Episode 73-Forensic Files "Kill"igraphy Part 2 (Interview with McCracken Poston) Alvin Ridley's defense lawyer.

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I had the Pleasure of interviewing McCracken Poston Jr Who is a criminal Defense lawyer In Northwest Georgia Just Below Chattanooga Tennessee. McCracken Poston gives us his first-person account while he defended Alvin Ridley. McCracken authored a book called Zenith man, Death, Love, and Redemption in a court room. Alvin Ridley was a difficult client, but I love the friendship that followed. McCracken Poston answers questions that the Forensic Files episode did not mention. His Bio is below. The link for his book is below to purchase.

About McCracken Poston Jr.

Recovering from getting my ass whipped in a congressional race, professionally and personally, I was somewhat lost. Then I began to be stalked by the strangest, scariest man in town, who was accused of keeping his wife locked in the basement for decades and then killing her. Alvin Ridley was a failed TV repairman, and sold the Zenith brand before the corporation, like most everyone else, abandoned his business. He shuttered it in 1984, blaming local officials for "running off his customers" and "taking his van." The congressman who beat me called to demand that I keep Alvin Ridley away from his congressional office. For every ounce of suspicion for the local government, Alvin had hope that the federal government would save him. This call motivated me like nothing else.

Biography

About the author McCracken King Poston, Jr. was born and raised in Catoosa County in Northwest Georgia. A four-term member of the Georgia House of Representatives, his world unraveled after a number of personal and professional setbacks, including a losing bid for the U.S. Congress. Soon, Poston found himself representing a most unusual client - a man once revered as a natural TV repairman who had also suffered several downfalls, including being accused of holding his wife captive in their basement for almost three decades before killing her. Poston went on to complete the representation of Alvin "Zenith Man" Ridley, and the community was shocked to hear the truth of what went on at the dilapidated house in Ringgold, Georgia. Only recently, Alvin Ridley was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder, which explains much about how throughout his life he was misunderstood by his community. Poston's first book is a story of redemption, of more than one man in Catoosa County, Georgia. Poston went on from this case to a distinguished career as a criminal defense lawyer, with cases featured on television's "Forensic Files," A&E's "American Justice," and several national publications. He and his secretary continue to help Mr. Ridley, now eighty-one, making and getting him to appointments, and helping him navigate a neurotypical world.

Desired CTA

In this case, Alvin Ridley's mannerisms - a flat vocal effect, misaligned emotional state, etc. - were used against him in determining whether to accuse him of holding his wife captive for decades and then killing her, and also were used against him during his trial. https://www.kensingtonbooks.com/9780806542799/zenith-man/

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