84 - The Signal Mountain Murders

Beyond Contempt True Crime

Renee Lynn

History, Murder, True Crime, Truecrime, Mystery

4.4 • 737 Ratings

🗓️ 24 August 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Richard Mason, Kenneth Griffith, and Earl Smock were riding ATVs in the backwoods of Signal Mountain near Chattanooga, Tennessee and were found murdered. They convicted Frank Casteel for the crime, as he was known for threatening trespassers with his shotgun.

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1:25.1	I'm Renee, and this is Beyond Contempt True Crime.
1:50.5	In a few weeks, I'll be spending some time in Chattanooga, and I'll be staying in an Airbnb on Signal Mountain, so that got me thinking about this crime.
1:55.4	This case was very high profile, and there were two murder trials.
2:00.0	All the evidence was circumstantial, and the convicted
2:03.6	son believes his father was innocent. You're listening to Episode 84, the Signal Mountain Murders.
2:13.1	20-year-old Kenneth Griffith and 20-year-old Earl Schmach had been granted weekend leave from the Elgin Air Force Base in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, where they worked as combat engineers.
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