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Brushy Mountain's Prodigal Son
An attempted robbery of a Johnson City, Tennessee, laundry in 1930 eventually led to a stint in Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary, a prisoners strik…
5 years, 2 months ago
The Krampus
Christmas is fast approaching so this week, as we do at this time of the year, we tell a Christmas story. And, since this is the pandemic year, 2020,…
5 years, 2 months ago
Tsali
Today we tell the story of Cherokee prophet and leader, Tsali. According to tribal oral tradition, it was Tsali who made it possible for the Eastern …
5 years, 2 months ago
A Courtroom Tragedy
The Avery family is very well-known in western North Carolina, starting in the late 1700s with Waightstill Avery, a lawyer and the very first attorne…
5 years, 3 months ago
Faster Than A Speeding Bullet
Today we tell the story of the man from West Virginia who became a brigadier general in the U. S. Air Force, helped train the first American astronau…
5 years, 3 months ago
Appalachian Travellers
At one time it was a common sight to see a traveling group of Roma, known then as gypsies, come through Appalachia. Folks would barter with them for …
5 years, 3 months ago
The Last Gunfight In Knoxville
Disputes in Appalachia between the well-to-do were often handled with the use of firearms with one of the most well-known people from the region, And…
5 years, 3 months ago
The New Market Train Wreck
Saturday, September 24, 1904, started just like any other day for the passengers getting ready to board the Southern Railway Number 15 train at the B…
5 years, 3 months ago
Ghost Stories 2020/A Look Back Over Five Years
It's Halloween so Rod and Steve each have a bit of Appalachian folklore for you, in the form of two ghost stories. Stick around after the stories, t…
5 years, 4 months ago
Will Harris
In 1906 a North Carolina prison escapee comes to Asheville. There he gets into a drunken shootout with police and an escape littered with his murder…
5 years, 4 months ago