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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…
8 years, 1 month 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…
8 years, 1 month 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…
8 years, 2 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…
8 years, 2 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…
8 years, 2 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 …
8 years, 3 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…
8 years, 3 months ago
War Fever!
Today we tell the story of the results of extreme patriotism during World War I in western Pennsylvania. You can subscribe to Stories at RadioPublic,…
8 years, 3 months ago
Appalachian Internment Camps
At the beginning of World War II, diplomats from the Axis countries were stranded in the United States. These enemy diplomats couldn't just be allow…
8 years, 3 months ago
The Salve
Granny women are those older ladies in Appalachia who have learned the traditional healing arts, using methods and plants handed down by previous gen…
8 years, 4 months ago