the Joseph Smith case resolved. A grand jury declined to indict. The file was closed. His family was told he made bad choices. But the closer Smith's cousin Keeshia Hendrix looked at the...
Episode #2
In any homicide investigation, the physical evidence doesn't take sides. It can contradict. It can clarify. And sometimes, it raises questions that the official record leaves unanswered. In Part 2 of Kentucky Case...
Episode #1
Season 2 of Kentucky Case Files begins with a case that state authorities consider closed — but Joseph Smith's family does not. On the night of March 5, 2021, 25-year-old Joseph Smith was fatally shot in the parking lot...
Kentucky Case Files
On March 5, 2021, a 25-year-old man named Joseph Smith was shot and killed in a grocery store parking lot in Upton, Kentucky. The man who shot him claimed self-defense. No arrest was ever made. No charges were ever...
Episode #14
<p>Some stories live on through investigation — others through art.</p> <p>In the season one finale of Kentucky Case Files, Marcus Roland and Emily Steele sit down with Louisville author Ellen Birkett Morris, whose...
Episode #13
<p>What did it mean to search for a missing child in 1983 — and how has that changed today?</p> <p>In The Ann Gotlib Case, Pt. 2: How We Find Missing Kids, Then and Now, hosts Marcus Roland and Emily Steele examine the...
Episode #12
<p>June 1, 1983 — a summer day in Louisville turns into every parent’s nightmare. Twelve-year-old Ann Gotlib rides her red bicycle to the mall and never comes home. What follows is one of Kentucky’s most haunting...
Episode #11
<p>When Eric C. Conn fell, thousands of his clients fell with him. The U.S. Social Security Administration cut off benefits for nearly 4,000 disabled Appalachians, demanding they re-prove their cases years later — or...
Episode #10
<p>By 2017, Eric C. Conn’s empire was collapsing. Facing a prison sentence for bribery and fraud, he cut off his ankle monitor and vanished — kicking off one of the most audacious escapes in Kentucky history. From...
Episode #10
<p>By 2017, Eric C. Conn’s empire was collapsing. Facing a prison sentence for bribery and fraud, he cut off his ankle monitor and vanished — kicking off one of the most audacious escapes in Kentucky history. From...
Episode #9
<p>How did Eric C. Conn win nearly every case he touched? The answer: crooked judges, compliant doctors, and a bureaucracy that valued speed over scrutiny. </p> <p>With Judge David Daugherty pocketing bribes and doctors...
Episode #8
<p>He called himself “Mr. Social Security,” a small-town lawyer who turned double-wide trailers into a legal empire in Eastern Kentucky. Eric C. Conn built his fortune on outlandish marketing, luxury cars and roadside...
Episode #7
<p>The murder of Amanda Ross sent shockwaves through Kentucky and beyond. In The Steve Nunn Case, Pt. 3: Amanda Ross, Her Law and the Limits of Justice, the final installment of our three-part series, we look beyond the...
Episode #6
<p>By noon Sept. 11, 2009, police had tracked former legislator Steve Nunn — accused of killing his ex-fiancée, Amanda Ross — to a rural Kentucky cemetery. What followed was a tense armed confrontation, a mounting pile...
Episode #5
<p>In this gripping first episode of a three-part chapter, Kentucky Case Files unpacks The Steve Nunn Case. In Part 1, The Governor’s Son, His Obsession and Her Fear, we meet Amanda Ross — a bright, beloved young woman...
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