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The Unfetchable Moonshiner
One of the biggest moonshiners (literally) in Appalachia was a Melungeon woman from Newman's Ridge in Hancock County, Tennessee. She lived an intere…
3 years ago
The Outlaw Kinnie Wagner
The 1920s were a decade of loosening morals, Prohibition and crime, with notorious outlaws popping up across America. Along with the likes of Al Capo…
3 years ago
The Last Gunfight of Troy and Elias Hatfield
In 1911 Devil Anse Hatfield’s sons Troy and Elias were in Fayette County running a bar, which was doing quite well. They had established their liquor…
3 years, 1 month ago
The Legendary Revenuer: Big Six
We've told stories of moonshiners; we've even interviewed one of them. Today we're going to tell the story of untaxed whiskey from the other side, th…
3 years, 1 month ago
The Appalachian Prophet
A man from Anderson County, Tennessee, had developed a reputation as being a bit strange, going on about all those visions he had after his wife left…
3 years, 1 month ago
The Appalachian "Bat-Man"
In 1892 a West Virginia hermit living high above the Cheat River announced to the world that he had an invention: a suit that would allow him to fly …
3 years, 1 month ago
Hillbilly
To many the word "Appalachia" is synonymous with the word "hillbilly," for better or for worse.
Often used as a derogatory term by non-residents of …
3 years, 2 months ago
The Cloudland Hotel
After the Civil War fine hotels were built all along the mountain range that separated North Carolina and Tennessee, each one grander than the last, …
3 years, 2 months ago
Christmas Traditions in Appalachia
It is Christmas week, folks, so join us as we talk about Old Christmas and some Appalachian Christmas folklore.
Merry Christmas, all!
3 years, 2 months ago
The Saltville Muck Dam Collapse
Christmas Eve, 1924, started like Christmas Eve always had, with people getting ready for family gatherings, caroling, and opening presents the next …
3 years, 2 months ago