The Greenbrier GhostThe Greenbrier Ghost
In 1897 a young woman’s neck was broken, killing her. Her husband was arrested and convicted, partly on testimony from her mother, who told the jury what the ghost of
Author: Steve Gilly
Thirty-Seven Years on the Run: The Story of Patton and William FlanneryThirty-Seven Years on the Run: The Story of Patton and William Flannery
In 1890 two brothers were riding their horses in Scott County, Virginia, when they encountered a young acquaintance of theirs who happened to owe them money. After an argument, guns
The Legendary Revenuer: Big SixThe Legendary Revenuer: Big Six
We’ve told stories of moonshiners; we’ve even interviewed one of them. Today we’re going to tell the story of untaxed whiskey from the other side, that of the federal revenue
The Last Gunfight of Troy and Elias HatfieldThe Last Gunfight of Troy and Elias Hatfield
In 1911 Devil Anse Hatfield’s sons Troy and Elias were in Fayette County running a bar, which was doing quite well. They had established their liquor and beer territory thanks
The Appalachian ProphetThe Appalachian Prophet
A man from Anderson County, Tennessee, had developed a reputation as being a bit strange, going on about all those visions he had after his wife left him years before.
The Appalachian “Bat-Man”The Appalachian “Bat-Man”
In 1892 a West Virginia hermit living high above the Cheat River announced to the world that he had an invention: a suit that would allow him to fly above
HillbillyHillbilly
To many the word “Appalachia” is synonymous with the word “hillbilly,” for better or for worse. Often used as a derogatory term by non-residents of the region, many here have
The Frontier Nursing ServiceThe Frontier Nursing Service
In the 1920s the granddaughter of a U.S. Vice-President established a unique nurse/midwife service in rural eastern Kentucky. Mary Carson Breckinridge led this program until she died in 1965, providing
The Cloudland HotelThe Cloudland Hotel
After the Civil War fine hotels were built all along the mountain range that separated North Carolina and Tennessee, each one grander than the last, a sort of Guilded Age
Christmas Traditions in AppalachiaChristmas Traditions in Appalachia
It is Christmas week, folks, so join us as we talk about Old Christmas and some Appalachian Christmas folklore. Merry Christmas, all! https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/v2/episodes/52218846/download.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS