Jan. 22, 2025

88. Mayberry's Dark Day: The 1951 Bombing in Mount Airy, North Carolina

88. Mayberry's Dark Day: The 1951 Bombing in Mount Airy, North Carolina
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On New Year's Day 1951, a respected member of the Mt. Airy community was targeted in a car bombing. He was a teacher, a new husband, the son of a police chief, and an upstanding citizen. It took two years for the bomber to be apprehended when they targeted another victim.

Narrator: Curtis Hildreth
Intro and Outro Music: Isaiah Hildreth

Sources:
Pickens, Cathy. True Crime Stories of Western North Carolina. Arcadia Publishing, 2022.
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-high-point-enterprise-mt-airy-bombi/24079081/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-times-news-mt-airy-bombing-ca/11451814/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/12198628/?match=1&terms=William%20Cochrane
https://www.newspapers.com/image/1046213430/?match=1&terms=cochrane%2C%20william
https://www.newspapers.com/image/934138603/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/934138608/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/938833299/?match=1&terms=cochrane%2C%20william

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