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The Wild West of Appalachia
Today we bring you three tales of turn of the 20th century Appalachia which show just how much this area was like the legendary American Wild West. Y…
7 years, 10 months ago
The Confederate Treasury
Today Rod brings us a story about the mystery surrounding the disappearance of the Confederate treasury after the end of the Civil War. You can subsc…
7 years, 10 months ago
The Moonshine Battle of Cades Cove
Nowadays Cade's Cove is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. But before the park came into exist…
7 years, 10 months ago
The Legend of Headless Annie
On this week's podcast, Rod and Steve tell a Harlan County, Kentucky, legend about Headless Annie, a parable about Bloody Harlan. You can subscribe…
7 years, 10 months ago
The Unwritten Law
Today we tell the story of a woman who enlisted her children in a plot to rid herself of "the other woman." According to her, it was her right to do…
7 years, 11 months ago
The Distinguished Senator From Tennessee
Tennessee came into the union in 1796, and former Southwest Territory governor William Blount was one of the two first senators appointed from that s…
7 years, 11 months ago
The Great Kanawha County Textbook War
In the spring of 1974 the Kanawha County, West Virginia, school board had to approve new textbooks for the schools. One of the board members objecte…
7 years, 11 months ago
Who Was Steve White?
In 1924 an elderly Middlesboro, Kentucky, housepainter was taken to the hospital when he fell deathly ill. It was here that he confessed that he was…
7 years, 11 months ago
The Collapse of the Keystone Bank
Keystone, West Virginia is a small town in McDowell County with 282 residents, mostly African American. Like many small coal communities, Keystone h…
7 years, 11 months ago
The Tucker County War
During the 1880's a dispute broke out over where the county seat of Tucker County, West Virginia, should be. Unlike the usual political fighting ove…
8 years ago