ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — A new four-part podcast series revisits the little-known 1927 death of Mary Cooper, a wealthy widow whose suspicious death rocked Asheville’s Montford neighborhood — then quietly faded from memory.
Mystery on Montford Avenue is a special presentation from Shannon Ballard, creator and host of Southern Mysteries, a biweekly podcast that has explored overlooked Southern history and true crime stories since 2017. With the tagline, “Sometimes the mystery is: why haven’t you heard the story?” Ballard focuses on telling stories that deserve to be remembered.
A resident of the Asheville area, Ballard says this story hit close to home…