Kentucky Justice for Verna Garr Taylor | Minisode

Southern Gothic

Southern Gothic Media LLC

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture, History

4.6 • 836 Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2024

⏱️ 16 minutes

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On November 6, 1936 Verna Garr Taylor was found in a ditch on a rural road in Kentucky with a bullet hole through her chest. Suspicion immediately fell on her purported fiancé Henry Denhardt. The former Kentucky politician claimed Verna had committed suicide, but the evidence suggested otherwise, leading to one of the most sensational court cases in the history of the state. Want to Listen to Southern Gothic Ad-Free? Patreon: Ad-Free Episodes, Premium Releases, Bonus Content & More Southern Gothic Premium on Spotify Southern Gothic Premium on Apple Podcasts Into History: History Without Interruption Connect with Southern Gothic Media: Website: SouthernGothicMedia.com Merch Store: https://www.southerngothicmedia.com/merch Pinterest: @SouthernGothicMedia Facebook: @SouthernGothicMedia Instagram: @SouthernGothicMedia X: @SoGoPodcast Advertise on this podcast: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:30.3	All right y'all, on our last full-length episode of Southern Gothic, we explored some of the rich history and lore of the Sealbach Hotel in downtown Louisville, Kentucky.
1:54.7	Of course, in doing so, we did as we always do and discussed some of the theories surrounding the 1987 siding of
2:02.6	the apparition of a lady in blue who is reportedly the spirit of Patricia Wilson, a woman
2:08.8	who was found dead at the bottom of an elevator shaft back in 1936.
2:14.9	Well, as you might remember, one of those theories involved a gentleman named Henry Denhard,
2:19.8	a Kentucky politician who, not long after Wilson's death, was charged with murdering his fiancée.
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