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The Untamable Monster Well of 1894: Big Moses
In September 1894, a routine drilling operation on a Tyler County, West Virginia, farm broke into a massive natural gas pocket, unleashing one of the…
4 hours ago
The Devil in the Mountains- The Story of Vincent "Clawhammer" Witcher
Vincent “Clawhammer” Witcher became one of the most feared Confederate guerrilla leaders along the Virginia/Kentucky border in the Civil War. As the…
1 week ago
A Witness to History: The Frontier Life of Captain William Asher
The early settlements along the Watauga and Holston Rivers in what’s now Tennessee were the very beginning of "The Wild West." While names like Danie…
2 weeks ago
Appalachia's Forgotten Uprising: Claypool's Rebellion
In 1781, as the American Revolution raged, Appalachian settlers in what’s now West Virginia rose in armed rebellion against the Virginia government. …
3 weeks ago
A State of Natural Liberty: The Incredible Life of Quill Rose
Quill Rose was a Confederate veteran, bear hunter, blacksmith, storyteller, and moonshiner who lived deep in the Smoky Mountains along Eagle Creek. I…
4 weeks ago
A Dark December in Kentucky: The Disappearance of Mamie Womack
This week we have not one, but two episodes for you!
For this story, we travel back to December of 1908, when people in Russell and Adair counties in …
1 month ago
Stagecoaches, Soldiers and Ghosts- The Story of the Glen Ferris Inn
This week we have not one but two podcast episodes for you!
In this one, we go to Glen Ferris, West Virginia, a town at the falls of the Kanawha River…
1 month ago
Into the Unknown: John Lederer's Journeys Into Appalachia
In the late 1600’s, Dr. John Lederer, a German immigrant to the Virginia colony, became one of the first Europeans to explore the Appalachian region.…
1 month, 1 week ago
The Varmint of Burkes Garden
The highest mountain valley in Virginia is Burke’s Garden, also referred to as “God’s Thumbprint” for its bowl-like shape.
It was here that something …
1 month, 2 weeks ago
They Claimed They Spoke For God: Appalachia's 19th Century New Eden
This week we tell the strange and little-known story of the Mountain Cove Community, a spiritualist commune founded in the mountains of what’s now We…
1 month, 3 weeks ago