Wings Over Appalachia: The John Paul Riddle StoryWings Over Appalachia: The John Paul Riddle Story
This week we tell the story of a man from Pike County, Kentucky, who made his mark in aviation history. Join Steve Gilly and Rod Mullins as they tell
Category: The 1950’s
Billy Dean Anderson: Appalachia’s Most Wanted OutlawBilly Dean Anderson: Appalachia’s Most Wanted Outlaw
Billy Dean Anderson was born in Fentress County, Tennessee, and, by all accounts, lived a normal law-abiding life as he grew up, even becoming a volunteer preacher in his church.
The Last Tragic Ride of Hank WilliamsThe Last Tragic Ride of Hank Williams
On New Years Eve, 1952, the South was being pounded by a winter ice storm that caused the cancellation of flights all over the region. Hank Williams had a show
From Darkness to Hope: The Appalachian Journey of Bob ChildressFrom Darkness to Hope: The Appalachian Journey of Bob Childress
In 1912 a young man’s life was transformed by his witnessing a historic tragedy: the infamous Carroll County courthouse shootout, which left several prominent lawyers, police officers and a judge
The Goat ManThe Goat Man
From the 1930s to the 1980s an itinerant preacher from Georgia traveled throughout Appalachia and beyond in a ramshackle wagon pulled by a herd of goats. It was his way
The Dark Mystery of the Sensabaugh TunnelThe Dark Mystery of the Sensabaugh Tunnel
Theft. Infanticide. Insanity. Murder. Ghosts. The stories that surround a notorious tunnel in Tennessee contain all those elements and more. Today we tell some of those stories and tell you
The Flatwoods MonsterThe Flatwoods Monster
Did some Braxton County, West Virginia, kids see a UFO back in 1952? Some folks thought so, especially after locals began exhibiting strange symptoms. Today Steve and Rod tell the
The Girl From Slab Fork, West VirginiaThe Girl From Slab Fork, West Virginia
Doris Payne was born in 1930 to a coal miner in Slab Fork, West Virginia. She didn’t stay there. In fact, she ended up traveling the world for decades pursuing
The Road To NowhereThe Road To Nowhere
Earlier this summer we took our YouTube viewers to the area around Fontana Lake to show them a road that was promised but never fully built. On today’s podcast episode,
Man Awaits Death Foretold To Him – June 27, 1952Man Awaits Death Foretold To Him – June 27, 1952
On this day in 1952 James P. Longworth of Middlesboro, Kentucky, was awaiting his death the next day. The 69-year-old man told reporters that his death had been revealed to