Escape From BrushyEscape 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 Mountain State Prison in
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The Kentucky Meat ShowerThe 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 1876 when
RotherwoodRotherwood
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 connection to someone you might
Zoo ManZoo 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, who
Them PillsThem 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 on your favorite
Stephen F. AustinStephen F. Austin
In the latter part of the 18th century a family settled along the New River in what’s now Wythe County, Virginia, and began to operate a lead mine there. The
The Story of Big Foot SpencerThe Story of Big Foot Spencer
The first settler in the Nashville area was a man from Appalachia who was one part historical figure and two parts legend. Thomas Spencer came over the Appalachian Mountains to
The Great Train RobberyThe Great Train Robbery
On March 9, 1949, two young men who were drinking in the bar of the Ambassador passenger train just outside Martinsburg, West Virginia, got into an argument with the bartender
The Kentucky CannibalThe Kentucky Cannibal
Today we tell the tale of Boone Helm. Helm was born in Kentucky and started out a life of murder with the killing of his cousin because he wouldn’t go
The MothmanThe Mothman
Back in the mid-1960s the area around Point Pleasant, West Virginia, was awash in strange tales of a giant man-like creature with huge moth wings. On today’s podcast, Steve and