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The Esau System
THIS EPISODE IS NOT SAFE FOR WORK OR FOR SMALL CHILDREN. Whipple Company Store-West Virginia Historical Photographs Collection. We’ve all heard about…
8 years, 5 months ago
Jack Daniel
On today’s episode, Steve and Rod tell the story of the founder of Tennessee’s preeminent whiskey maker: Jack Daniel’s Whiskey in Lynchburg. You can …
8 years, 5 months ago
Monongah
Today we tell the story of the worst mining disaster to occur in the United States, the explosion at the no. 6 and no. 8 mines of the Fairmont Coal C…
8 years, 5 months ago
Lynchings in Appalachia
On today’s episode, we look at a dark part of Appalachia’s history as we share three stories of racist mob violence and lynching in Virginia, Tenness…
8 years, 5 months ago
The Case Of The Missing Appalachian Drug Smuggler
Just before Halloween, 1984, a small plane slammed into the side of Fancy Gap Mountain in Carroll County, Virginia, scattering a half-ton of pot acro…
8 years, 6 months ago
Governor William Goebel of Kentucky
The 1899 election for Kentucky governor was probably the most partisan election in Appalachian history, with vote-stealing and accusations of voter f…
8 years, 6 months ago
George L. Carter
This week we continue our look at the men who built their Appalachian empires with the story of George L. Carter. Carter not only developed coal and …
8 years, 6 months ago
The Scottish Empire Builder
Alexander Arthur was born in Scotland and settled in America, where he saw the potential of timber, iron ore, and coal, all in abundant supply in App…
8 years, 7 months ago
Colonel John Dils, Jr.
Colonel John Dils, Jr., was a Pike County, Kentucky, businessman, Union soldier during the Civil War, abolitionist, and the founder of a family cemet…
8 years, 7 months ago
The Black Widow
It’s time for a crime story, and we have a doozy for you! Today, Steve and Rod tell the story of a woman who had the habit of finding men who, oddly …
8 years, 7 months ago