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The Hawk's Nest Tunnel
During the Great Depression jobs were hard to come by. So when the Rhinehart and Dennis Construction Company came looking for workers to build a hyd…
7 years, 3 months ago
Two True Tales Of Crime In Appalachia
We have a "two-fer" for you this week! In our first story, from Pennsylvania, we tell of a murder with a wizardly twist. In the second, a husband wit…
7 years, 3 months ago
The War Of The Roses
In 1886 two brothers from Carter County, Tennessee, ran for governor of the Volunteer State, one a Republican and the other a Democrat. Instead of r…
7 years, 4 months ago
Lesley Riddle
Back in the 1920's A. P. Carter scoured the Appalachian countryside looking for songs the Carter Family could perform. Along with him was a young bl…
7 years, 4 months ago
A Soviet Spy in Appalachia
Today, in a retelling of our very first podcast episode, Rod and Steve tell the story of a man who, during the 1930's and 40's, worked at Tennessee E…
7 years, 4 months ago
The Judge Who Ran Both Ways
Today we tell the story of Judge Alexander Ratliff of Pikeville, Kentucky, who ran for office as both a Democrat and as an Independent, at the same t…
7 years, 4 months ago
The Kidnapping of Peggy Ann
The story of the kidnapping of a high school student in Shade Gap, Pennsylvania, who was dragged off into the woods while walking from her bus stop t…
7 years, 5 months ago
Massacre at Lattimer
On September 10, 1897, more than a dozen coal miners, mainly eastern European immigrants, were shot and killed by police while on strike at the Latti…
7 years, 5 months ago
Nance Dude
Today we tell the story of Nance Dude, of Haywood County, North Carolina, convicted in the death of her granddaughter in 1913. You can subscribe to…
7 years, 5 months ago
The Baroness
Today we tell a story of love, lust, and espionage in Chattanooga, Tennessee during World War I. You can subscribe to the Stories podcast at RadioPub…
7 years, 6 months ago