Episode 52

Deluge of Dumb: The Failed Dam Heist | EPISODE 52 | June 5, 2024 | 37:00

BRIEF DESCRIPTION

In honor of the location of CrimeCon 2024, this episode covers a jaw-dropping scheme hatched in 1970s Nashville. 

Hosts

Greg Caputo

Maria Raha

Jason Schell

Topics

• This week’s headline: Corrections One, Moulton, Alabama, Jan. 28, 2024

• J. Percy Priest Dam

• Nashville, Tennessee

• Haskle Theodore “Ted” Jones

• Ricky Lynne Kelly

• Alfred C. “Pokey” Sims 

• CrimeCon 2024

Additional Resources

• Crowe, Adell. “Priest Dam Blast Sentence Set Today,” The Tennessean. June 25, 1979. https://www.newspapers.com/image/111880439

• Eds. “Percy Priest Case: Indictments Due in Blast,” The Tennessean. Jan. 19, 1979. https://www.newspapers.com/image/111837094

• Eds., UPI. “Disabled Worker Held In Nashville Dam Blast,” The New York Times. Jan. 7, 1979. https://www.nytimes.com/1979/01/07/archives/disabled-worker-held-in-nashville-dam-blast.html

• Gallagher, Kathleen. “2 Men Indicted in Dam Bombing,” The Tennessean. Feb. 3, 1979. https://www.newspapers.com/image/112177095

• Gallagher, Kathleen. “Blasting Dam Dream of Childhood: Witness,” The Tennessean. March 24, 1979. https://www.newspapers.com/image/111497537

• Gallagher, Kathleen. “No Secrets, Claims Bomb Plot Suspect,” The Tennessean. Jan. 7, 1979. https://www.newspapers.com/image/111493954

• Gallagher, Kathleen. “Percy Priest Dam Bomber Evaluation Granted,” The Tennessean. April 24, 1979. https://www.newspapers.com/image/112180077

• Gallagher, Kathleen. “Man in Dam Blast Claims He Was ‘High’ at the Time,” The Tennessean. March 27, 1979. https://www.newspapers.com/image/111506969

• Gallagher, Kathleen. “Indeterminate Sentence Given in Dam Bombing,” The Tennessean. March 14, 1979. https://www.newspapers.com/image/112951042

• Gallagher, Kathleen. “Jury Convicts 3rd Percy Priest Blast Defendant,” The Tennessean. March 28, 1979. https://www.newspapers.com/image/111508712

• Heistorian. “The Bombing of J Percy Priest Dam, 1978,” Reddit. https://www.reddit.com/r/nashville/comments/r3jo0n/the_bombing_of_j_percy_priest_dam_1978/