- Homer Wells
In the next installment of WKNO’s fine Southern Routes show, I talk about the life and times of a very interesting character named Homer Wells, known far and wide as “The Bloodhound Man.”
Wells was a private eye in Memphis in the 1920s and ’30s, then tried his hand writing stories about his exploits for True Detective Mysteries, Master Detective, and other magazines of the day and became quite a local celebrity. These (below) are just some of the many “true-crime” publications that contained his stories.
Don’t miss it! Southern Routes airs on WKNO-TV this Thursday, March 4th, at 7:30 p.m. The show will repeat on Saturday, March 6th, at 9:30 a.m. and again on Sunday, March 7th, at 7:30 a.m.
Also on the show will be episodes that take viewers to Tennessee’s Duck River, a profile of metal-detector guru Sid Witherington, and — a special treat — a segment on local fire dancer Nadia Sofia, who just happened to be featured on the cover of the Memphis Flyer‘s recent “Hotties” issue. Hot stuff, indeed.
Southern Routes is produced by my pal Kip Cole and co-produced and hosted by my good friend (and fellow historian/explorer) Bonnie Kourvelas, and they do one heckuva job, if I do say so myself.
Why, just keeping me sober for each episode is almost a full-time job for them.
Hope you enjoy it.
