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Forgotten True CrimeAuthor: Trevor Shelby
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Two Shots Near Adams — The Death of Chief Roland "Tod" Payne
Episode 4
Saturday, 25 July, 2026
On a dark Wisconsin highway in November of 1939, two lawmen were driving two teenage boys home to answer for a stolen car. It should have been the most routine night of the week. And then a gun went off inside the car.Minutes later, the two officers were lying handcuffed together in a roadside ditch, the boys were gone in a stolen sheriff's car — and one of the most beloved small-town police chiefs in Wisconsin was dead, without a mark on him.This is the story of Chief Roland "Tod" Payne — a man whose entire life's work was keeping boys out of trouble — and of the two boys who killed him. It's a story of a five-hundred-mile manhunt through the frozen Northwoods, a funeral that shut down a whole city, and a question a prosecutor, a coroner, and a grand jury all wrestled with and never cleanly answered: if a man dies like this, can you charge the boys who were fighting him with his murder?And it's all told through the eyes of the one man who was in that car and lived — the undersheriff who spent that night handcuffed to his dying chief.⚠️ Content warning: This episode involves the death of a police officer and the crimes of two teenagers. Listener discretion is advised.🔎 Original newspaper clippings and photos from the case at Section29.com🎵 Music by TrackTribe — copyright-free music for creators. TrackTribe is Mike Chiavaro, Gunnar Olsen, Otis McDonald, and Fred Beteille. tracktribe.comAdditional music via Pixabay (free under the Pixabay Content License):"Smoking Noir – True Crime and Thriller Music (Loopable)" by Joel Fazhari"Stalking My Next Victim – Cinematic True Crime and Detective Music" by Joel Fazhari"True Crime Mystery Music (Loopable)" by Joel Fazhari"Mystery Investigation Documentary Music" by Tunetank"Energy Rock" by Jonas BlakewoodWe use AI tools to enhance the narration and edit the audio on this show.
