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Elsie
The city of Kingsport, Tennessee, was a planned community. Built with money from the Appalachian coalfields combined with Yankee expertise, Kingspor…
7 years, 5 months ago
The Funeral
Once upon a time there was a man who was nearing the end of his days on this earth. This man decided he wanted to attend his own funeral while he wa…
7 years, 5 months ago
The Nerve Gas Train
In August, 1970, two trains loaded with deadly Sarin gas made a journey through Appalachia to the ocean at Wilmington, North Carolina, for disposal a…
7 years, 5 months ago
Floyd's Cave
Crawling around underground isn't for everyone, especially the hosts of the Stories podcast. But there are some for whom exploring caves is their li…
7 years, 5 months ago
More Short Stories
We're back with some short stories for you, bits of history not long enough for a full podcast each, but interesting stories nonetheless. You can sub…
7 years, 6 months ago
A Sacrifice
In 1939 Clair Young lived with his wife and their children on a farm in Fallowfield Township in southwestern Pennsylvania. In addition to farming, C…
7 years, 6 months ago
Flossie
In 1929 young Flossie Shelton married her ex-husband's cousin, also named Shelton. At first the young couple enjoyed wedded bliss. But then the Gre…
7 years, 6 months ago
John Fox Jr.
The first popular Appalachian writer lived and wrote in his adopted hometown of Big Stone Gap. His works became the biggest selling books of his tim…
7 years, 6 months ago
The Long Arm Of The Law
Patton Flannery was a wanted man. Wanted, but not caught, for 36 years. Then his luck ran out. Today we tell Patton Flannery's story, part of the …
7 years, 7 months ago
A School Shooting in Grundy
In the winter of 2002 tragedy struck the coal town of Grundy, Virginia, when a Nigerian student at the Appalachian School of Law there opened fire on…
7 years, 7 months ago