What the Effigy? - Stephan Marcum

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🗓️ 15 October 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

A Halloween yard display in Stanton, Kentucky, led to the arrest of a local man on charges of intimidating a witness and third-degree terroristic threatening. This episode details the unsettling scene where five effigies, wrapped in black trash bags, were labeled with titles like "district judge," "mayor," and "C.A." One figure was found hanging by a rope. We explore how the highly specific nature of the labels and the grotesque imagery caused local officials to view the display not as protected free speech or holiday decor, but as a deliberate attempt to terrorize and influence public officials involved in the legal process.

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0:00.0	Stoveleg Media
0:02.6	Igniting Conversation
0:04.4	Welcome to trick on to go.
0:14.4	What can I get for you?
0:16.3	Well, give me three pumpkins.
0:19.3	Feeling a little spooky,
0:20.9	so why don't you give me some Halloween-themed crime if you got any?
0:24.8	Pull up to the second window and we'll see you next crime.
0:31.4	Welcome to True Crime to Go.
0:33.5	I am John here with Jamie.
0:35.3	How you doing, man?
0:36.3	Did you have to go old man on the, like, I feel like you were going country and you ended up in your 80s?
0:42.1	Yeah, I made a choice in the middle of that to really drive that persona home, you know?
0:48.6	Yeah, and the persona represented in this case is one that, I don't know know you want to actually represent in life but such a
0:55.5	wild wild story and we only have 10 minutes so why don't you get us rolling before I get started
1:00.6	I do want to say this crime feels like it is straight out of jellico Tennessee in the 1990s this
1:07.4	has so many feelings of home and it's bad I'm not saying it's not bad, but I'm saying I can't
1:14.3	believe I didn't see this growing up in Jellico. And I can't believe it's happening today, but it is.
1:21.1	All right. So we are going to take you on a Halloween themed case. And we're going to be talking about the decoration of a home in Stanton, which is in
1:31.7	Powell County, Kentucky.
1:33.4	And this man's house was decorated for Halloween and he gets arrested for it.
1:38.8	So why would that be the case?
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