The Bombing of the Gouge HomeThe Bombing of the Gouge Home
On January 7, 1938, a blast rocked the little community of Hampton, Tennessee. After the smoke cleared, the home of Harmon and Pauline Gouge was in ruins, their three daughters
Category: Crime
Bad Talt HallBad Talt Hall
Talt Hall had a very interesting life. Born and raised in eastern Kentucky, he had been a Confederate soldier, a deputy sheriff, a U. S. Marshal, a feudist, a railroad
Champ FergusonChamp Ferguson
During the Civil War a man from Kentucky who had moved to Tennessee joined the Confederate side as a guerrilla fighter. Due to his extreme anger issues he soon became
The Night Marauder of Blount County, TennesseeThe Night Marauder of Blount County, Tennessee
In the 1920s residents of Maryville, in Blount County, Tennessee, were living in fear of being the victim of a violent home invasion by a mysterious man known as the
The Trial of Wilson HowardThe Trial of Wilson Howard
In the 1880’s there was a feud between the Turner and Howard families in Harlan County, Kentucky, almost as notorious as the one going on between the Hatfields and the
The Murder of the Richards SistersThe Murder of the Richards Sisters
Early in 1940 two middle-aged sisters and a teen-aged boy who did odd jobs for them were brutally murdered in their home in Oliver Springs, Tennessee. These killings were unsolved
The Showgirl and the Tobacco HeirThe Showgirl and the Tobacco Heir
On November 23, 1931, 20-year-old Zachary Smith Reynolds of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, was divorced from his first wife. Six days later he married his second wife, Broadway showgirl Libby Holman,
The Murders On Laurel CreekThe Murders On Laurel Creek
In 1909 a mass murder of a family occurred near Hurley, Virginia, that made headlines throughout the country. Today we tell the story of that crime. If you haven’t done
Hog Greer Of Big Bald MountainHog Greer Of Big Bald Mountain
A jilted young man came over the mountains from North Carolina to Tennessee, intent on spending the rest of his life alone on a mountaintop. This he did, along with
The Body of Edward Wentz Found – May 9. 1904The Body of Edward Wentz Found – May 9. 1904
On this day in 1904 the body of E. L. Wentz was found a mile from Kellyview, Virginia, near Big Stone Gap, by a boy helping look for missing cattle