Bardstown - Revisited (Part Four: Tommy Ballard)

Unresolved

Unresolved Productions

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

4.5 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2019

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Through 2015 and 2016, the region of Bardstown was marshaled behind one family as they fought to find their missing loved one: Crystal Rogers.

The patriarch of this family, 54-year old Tommy Ballard, was no stranger to tragedy. He had endured the loss of a sister in his early adulthood, and had worked hard to ensure the safety and happiness of his family in the years since.

In November of 2016, Tommy Ballard was just as active in the search for his daughter as ever. However, his mysterious death would spark the fourth major incident to shake Bardstown is as many years...

This is the fourth part of a new Unresolved series, Bardstown - Revisited. I originally touched upon Tommy's story back in November of 2016, but have expanded upon it significantly, and have rewritten/rerecording everything.

Written, hosted, and produced by Micheal Whelan

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Music Credits

how the night came - "IV - C6H807"

Percival Pembroke - "Atlantic Necropolis"

Kai Engel - "Sunset"

Kay - "Call of the Void"

Rest You Sleeping Giant - "Open Eyes"

The Gateless Gate - "Approaching Snow Squall"

Sergey Cheremisinov - "Sleepwalker III"

Other music created and composed by Ailsa Traves

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello, if this is Michael with the Unresolved Podcast, my name is Sherry and I live in
0:17.8	Barge Town, Kentucky, and I've been listening to your podcast.
0:22.4	I run across it in the evening when Googling some stuff.
0:26.4	I don't know if you know or not, but Crystal Rogers' father was killed Saturday morning.
0:32.4	He was shot probably from someone on the side of the Bluegrass Parkway.
0:38.8	It's not.
0:39.8	He was hunting or taking his grandson hunting, but he wasn't in the woods.
0:44.4	He was in a field and it isn't believed to be a hunting accident.
0:49.0	They're looking at it as a homicide.
0:53.6	I just thought you might find that interesting.
0:56.3	It's very sad and your podcast really captures what it's like to be here.
1:02.7	Thanks, I just thought I'd let you know that.
1:12.2	Welcome to Unresolved.
1:14.2	I am your host, Michael Weelon.
1:16.5	This is the fourth full-length episode in my Barge Town Revisited series, which is
1:21.5	re-examining stories I originally covered back in 2016.
1:26.0	As you can imagine, this episode is exploring the unsolved death of Tommy Ballard, a Barge
1:31.3	Town native that had become well known in the region following his daughter's disappearance.
1:36.3	If you have not listened to the prior episodes in the series, I highly encourage you go
1:40.0	back and do just that.
1:41.4	I'm going to be mentioning the prior stories I've covered, and I just assume that everyone
1:45.9	listening is already caught up.
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