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The Black Hand
During the first boom in the Appalachian coalfields, there was such a labor shortage that the mine owners recruited workers from the millions of immi…
9 years ago
July 4, 1900
Nowadays, celebrating the Fourth of July usually means having a cookout then loading the family into the car or van and going to watch the fireworks.…
9 years ago
All Hail The Cheese!
The first Appalachian president, Andrew Jackson, was the recipient of a rather, shall we say, noticeable gift. In fact, this gift was quite easily fo…
9 years ago
Interview With Francis Gary Powers, Jr.
A few weeks ago, Rod caught up with the son of Pound, Virginia, native and U2 spy plane pilot Francis Gary Powers, who has a new book out about his f…
9 years ago
Revolution!
During World War I, the Germans managed to get Russia out of the fighting by helping communist rebels seize power and overthrow the Russian czar. Did…
9 years ago
Escape From Brushy
Forty years ago this week convicted assassin of Martin Luther King, Jr., James Earl Ray, along with several other men managed to break out of Brushy …
9 years ago
The Kentucky Meat Shower
What would you do if, all of a sudden, flakes of animal flesh started to fall around you? That’s just what happened to an Eastern Kentucky family in …
9 years, 1 month ago
Rotherwood
Today we tell the story of Rotherwood Mansion in Kingsport, Tennessee, a story of the frontier, of love, of loss, of ghosts and a surprising connecti…
9 years, 1 month ago
Zoo Man
25 years ago East Tennessee was abuzz with news of a serial killer. Today, Steve and Rod tell the story of Thomas Huskey, also known as the Zoo Man, …
9 years, 1 month ago
Them Pills
Today we tell the sad story of the American opioid epidemic and how it got its start right here in Appalachia. We’re on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher or o…
9 years, 1 month ago