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
Category: The 1950’s
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
Chuck Yeager Born – February 13, 1923.Chuck Yeager Born – February 13, 1923.
On this day 99 years ago Charles Elwood Yeager was born in Myra, West Virginia. Chuck Yeager went on to become a Brigadier General in the U.S. Air Force, a
The Witch MurdersThe Witch Murders
In 1950 a man shot and killed his sister-in-law and niece in a country store in northeast Tennessee. Why he did that is our story today. Don’t forget to subscribe
The First Integrated Little League Team In The SouthThe First Integrated Little League Team In The South
In 1951 Little League baseball came to Norton, Virginia. In that very first season the Little League allowed black boys and white boys to play together, fully integrated, for the
The Witch MurdersThe Witch Murders
In August, 1950, a man walked into a country store in Stanley Valley, Tennessee, and committed a terrible crime. What he did, and why he did it, is the subject
Hank Williams Dies – January 1, 1953Hank Williams Dies – January 1, 1953
On New Year’s Eve, 1952, Hank Williams was scheduled to appear for a show at the Municipal Auditorium in Charleston, West Virginia. Due to a massive snowstorm that was blanketing
The Knox Mine DisasterThe Knox Mine Disaster
In 1959 a mining operation ignored mine regulations leading not only to a mine roof collapse but flooding so bad that several miners were killed and the entire economy in