Sara JaneSara Jane
On this episode we tell the story of Sara Jane Moore, the second woman to attempt to assassinate a president, who was born and raised in Charleston, West Virginia. You
Category: Crime
The Escape Artist?The Escape Artist?
Today’s story is from Clay County, Kentucky, and involves a man who was arrested for allegedly killing his father and stepmother, but who escaped justice for years by breaking out
The First Woman Convicted Of Bank Robbery In KentuckyThe First Woman Convicted Of Bank Robbery In Kentucky
Today we tell the story of Lillian Grace Browder who, with her husband Carl, robbed the Farmer’s Bank in Louisville, Kentucky. In the process she earned the distinction of being
The Murder of Lillie DavisThe Murder of Lillie Davis
In 1907 a woman was killed in a cemetery that straddled the border between Virginia and Tennessee in Bristol. Newspapers of the day soon turned this crime into a media
An Insurance Scheme in Pike County, KentuckyAn Insurance Scheme in Pike County, Kentucky
What do you get when you mix a coal mine, explosives, and greed? Why, you get today’s bit of Appalachian history, of course! Today we tell the tale of an
A Fugitive ReturnsA Fugitive Returns
Connolly Fields lived with his wife in Scott County, Virginia, in the 1880s. All was well, until he, his wife, his brother in law William and his associates all got
The Murder Of Judge LawlerThe Murder Of Judge Lawler
Today we have a story of politics, corruption and murder in 1916 Huntsville, Alabama. The Stories podcast is available on RadioPublic, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, IHeart Radio and many other
Boneyard HollowBoneyard Hollow
Between the towns of Big Stone Gap and Appalachia in the mountains of southwestern Virginia was a place once known as “Boneyard Hollow.” This little hollow was where a meat
The Shooting Of E. E. CarterThe Shooting Of E. E. Carter
Who shot the mayor of Bluefield, West Virginia, back in 1917? Today we tell the story of that little bit of Appalachian history. You can subscribe to the Stories podcast
Buster DugganBuster Duggan
Today we tell the story of William Winfield Scott Duggan, better known as Buster Duggan. Duggan was an outlaw, moonshiner and murderer notorious in southeast Tennessee and northeast Alabama early in