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
Category: The 1950’s
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
The Mile High Swinging Bridge Dedication – September 2, 1952The Mile High Swinging Bridge Dedication – September 2, 1952
On this day in 1952 Merle Umstead was the first person to walk over a new bridge near Linville, North Carolina. Merle was the daughter of William B. Umstead, who
April 8, 1951April 8, 1951
On this day 70 years ago a military twin engine C-47 airplane which was in route to Charleston, West Virginia, for the funeral of a flier crashed and burst into
Der FurrierDer Furrier
Today we tell how Adolf Hitler came to be in eastern Kentucky after World War II…not. It’s actually a story about a massive con job on post-war Nazi sympathizers all
Elgin Baylor’s BoycottElgin Baylor’s Boycott
The Minneapolis Lakers weren’t exactly setting the basketball world on fire in January, 1959. In fact, on January 16th they had a 15/27 won loss record for the season. The
The Three Gun ManiacThe Three Gun Maniac
On Halloween, 1952, James Francis Hill was arrested in Northern Florida after an extraordinary string of carjackings, kidnappings and robberies across Appalachia and the South over the prior two weeks.
It Fell Out Of The Sky!It Fell Out Of The Sky!
In hundreds of thousands of years not one human being had ever been known to have been hit by a meteorite. Then, in 1954, that lucky streak came to an
The Strike At Salt Lick High SchoolThe Strike At Salt Lick High School
In 1953, Salt Lick High School in Bath County, Kentucky, was scheduled to close with the students there transferred to nearby Owingsville High School. The students were having none of