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The Notorious Kinnie Wagner
In the early twentieth century, a young man from Scott County, Virginia, joined the circus as a trick shooter, probably one of the best to come out o…
9 years, 4 months ago
The Bristol Water War
For over a hundred years, the states of Tennessee and Virginia tried to figure out their common border. It took a United States Supreme Court decisio…
9 years, 4 months ago
The Mysterious Lights of Holston Mountain
Holston Mountain is the tallest peak in East Tennessee, and the location of several television and radio towers. It’s also near the Tri City Airport,…
9 years, 5 months ago
Crime Stories
Today, Steve and Rod have not one story, not two stories, but THREE stories, along with a short story! This week is crime week, and on this podcast w…
9 years, 5 months ago
The Night They Almost Nuked Big Savage Mountain.
In January, 1964, a crippled B-52 was on its way home from Massachusetts to an airbase in Georgia, when it ran into a heavy snowstorm. The plane’s ve…
9 years, 5 months ago
The Shootout in Clintwood, Virginia
In 1926, Prohibition was in full force, and the Commonwealth of Virginia had prohibition enforcement agents employed across the state, looking for il…
9 years, 5 months ago
The French-Eversole Feud
In the last part of the nineteenth century, newspapers across America were obsessed with tales of blood feuds in Appalachia, the best known of which …
9 years, 6 months ago
The 1982 Knoxville Worlds Fair and the Butcher Brothers
In 1982, Knoxville, Tennessee, hosted a Worlds Fair. The fair was a success, breaking even, but it led to the downfall of the Butcher banking empire …
9 years, 6 months ago
The Escape
The people who settled Appalachia were tough. They’d have to be to carve a home out of the forests and mountainsides of the area. In 1777, two girls,…
9 years, 6 months ago
George Went Hensley, Snake Handling Preacher
In the early 20th century, there was an awakening across Appalachia, with Pentecostal churches coming into being across the area. One of the odder br…
9 years, 6 months ago