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The Harrison Gang's Last Train Robbery: The West Virginia Heist of 1915

The Harrison Gang's Last Train Robbery: The West Virginia Heist of 1915

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In this episode, we tell the dramatic true story of Charles Jefferson Harrison, a respected San Antonio businessman who became one of Appalachia's most elusive train robbers.

Caught when an employee tried to deposit some of the loot from a 1915 robbery, Harrison and his partners in crime were tried in Martinsburg, West Virginia in 1916, where the grizzled outlaw stunned the public by breaking down in tears and confessing to a string of crimes dating back more than two decades. It turns out Harrison lived a double life that fooled everyone around him including his ex-wife.

It's another one of the Stories of Appalachia.

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