No one knows exactly what happened. Is the Shelia Faye Bradford case related to the murders of Carla Atkins and Vickie Stout? I do not think it was a good investigation. This story happened before the Michigan Dogman became popular. This very dramatic and impressively detailed report goes on to say that the air was then pierced by what sounded like the howl of a wolf, only with a nightmarish intensity that invoked a profoundly deep sense of heavy dread. I believe that clue can still be be examined and matched with other clues; and I believe that will lead to the solving of this case. Not sure if the new ones have ever had dealings with a real reporter. This is an allegedly true incident that is spoken about in the Dogman community. Scientists discovered fossi, An explosion destroyed one of the stone slabs of the Georgia Guidestones in the earl, Georgia Guidestones: A Weird Version of the Ten Commandments, Giant Skeletons in Frederick County, Maryland, The Mysterious Stone Wall at Fort Mountain. No new information! would be Charltons gruff response. My husbands family the Elders and the Jolleys lives in Mayfield and the Fancy Farm area.They love to talk about the scary werewolf stories but they say truth betold the family was killed by the crazy father and the animals tore the bodies apart after they were dead. Its a story rather akin to the Kandahar Giant in that maybe its real, but you probably had to be one of those soldiers to know for sure. They soon learned that there were little girls clothing among their possessions, but couldnt immediately locate the body. Autopsy reports for both girls are blank on the line where the date and time of death are noted. Murder At Land Between The Lakes 35 Episodes Produced by Amelia Courtney Website On September 17th, 1980, two sisters, Carla Atkins & Vickie Stout, went missing from the small town of Dover, Tennessee. I wrote the above comment years ago and I have had time since then to speak with the investigator who was hinting at obstruction of justice. For decades I have pursued leads, interviewed sources, talked on the record with cops, media outlets, ghost hunters, investigators, potential witnesses you name it. A 35th anniversary memorial vigil and an acoustic musical celebration of life will be held Saturday, Oct. 3 from 3 p.m. to 7:35 p.m. at the Stewart County Visitors Center for Carla and Vickie. That is the cigarette story. If this story does happen to be true, it might explain reports of strange military-style bunkers in the remote sections of forest between Lake Barkley and Kentucky Lake. Is Your Old House Haunted or Does it Just Have a Haunted Personality? Were there killings that were covered up? WAYNE MILLER is the owner and creative director of EVIL CHEEZ PRODUCTIONS (www.evilcheezproductions.blogspot.com, www.facebook.com/evilcheezproductions), specializing in theatrical performances and haunted attractions. The town was so unruly during that era, the Dover Board of Mayor and Aldermen voted to establish a city police department to get matters in check. Courtroom update. One citizen reports having seen Carla and Vickie on the afternoon of Sept. 17, 1980 with a young male in a vehicle other than a blue pickup truck. There has been eyewitness reports of a large canine creative. Several more campers, fishermen and boaters that had seen it from the safety of of their boats, floating in some of the many bays that touched upon the shoreline. I wish I did. There is a difference between two girls buying candy and snacks as was originally reported and two teens buying cigarettes. I like you believe that it was someone very close to at least one of the girls. It can be found in Land Between the Lakes in Kentucky, where Rod and company are originally from, though the murders would end up taking place in Florida. Samples of saliva were supposedly sent for analysis and came back as being from an unidentified species akin to a wolf. But, one resident made it's way in to the area. LOOK AT MY LEG!! No further news from tho East Coast. Some may eventually dovetail into others and lead to one theory that is possibly the correct one. Dover was wild little town when Carla and Vickie lived behind the Dairy Dip in 1980. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/amelia-courtney8/message, Keven Keatts went missing from Bumpus Mills, Tennessee, August 27th, 2019. I think it was a short time after that when he said he might charge me with obstruction of justice. https://lblus.com/2021/05/15/murder-in-land-between-the-lakes-sketches-of-man-in-the-blue-truck-witness-or-suspect/, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JacSOir21-c, Your email address will not be published. Old school cops know that. Just as they thought things couldnt get any more frightening, there was supposedly a sudden, deafening, and completely unearthly howl that boomed forth from the forest to shake them to the core, followed by the unmistakable sight of a pair of eyes glowing red in the night. Their remains were found by two hikers 18 days later at Land Between The Lakes. I ran into this investigator a few years ago. To basically sum it all up, in about the early to mid-80s, there was a family that went camping in the area of Land Between the Lakes which saddles the border of Kentucky and Tennessee. We had a very good and positive conversation. Here is the short version on the changing cigarette story At first in 1980 there were no cigarettes bought by the girls. Cigarette Story and other information has Changed Over Time. Folks driving through our scenic area now, or those who have moved here in the past two decades or so, probably cant imagine just how lively our quiet, historic, beautiful little river town was in 1980. The little girl had apparently been carried up the tree and leisurely eaten upon while carefully laid across a large tree branch. An in depth interview with Carla & Vickies mom, Margie Nell. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/amelia-courtney8/message, This episode contains NEW information and Lainie & Amelia breakdown other information. No one knows exactly what happened. Sometimes physical evidence is claimed, such as odd footprints, tufts of hair, and dug out nests that appear to have been slept in by something large, but these have all remained inconclusive at best. The Land Between The Lakes National Recreation Area sits nestled between two artificial lakes, Kentucky Lake and Lake Barkley, created by dams placed across the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers, respectively. Another man said he never seen it, but would always hear it's baleful wails frequently at night, not like a regular wolf or a coyote, "No," he said, "It was more deeper, longer, stronger sounding then what would come out of any animal I ever heard." Aug 14, 2016. Only 18 days later their remains were found in Lost Creek, a wooded area in Land Between the Lakes. Carla and Vickies home was hidden from those at the Dairy Dip because of the nearby woods and by the large wooden, two-story B&M Furniture Store building nearby, which was originally the Dover High School. Megan wasnt with the rest of her family in the RV, though, as her remains had been hauled up into a tree. The hash marks at both ears of both sketches are the same. However, if you are unable or unwilling to go before the grand jury, testify and get an indictment , then you do not know who is the guilty party. In a. "IT WALKED ON TWO LEGS! Growling. Some say this is not significant. After the police investigated the crime scene, it was determined that the cause of death was from an animal attack. (He was just trying to see if I would back down, I believe now.) As others arrived they could see by the gleam of several flashlights that the cop was holding his hat in one hand and his light in the other. They seemed to have been ruthlessly savaged and half eaten by some powerful wild animal, with limbs missing, flesh flayed or torn from bone, organs scattered about on the ground, and deep scratches and bite marks all over them, none of which matched any animal known to inhabit the region. The Beast of the Land Between the Lakes (in Kentucky) is said to resemble a gigantic half man, half wolf that walks on two legs and has five-fingered human hands ending in vicious claws. Land Between the Lakes - National Recreation Area Stay updated on alerts and notices, including trail closures and prescribed fires. On September 17th, 1980, two sisters, Carla Atkins & Vickie Stout, went missing from the small town of Dover, Tennessee. (My research is at its early stages, as there is scant info and research studies readily available on Identi-Kit sketches. These tales are similar to the Michigan Dogman stories.In the early 1980's a family of four were rv camping in the Land Between the Lakes area when they were brutally attacked. The newspaper sketch is a more scowling, sinister looking sketch that the one on the right, which has a bit more pleasant appearance. His first novel, THE CONFESSIONS OF SAINT CHRISTOPHER: WEREWOLF, is available for purchase at https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/734763 Each one told stories of finding livestock slaughtered, ripped to pieces and eaten upon. After the police investigated the crime scene, it was determined that the cause of death was from an animal attack. Subscribe Today! Ferrell is responsible for one of the worst home invasion murders in Florida history. Throughout the years many people have had the idea of a bigfoot trail camera to take a photo of this dogman werewolf. Murder in Land Between the Lakes: Sketches of Man in the Blue Truck ~ Witness or Suspect? Some call it The Beast of the Land Between the Lakes. So what do you think? Local and area musicians of all skill levels were invited to bring their acoustic instruments and join in the acoustic musical celebration of life jam session. My source said it was done on an Etch-a-Sketch and I knew he did not mean that, but nevertheless, I got the clue. 18 days after they vanished, their bodies were discovered by two hikers, in a wooded area in the Stewart County portion of Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area, considered federal land. Most eyewitnesses swear they look a lot like werewolves and act much as the "wolves" did in your episode about the Palmyra wolves. Anytime there are dogman reports in areas known for Bigfoot sightings, one has to wonder if the dogmen are misidentified Bigfoot creatures (if, indeed, Bigfoot exists [and is a flesh-and-blood-animal]). Music would blare from the amped up car stereo systems and from the Dairy Dips powerful outdoor jukebox. At times, young people who were at the gatherings at Carla and Vickies house would walk up to the busy parking lot and invite people hanging out at the Dairy Dip to join the parties in the woods. The dogs at this time were reportedly shaking, cowering in fear and staring expectantly at the dim forest. Land Between the Lakes Murders: Vicki Stout & Carla Atkins DOVER TN . LBLs Lost Creek Child Murders are one of, if not the, most high profile unsolved murder case in the State of Tennessee and throughout the Land Between the Lakes region. These two lakes and their connecting canal create a large peninsula - 170,000 acres to be exact - of wilderness, things to explore, and many, many good times. Friends and family of Carla Atkins and Vickie Stout. And there was always something going on at The Dairy Dip.. I noticed this story was was vaguely mentioned here some odd months ago, but thought I might attempt to reintroduce the idea. Some of our staff have worked on Land Between the Lakes for many years. As 1980 rolled around, the muscle cars and hot rods Flipping The Dip had been joined by pickup trucks of all makes and colors. I wont even go into the things I want to say about the age-progression sketches of the original Identi-Sketch. When the security light of the driveway turned on the startled creature was illuminated, and with the darkness melted away it went from a vague shadow figure to something that was very wolf-like in appearance, with large, black eyes. In silence we watched with him for a about 30 seconds and then the dogs started barking. Some folks hanging around the Dairy Dip sometimes would walk into the woods behind the B&M Furniture Store and the B&M Dairy Freeze and join the activities going on in and around Carla and Vickies yard. Their shotgunned bodies were found on Oct. 5, 1980. September 17 marks the anniversary of the mysterious disappearance of murder victims Carla Sue Atkins, 14, and Vickie Lee Stout, 16. This lack of any concrete sources to follow up on makes it quite hard to corroborate any of this tale, making its veracity or truth uncertain. This podcast is an excellent deep dive into a little known cold case in small town America. Their remains were found by two hikers 18 days later at Land Between The Lakes. Your email address will not be published. This episode is on a trial sponsorship by Magic Mind magicmind.co Give their page a read! But that is a story for another day. Such incidents and sightings apparently occurred into more modern times as well, with one post on a site called DemonHuntersCompendium saying: The sightings of the monster were still frequent throughout the beginning of the twentieth century, and the elderly group on the bench told some unsettling encounters they or members of their own families had with it. itslexwiley. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. Why is that? However these two ladies have a sincere desire to help the family with their help healing closure they Deserve and Justice for the Girls. Now if you look closely you will see the hair is the same in all sketches. See, he did not know about the original sketch either. The pickup truck was described in one news article as being medium blue or sky blue.. This is the sixth in a series of stories on this unsolved double murder case published in The Standard prior to the Oct. 3 vigil. The multi-award winning progressive Bluegrass Band Yankee/Dixie from Fairview/Dover performed. https://www.tn.gov/tbi/general-information/tbi-tips.html. The snout was long and the witness was very specific that it was much different in appearance than Bigfoot. I sort of sprang that question on law enforcement in 2015, I think it was, when then-at-the-time TV new reporter Dennis Ferrier, who has covered the unsolved doublemurdercase of Carla Atkins, 14, and Vickie Stout, 16, for many, many years. The family, visiting from Florida, was found torn to pieces in their RV. On occasions, a local singer/guitar player would entertain at the parties in the woods. According to whats been said, they for one reason or another (one theory suggests the fathers cologne may have contained musk that may have potentially angered the creature), they got accosted by a Dogman that was not happy to see them. The area was designated as a national recreation area in 1963 by President John F. Kennedy. There have seemingly been quite a lot of alleged encounters with the Beast of the Land Between the Lakes even up into more modern times. In some instances, these hunters and trappers were said to venture into the wilderness to never be seen again, and this was blamed on the mysterious, ravenous beast. None of us on the east side of the Tennessee River/Ky lake knew of a sketch. That information came as a surprise, and has never been mentioned again by authorities, Gordon said. Sometimes Carla and Vickie were left without adult supervision, sources say. Special invited guests will be speaking during the vigil. Or is this all just tale tales, myth, and urban legend? There are articles out there about it, one being at https://www.phantomsandmonsters.com/2012/08/the-beast-of-land-between-lakes.html that is fairly detailed. We say goodbye to two of our own. Murder in Land Between the Lakes ~ Changing stories? document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Hours Cookie Notice If it was not true, why was it told to a newspaper for publication? According to the native Shawnee tribe, this abomination was the spirit of a powerful shapeshifting shaman, and outsiders were frequently warned away from the area. This is the final conclusion to the investigation and research on the family deaths at the LBL on 7 Apr 1982. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. A witness reportedly saw a blue pickup truck turn around on the highway and drive toward the girls. He was frightened beyond belief, and the bits and pieces of what he was striving with extreme effort to tell us was coming out in loud syllables that filled us both with the same dread. Ferrier said. That events that led to that arrest of three males started out behind the old Dover Dairy Dip. Certain information provided to the public by law enforcement immediately after the two sisters went missing, and then were found shotgunned to death in the Lost Creek/Mint Springs area of Land Between the Lakes, is now disregarded. In Kentucky there is a nature preserve called, The Land Between the Lakes. Theres a sketch. Why has some of the original details provided to reporters across the LBL region shifted from the original version and then shifted again? At first it was not reported that the two girls had left their home with the purpose of buying cigarettes. Known as the "Gateway to Land Between The Lakes", this vibrant community is located on LBL's northern border, just across from the Lake Barkley canal. Ferrier, the new district attorney the Twenty-Third Judicial District, which covers Stewart County, TN., Patricia Gordon, the oldest sister of Carla and Vickie and I were at the Stewart County Visitors Center while Ferrier interviewed everyone but me. On September 17, 1980, sisters Carla Atkins, 14, and Vickie Stout, 16, went missing. That young male and vehicle do not fit the publicized description of the man in the blue truck. Some pellets imbedded in left fronto-temporo-parietal inner table, depressing (inside to outside) the inner table; decomposed, partly skeletonized human female, organo-autolysis; Secondary Series: none. Not long after this, something could be heard moving and crashing through the surrounding brush, snorting and sniffing the whole time, as if circling the campsite. Wikipedia says the following about Land Between the Lakes: The Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area is a United States National Recreation Area located in Kentucky and Tennessee between Lake Barkley and Kentucky Lake. Nestled between Lake Barkley and Kentucky . This natural playground not only features vast forests, open lands and streams. Land Between the Lakes is a beautiful piece of protected land in Kentucky and Tennessee. There has been eyewitness reports of a large canine creative. By this time people where just calling it a werewolf.Thank you for watching!#dogman #bigfoot #scarystoriesMusic by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0Music byBump in the Night - Kevin MacleodDark Walk - Kevin MacleodThe House of Leaves - Kevin MacleodRedletter - Kevin MacleodDigital Bark- Kevin Macleod Besides its modern designation as a recreation area, encompassing 170,000 acres of forest, over 300 miles of shoreline, and hundreds of miles of hiking trials, the area has also long been plagued by a variety of high strangeness such as roving phantoms, Indian curses, and mysterious lights, but perhaps the most bizarre is the history of strange tales of a bizarre, bipedal creature which prowls the landscape here and has been called the The Beast Between the Rivers as well as the Beast of the Land Between the Lakes.. We looked down at his Levi's and saw scratch marks going across his right thigh, scratches that tore through the tough denim and left small bloody marks on his skin. Listen in to all of the contradictory tales from the last known person to see them. There is simply no indication that anything is out lurking in the Land Between the Lakes other than the witness testimony, much of which is uncorroborated and can only be found floating around the Internet and repeated on various websites, meaning any truth behind it all remains murky and uncertain. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Land Between The Lakes National Recreation Area (LBL) is a 170,000-acre outdoorsmen's paradise between Kentucky Lake and Lake Barkley in western Kentucky and Tennessee. Murder At Land Between The Lakes Play Newest Follow On September 17th, 1980, two sisters, Carla Atkins & Vickie Stout, went missing from the small town of Dover, Tennessee. In the early 1980's a family of four were rv camping in the Land Between the Lakes area when they were brutally attacked. I actually have nine different theories. A few of them described what they saw at different times when they caught glimpses of the figure by peeking out of the curtains of the windows into the night. The family went a little early to get ahead of the crowd and pick out a great camping spot. There was known alcohol consumption and illegal drug activity around the girls when they lived behind the old Dover Dairy Dip. After the police investigated the. Brochures View a variety of trail maps, brochures, and fact sheets to prepare for your visit. Some of the first Europeans in the region were French trappers and hunters, who claimed that the forests were prowled by a massive beast, half-man and half-wolf, which would howl in the night and leave the mutilated carcasses of animals in its wake; a monstrous entity that was called the loup garou. He's written articles for MU and Daily Grail and has been a guest on Coast to Coast AM and Binnal of America. The witnesses purportedly then ran into their house in a panic, grabbed kitchen knives, and then hid under a bed in terror as they listened to the beast bang around outside of the house and break one of the upstairs windows, the dogs barking viciously the whole time. The. Of course, a few days is not enough time to determine whether or not a cryptid or a paranormal entity is lurking in an area. In the meantime, others have come forward with their own experiences with the fierce, elusive beast, and reports of a feeling of being watched, hearing howls, or coming across the badly mauled carcasses of deer and other wildlife have come in on occasion. I am not so sure of that.. stay tuned! Originally managed by the Tennessee Valley Authority, which had constructed dams to create the two lakes in this area, the recreation area was transferred to administration of the United States Forest Service. In the 1960s, it became the "land between the lakes." In an attempt to control flooding and to generate electricity in rural Kentucky and Tennessee, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) built Kentucky Dam, thereby impounding the Tennessee River and creating Kentucky Lake in 1944. They would do anything to save themself. Before it was a nature preserve it housed around 70 families. Murder in Land Between the Lakes, when it comes to these unsolved murders, is cloaked in mystery. Made Possible by. Biology, nature, and cryptozoology still remain Brent Swancers first intellectual loves. Scan this QR code to download the app now, https://www.phantomsandmonsters.com/2012/08/the-beast-of-land-between-lakes.html. The autopsy reports for Carla and Vickie are dated December 9, 1980 and are signed by Dr. James Spencer Bell, Tennessee Department of Public Health, Office of The Chief Medical Examiner, Memphis, Tenn. Werewolf of Defiance, Ohio. Privacy Policy. No. The teenagers pitched a single tent on the shore of Lake Bodom and commenced a night of socializing and drinking. The harder you grasp, the more it slips away. Things in this case do not add up and they never have. Blood and Blood-Drinking: Paranormal Creatures and (Alleged) Real Vampires, When Ghosts Get Hungry: That's When Things Get Dangerous. Some call it The Beast of the Land Between the Lakes. The acoustic musical celebration of life will be from 3-7 p.m. Or has it been followed up on? Tenderfoot TV, Resonate Recordings & Cadence13. I have often said this case is like trying to hold water tightly in your hands. They all had tales of 'someone's hound dog' getting killed, ripped apart limb from limb, 'someone's pig or cow or chicken' getting eaten, the mysterious footprints left in the mud, and the stench it left behind where ever it appeared. I really enjoy the format and delivery, it feels very genuine and personal, like Im listening and talking with friends! Hunters have run across deer carcasses that had been brutally torn apart. It is situated between the Kentucky and Barklay Lakes, consisting of more then 300 miles of shoreline, 170,000 acres of forest and over 200 miles of walking trails. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.. THE MAREO TRIAL THIRD DAY'S PROCEEDINGS [ Per Press Association. They had skipped school that day. Visit the Land Between the Lakes planetarium page here to see the current schedule. Introduction to "Murder At Land Between The Lakes" Murder At Land Between The Lakes True Crime On September 17th, 1980, two sisters, Carla Atkins & Vickie Stout, went missing from the small town of Dover, Tennessee. Franciso, Dr. Bell, and Dr. (Charles) Harlan as pathologist(s). Located in rural Kentucky and Tennessee, in the United states, tucked between Lake Barkley and Kentucky Lake is a national recreation area called the Land Between the Lakes, which was originally formed by President John F. Kennedy in 1963. For two decades, some of the fastest cars in several surrounding counties in Tennessee and Kentucky could regularly be seen and heard squealing out and laying rubber after Circling The Dip. Sometimes those cars would head off toward the long asphalt stretches in Land Between the Lakes and Long Creek Road for drag races. Throngs of teens and young adults especially in the summers would gather in groups in and around parked cars, motorcycles and trucks in The Dip parking lot, watching the show unfold night after night. I will say that I did experience something strange in Kentucky traveling to Land Between the LakesI saw an unmarked matte black helicopter. Who knows? Last of the Ice Blue Starfighters ~ LBL area. This cold case will have you on the edge of your with the desired to help with finding the people who are responsible for this horrific crime. The Story of the land between the lakes Written & Directed by Anne Fentress Make a donation to support the film " Between the Rivers is an area of land comprised of 170,000 acres located in parts of Lyon & Trigg Counties of Western Kentucky and Stewart County, Tennessee between the Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers. I admire your courage to start a podcast with intentions of solving a 40yr old cold case, without any previous knowledge of podcasting or investigation journalism. Or is it all balderdash? LBLmurdervictims died from shotgun blasts to their heads, autopsy reports say. On September 17th, 1980, two sisters, Carla Atkins & Vickie Stout, went missing from the small town of Dover, Tennessee. This information is not discussed by law enforcement now. Now, look at the sketches on the left that ran in the Paris Post Intelligencer fairly soon after the bodies of the girls were discovered.
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