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The Felon File

Scott Lunsford

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The Felon File Podcast is a discussion of law enforcement history, issues, and incidents. Stories of justice and justice failed, in the Appalachian Mountains and beyond. Hosted by Scott Lunsford, retired police detective sergeant, author, and researcher. Listened to in 22 countries worldwide.
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The Buncombe Co. Lynching of 1897 (E-12-9)Episode • Apr 26

Some people are just hard to kill. Podcast (12-8)Episode • Apr 12

North Carolina John & Jane Doe Homicides (12-7)Episode • Mar 29

The story of the Pizza Gate Man (Episode 12-6)Episode • Mar 15

The Murder of Karen Styles (12-5)Episode • Mar 2

The Hanging of Dave Mason (Eps. 12-4)Episode • Feb 16

The Charlotte Razer Girl of 1926 (episode 12-3)Episode • Feb 2

Assault by Banjo (#12-2)Episode • Jan 19

The Asheville Monkey (12-1)Episode • Jan 5

The Murder of Lucy PollardEpisode • Sep 28, 2024

History does repeatEpisode • Sep 14, 2024

He took a bull whip to a legal fight.Episode • Aug 31, 2024

Two of Histories Execution Mysteries.Episode • Aug 24, 2024

Replay of 2021 Shade of Blue Story to honor Chief BooneEpisode • Aug 10, 2024

Bonaparte’s retreat and 3 men marched to their death.Episode • Aug 3, 2024

The Killing of Sheriff NolandEpisode • Jul 13, 2024

1928 Murder in Madison NCEpisode • Jun 29, 2024

11-1 Rum Runners and the Black DuckEpisode • Jun 27, 2024

Looking for Candidates for that "Special" Place in HellEpisode • May 18, 2024

1937 The Murder Year in NC?Episode • May 4, 2024

Unfortunate incident or Murder?Episode • Apr 20, 2024

England's Killers, Fred and Rosemary WestEpisode • Apr 6, 2024

The 1973 Murder of StringbeanEpisode • Mar 23, 2024

Ian Brady & Myra Hindley. The English Moor MurdersEpisode • Mar 10, 2024

1875 Murder of the Farmer's DaughterEpisode • Feb 18, 2024

Her headstone reads "MARY MAGDALENE PITTS”, “Cruelly Murdered”.Episode • Feb 4, 2024

The 1913 Murdering Man of the ClothEpisode • Jan 21, 2024

1903 payroll robbery and murder by IEDEpisode • Dec 31, 2023

Cars and CrimesEpisode • Dec 17, 2023

1936 and 1950 Family MurdersEpisode • Dec 3, 2023

Thanksgiving Holiday CrimesEpisode • Nov 19, 2023

The N.Y. Car Hook MurderEpisode • Nov 4, 2023

England’s Doctor DeathEpisode • Oct 21, 2023

The 1903 Concert Mass shootingEpisode • Oct 7, 2023

Was he a Murdering Methodist Minister?Episode • Sep 23, 2023

The Mad Bomber of MayberryEpisode • Sep 9, 2023

The Devil made me do it.Episode • Aug 26, 2023

1886 Memphis Murder, or was it justified?Episode • Aug 12, 2023

MoonShine 101.Episode • Jul 29, 2023

1871 Murder of the Silas Weston FamilyEpisode • Jul 15, 2023

1869 murder of a CongressmanEpisode • Jul 1, 2023

Did the S.C. Lt. Governor get away with murder?Episode • Jun 17, 2023

9-24. Criminal or Hero? What's your perspective?Episode • Jun 3, 2023

9-23. The Strange Florida Murder of 1865Episode • May 27, 2023

9-22 The 1876 Murdering wife of GeorgiaEpisode • May 13, 2023

9-21. The 1894 Sixteen-Year-Old MurderessEpisode • Apr 29, 2023

9-20. A Presidential arrest. (& No, it's not what you think)Episode • Apr 8, 2023

Bonus Dept of Justice release info 2Episode • Apr 6, 2023

9-19. 1927 Goldsboro NC Murder of a 15-year-old girl.Episode • Apr 1, 2023

Bonus 9-30-23. Assistant U.S. Attorney GUILTY!Episode • Mar 30, 2023

9-18. Did Man make the whisky? Or did whiskey make the man?Episode • Mar 25, 2023

9-17. Missing? Murdered? or Runaway? Mob Justice? Who is the victim?Episode • Mar 18, 2023

9-16. The Pollard Murder, a fair trial or "Judicial Murder"Episode • Mar 12, 2023

9-15. Firsts in N.C. Law enforcement HistoryEpisode • Mar 5, 2023

9-14. The Forest City Incident.Episode • Feb 26, 2023

9-13. The 1845 weeklong marriage and murder.Episode • Feb 19, 2023

9-12. 400 Versions One True StoryEpisode • Feb 12, 2023

9-11. The 1890s missing peddler.Episode • Feb 5, 2023

9-10. Don't Mess with the Postmistress & Is making a joyful noise illegal?Episode • Jan 29, 2023

9-9. Law Order and WafflesEpisode • Jan 22, 2023

9-8. Escaped Killer or Hero US Marshall.Episode • Jan 15, 2023

The Buncombe Bastille BreakoutEpisode • Jan 8, 2023

9-6. The man who fell from the skyEpisode • Dec 31, 2022

9-5. Was it true Santa made the Naughty list?Episode • Dec 25, 2022

9-4 King of the Mountain or Insane Killer?Episode • Dec 18, 2022

9- 3. The lady in the Georgia CreekEpisode • Dec 12, 2022

9-B-2. Arrest of "Bad Idea Brad"Episode • Dec 11, 2022

9-Bonus-A- Another Special HellEpisode • Dec 7, 2022

9-2 Love and Law.Episode • Dec 4, 2022

9-1. The Great Asheville & Missouri Simian HuntEpisode • Nov 27, 2022

8-26. A relative MurderEpisode • Nov 20, 2022

more on the Sheriff called Jessie JamesEpisode • Nov 12, 2022

The sheriff called Jessie James (8-25)Episode • Nov 5, 2022

Halloween 2022Episode • Oct 29, 2022

Episode 8-23 Black Widow Poison!Episode • Oct 22, 2022

8-22. Clinton Smith, 1996 Kool-Aid killer?Episode • Oct 15, 2022

8-21. Mistaken IdentyEpisode • Oct 8, 2022

Bonus #3 Up DateEpisode • Sep 28, 2022

8-20. Sept 1900, "Hanged" TwiceEpisode • Sep 25, 2022

Update on September bonus episodeEpisode • Sep 22, 2022

Sept-18-Bonus. Is 25 enough?Episode • Sep 18, 2022

8-19. 1852 A Hanging in HaywoodEpisode • Sep 17, 2022

8-18 A History of NC PrisonsEpisode • Sep 10, 2022

8-17. 1886 Hanging of Andrew Jackson LambertEpisode • Sep 3, 2022

8-16 The Klan vs. the Bootlegger Gangs.Episode • Aug 27, 2022

8-15. The catchable but not fetchable MoonshinerEpisode • Aug 20, 2022

8-14. The 1930s Bunch GangEpisode • Aug 13, 2022

8-13. Familicide.Episode • Aug 6, 2022

8-12. Mary Jane Crowson’s baby is gone!Episode • Jul 30, 2022

8-11. Growing up Charlie MansonEpisode • Jul 23, 2022

8-10. The story of Otto Wood, in song and print.Episode • Jul 16, 2022

8-9. The 1935 Jones Ridge MurderEpisode • Jul 9, 2022

8-8. Mistaken IdentifyEpisode • Jul 2, 2022

8-7. The Ballad of Beautiful Nell Cropsey.Episode • Jun 25, 2022

8-6 Vets, Shine and Murder on Spring CreekEpisode • Jun 18, 2022

8-5, Almost HangedEpisode • Jun 11, 2022

8-4. The 1903 Forks of Ivy murder.Episode • Jun 4, 2022

8-3 The killing of the busiest man in Western North CarolinaEpisode • May 28, 2022

8-2 A Catfish out of waterEpisode • May 21, 2022

8-1. Hell, to PayEpisode • May 14, 2022

Bonus #3 Alabama Bad Guys. And some Bad Good Guys?Episode • May 8, 2022

Bonus 2 season 8Episode • May 8, 2022

Season 8 BonusEpisode • Apr 30, 2022

7-25. Domestic Violence it isn't new.Episode • Apr 23, 2022

7-24. The Lynching of Bob Brackett in 1897Episode • Apr 16, 2022

7-23. Lavinia Fisher. First female serial killer in the U.S.?Episode • Apr 9, 2022

7-22. Stalking Today and YesterdayEpisode • Apr 2, 2022

7-21. 1873 California. Does one murder justify another?Episode • Mar 26, 2022

7-20. The 1914 Muddy Creek MurderEpisode • Mar 19, 2022

7-19. 1859, Missing Girl, Missing Body. Murder?Episode • Mar 13, 2022

7-18- 1928 100-year-old cold case murder in the Carolina mountainsEpisode • Mar 6, 2022

7-16. 1946 Eggers murderEpisode • Feb 27, 2022

7-15. 1923 London England trial and double hangingEpisode • Feb 20, 2022

7-14. 1889 Road Rage on SledsEpisode • Feb 13, 2022

7-13. The 1827 Vance and Carson DuelEpisode • Feb 6, 2022

7-12. Murder in the Personal ads.Episode • Jan 30, 2022

7-11. 1930s Rat River ManhuntEpisode • Jan 23, 2022

7-10 1872 murder of a Gilded Age Robber BaronEpisode • Jan 16, 2022

7-9 The Derby Poisoner, 1870s Lady MurderEpisode • Jan 9, 2022

7-8. The happiest man who ever lived on death row.Episode • Jan 2, 2022

7-7. Christmas Murder and ArsonEpisode • Dec 26, 2021

7-6. The day they hung Santa.Episode • Dec 19, 2021

7-5. Law Enforcement and stories of mistaken identities.Episode • Dec 12, 2021

7-4. The Best Police Detective in the USAEpisode • Dec 5, 2021

7-3 Murders of 1936 and 1937Episode • Nov 28, 2021

7-x2 The 1846 Murder of Alexander Simpson in Fayetteville NC.Episode • Nov 21, 2021

7-1. 1984 Is the Father the Killer?Episode • Nov 14, 2021

6-21. 1831 Was it the Devil at the Door? or a ConmanEpisode • Nov 6, 2021

The Halloween EpisodeEpisode • Oct 30, 2021

6-19. 1999 abduction of a 10-year-old. Two decades for justice.Episode • Oct 23, 2021

6-18. “poisoning mania”Episode • Oct 16, 2021

Episode 6-17. Who killed the lady golfer? 1941Episode • Oct 9, 2021

Episode 6-16. The Devil in the Orange GroveEpisode • Oct 2, 2021

6-15. The 2014 Munchhausen MurderEpisode • Sep 25, 2021

Episode 6-14. Kidnapped in the 70'sEpisode • Sep 18, 2021

6-13, Victoria’s Special Level of Hell, Candidates for the new school year.Episode • Sep 11, 2021

Episode 6-12 1986 Death of Debra Wolf. Murder or accident?Episode • Sep 4, 2021

Episode 6-11. Dillon the 14 year old Double Murderer.Episode • Aug 28, 2021

Episode 6-10. Justifying the Means, or just a Conman?Episode • Aug 21, 2021

Episode 6-9 Unidentified murder victims in North Carolina and other cold casesEpisode • Aug 14, 2021

Episode 6-8 The Model Murder InvestigationEpisode • Aug 7, 2021

Episode 6-7. The 1927 North Carolina Miller manhuntEpisode • Jul 31, 2021

Bonus 6 3. Victoria's Special level of hell for OffendersEpisode • Jul 31, 2021

Episode 6-6. The Bluebeard of Paris Serial KillerEpisode • Jul 24, 2021

Episode 6-5. The Shooting of Sheriff Merrill & the first shot of the Civil War in North Carolina.Episode • Jul 17, 2021

Episode 6-4 The Taco Bell Strangler of the 1990'sEpisode • Jul 10, 2021

Episode 6-3. The trial of Zeke AustinEpisode • Jul 3, 2021

Bonus, 6-2 Free speech for cops?Episode • Jul 1, 2021

Episode 6-2, A Certified Nursing Assistant on Death RowEpisode • Jun 26, 2021

Episode 6-1. Season Six The 1926 trial of Deputy Sheriff Two-Gun Ben FowlerEpisode • Jun 19, 2021

Bonus start of season 6. Murder of a 7 year oldEpisode • Jun 12, 2021

Episode 5-20. Two Homicides from 2011Episode • Jun 5, 2021

Episode 5-19. Executed twice. Was it Double Jeopardy?Episode • May 29, 2021

Episode 5-18. The thirty-year murder case.Episode • May 22, 2021

Episode 5-17, That Special Place in Hell.Episode • May 15, 2021

Episode 5-16 Who killed the Hermit of Spring CreekEpisode • May 8, 2021

bonus, 5-1 Are ACRB?Episode • May 3, 2021

Episode 5-15 The massacre of the Donnelly family.Episode • May 1, 2021

Episode 5-14. At 15 years old he was told to die in prison. He came closeEpisode • Apr 24, 2021

Episode 5-13 The wicked stepmother. Truth or Fiction.Episode • Apr 17, 2021

Episode 5-12. Cops in Court. Carjacker lectures. Egg thief Deputy of Buncombe County & Covid crooksEpisode • Apr 10, 2021

Episode 5-11. A missing mother, murder, pizza, and Sheriff Ponder.Episode • Apr 3, 2021

Episode 5-10. Who shot the Sheriff? You will be surprised.Episode • Mar 27, 2021

Episode 5-9. Murder of the Widow in 1951Episode • Mar 20, 2021

Episode 5-8 Confidence Artists of today and yesterdayEpisode • Mar 14, 2021

Episode 5-7. The Morris Murders of 1879Episode • Mar 7, 2021

Episode 5-6, The Trial of Thomas W Strange.Episode • Feb 28, 2021

Episode 5-5 Were they hung because of the cat?Episode • Feb 21, 2021

Episode 5-3, Human Trafficking, Juvenile killers, Juvenile Victims and a Million dollar LarcenyEpisode • Feb 14, 2021

Episode 5-2 Part two of The The Wigwam MurderEpisode • Feb 7, 2021

Episode 5-4- The Murder of 2 little girls in 1966 Tennessee.Episode • Jan 30, 2021

Episode 5-1 The Wigwam MurderEpisode • Jan 24, 2021

Cold case murder of a High School Student in 1947Episode • Jan 17, 2021

Episode 4-20 Killer Robots, Court House Killings and Work ViolenceEpisode • Jan 10, 2021

Episode 4-19 Punishment for a 12 year old Killer.Episode • Jan 3, 2021

Episode 4- 18. The concept of sanity. How crazy is too crazy?Episode • Dec 27, 2020

Episode s-4-17 Abuse, Neglect, and Homicide of our ChildrenEpisode • Dec 20, 2020

Episode S-4-16 The Worlds Best Con Man?Episode • Dec 13, 2020

Episode s4-15 Big Bertha the Confidence WomanEpisode • Dec 6, 2020

Episode 4- 14 Crimes and Cons of the 1918 pandemicEpisode • Nov 29, 2020

Episode S-4-13 The Preacher did it. Or did he?Episode • Nov 22, 2020

Episode S-4-12- Methodist Camp Meeting Killing of 1889Episode • Nov 15, 2020

Episode 4-11 He did the time / but did he do the crime?Episode • Nov 8, 2020

Episode 4-9 More Young Killers to reviewEpisode • Oct 31, 2020

Episode 4-8 44 years for justice?Episode • Oct 24, 2020

Episode 4-7 Before Columbine.Episode • Oct 17, 2020

Episode 4-6 A 12 year old Murderer. Did the medicine make him do it?Episode • Oct 10, 2020

Episode 4-5 Will we ever know how many children he killed?Episode • Oct 3, 2020

Episode 4-4 Victoria's L.I.C. (Low Intelligence Criminal News)Episode • Sep 26, 2020

Episode 4-3 - 1975 Child abduction/Cold caseEpisode • Sep 19, 2020

Episode -4-2. N.C. Officer killed in his living room.Episode • Sep 12, 2020

Episode 4-1 The Hunt for RudolphEpisode • Sep 5, 2020

Episode -3-25- Sometimes a man just needs to be shot (and sometimes the Court Agrees.)Episode • Aug 29, 2020

Episode 3-24. Murder with a stick? or Honor killing?Episode • Aug 22, 2020

Episode 3-23 A tale of a truly Evil man.Episode • Aug 15, 2020

Episode -3-22 Murder and death in 1936 and 1937Episode • Aug 8, 2020

Episode -3-21 Murder of a Swedish Assassin In Western North Carolina?Episode • Aug 1, 2020

Episode - 3-20 You got the wrong guy, It wasn't me!Episode • Jul 25, 2020

Episode 3-19. The newspaper man and the Klan.Episode • Jul 18, 2020

Episode 3-18 A Black Widow on Death RowEpisode • Jul 11, 2020

Episode 3-17 - Grandmother on Death RowEpisode • Jul 4, 2020

Episode 3-16 "Big" and "Little" Harpe terrorized the western frontier in the 1790s (the first documented serial killers?)Episode • Jun 27, 2020

3-15- The Giggling Granny, self made widow & killer.Episode • Jun 20, 2020

Episode 3-14 Mass murder in Virginia 2010Episode • Jun 13, 2020

Episode 3-13- Triple jeopardy? Tried three time for the same murder.Episode • Jun 6, 2020

Episode 3-12-- Listen to the trees they can testify too.Episode • May 30, 2020

Episode 3-11--- 30 year old murder investigation solved by public genealogy companyEpisode • May 23, 2020

Episode 3-10 ---The JFK Assassination and the Boone N.C. triple Murder connection.Episode • May 16, 2020

Episode 3-9 --- 1902 fratricide with an eleven year old killer.Episode • May 9, 2020

Episode 3 - 8 - Arrest in Cold Case slaying of teenage boy 29 years agoEpisode • May 2, 2020

Episode 3 - 7- An 80 year old open child abduction investigationEpisode • Apr 25, 2020

Episode 3-5, Power, control and deathEpisode • Apr 18, 2020

Episode 3-4 A view of the Asheville Police Dept from 1970 and 1983Episode • Apr 11, 2020

Episode 3-3 --- Political Prisoner or Murderer ?Episode • Apr 4, 2020

Episode 3-2 Justice denied and justice delivered.Episode • Mar 29, 2020

Episode 3-1 The Satanic Panic - Dungeon and Dragons and murder.Episode • Mar 21, 2020

Bonus 3 #6 Wyatt OutlawEpisode • Mar 14, 2020

Bonus 5 Redhead Murder and a Nazi Found and removed.Episode • Mar 8, 2020

Bonus 3 #4Episode • Mar 1, 2020

Bonus 3 #3 Two N.C. Cold CasesEpisode • Feb 23, 2020

bonus -A killing among friendsEpisode • Feb 16, 2020

Episode -S2-25 Wrongfully convicted - Illegally executed by South CarolinaEpisode • Feb 9, 2020

Episode -S2-24 Juvenile death penalties.Episode • Feb 2, 2020

Episode -S2-23“Five O”Episode • Jan 26, 2020

Episode -S2-22 The Atlanta Ripper of 1911Episode • Jan 19, 2020

Episode -S2-21- Violence and school shootingsEpisode • Jan 12, 2020

Episode -S2 - 20 A look at the first court cases in Buncombe County North Carolina.Episode • Jan 5, 2020

Episode -S2 19 Shootout at the Ironton jailEpisode • Dec 29, 2019

Episode S2- 18. The Thorny Rose- Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch connection to Tnn.Episode • Dec 22, 2019

Eposides S 2-17 Repeat offenders and killers.Episode • Dec 15, 2019

Episode S 2-16, The Unitarian Universalist Church Shooting at youth playEpisode • Dec 8, 2019

Episode S 2-15, Outlaw WhiskeyEpisode • Dec 1, 2019

Episode S 2-14, A 1982 medieval murder with Satanic connections in KentuckyEpisode • Nov 24, 2019

Episode S2- 13. The Civilian and War Crimes of Champ FergusonEpisode • Nov 17, 2019

Episode S2- 12 The Bunch Gang and the murder of Sheriff Lewis Bratch (L.B.) Hutcheson.Episode • Nov 10, 2019

Episode S2-11- Tragic 911 call and the Story of Lucky Joe. A two part Episode.Episode • Nov 2, 2019

Episode S2-10- The worst woman on Earth?Episode • Oct 26, 2019

Episode s2-9- The Pennsylvania Turnpike Phantom of 1953Episode • Oct 19, 2019

Episode s2-8- 100 sticks of Dynamite and the murder of 3 little girls. 1937Episode • Oct 12, 2019

Episode S2-7- A 15 day snow storm, domestic violence, & national attention to a small town in Mtns. of N.C.Episode • Oct 5, 2019

Episode S2-6- The Doctor did it.Episode • Sep 28, 2019

Episode S2- 5- A murder solved but still not closed. 1936Episode • Sep 21, 2019

Episode Bonus 3- Police Chiefs coming and going.Episode • Sep 21, 2019

Episode S2- 4- The Buncombe County Smith Cold CaseEpisode • Sep 14, 2019

Episode S2-3- The Murder of 3 year old Lillian PatrickEpisode • Sep 7, 2019

Episode s2-2- 160 years ago a Congressman shot & killed the son of Francis Scott Key near the white house and witnessesEpisode • Aug 31, 2019

Episode S2-1- What do you do with a Six year old Murder?Episode • Aug 24, 2019

Episode Bonus - 2- More Appalachian trail murder mysteries.Episode • Aug 17, 2019

Episode Bonus - 1- A Serial killer and murdering politiciansEpisode • Aug 10, 2019

Episode -25- California Cold case that ended in a small town in Western North Carolina. Part 2: Moonshine!Episode • Aug 3, 2019

Episode -24- Jane Doe of the Mountain. Identification of a 50 year old cold case murder Victim.Episode • Jul 27, 2019

Episode -23- The Ballad of Poor Ellen Smith and the truth behind the song.Episode • Jul 20, 2019

Episode -22- The 1970s Virginia Bunny man mystery and InvestigationEpisode • Jul 13, 2019

Episode -21-The story of Namoni Wise. Was Bob Dylan and Doc Watson correct in telling the story?Episode • Jul 6, 2019

Episode -20- The Right Rev. George Washington Carawan and the School teacher Charles Lassiter. 1852.Episode • Jun 29, 2019

Episode -19 Murder in Mitchel Co. NC. 1904, Murder or self defense?Episode • Jun 22, 2019

Episode-18- Why did the Deputy shoot Tom Mashburn? & Who killed the father of NC Ginseng TradeEpisode • Jun 15, 2019

Episode- 17- A 1960s unusual disappearance and missing person case with connections to Western N.C.Episode • Jun 8, 2019

Episode- 16- Part two of the Murder of W. W. “Bill” Ormond by Mr. William Bonaparte Cole.Episode • Jun 2, 2019

Episode -15 The Murder of W. W. “Bill” Ormond by Mr. William Bonaparte Cole.Episode • Jun 1, 2019

Episode -14- The hanging of Peter Smith-- Crime and punishment in the Appalachian MountainsEpisode • May 25, 2019

Episode -13- 1901 murder of a sleeping family.Episode • May 18, 2019

Episode -12- Big Al Capone in the AppalachiansEpisode • May 11, 2019

Episode -11 The Murder of 17 year old Muriel Baldridge 1947Episode • May 4, 2019

episode - 10 -gambling in the MountainsEpisode • Apr 27, 2019

Episode - 9. Witchcraft Trials in Tenn,, Ghostly evidence and Court testimony in West VirginiaEpisode • Apr 20, 2019

Episode -8- Murder and attempted Murder on the Appalachian TrailEpisode • Apr 13, 2019

Episode -7 The Ghost Town incident of 1992Episode • Apr 6, 2019

Episode -6 The Miller ManhuntEpisode • Mar 30, 2019

Episode -5 - 1964 and a deadly Home InvasionEpisode • Mar 24, 2019

Episode- 4- Five dead in ten Minutes, Asheville NC 1906Episode • Mar 16, 2019

Episode- 3- Montford Avenue Murder / The TrialEpisode • Mar 10, 2019

Episode 2 Asheville N.C. Montford Ave. Murder.Episode • Feb 20, 2019

Episode -1- A LITTLE BACKGROUND -Episode • Feb 8, 2019

The Felon File.Episode • Feb 7, 2019

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