An Appalachian “Rip Van Winkle”An Appalachian “Rip Van Winkle”
One evening back in 1938 Clara Reynolds, of White Pine, Tennessee, went to bed. She woke up 12 years later! During that time her brother and sister-in-law cared for her,
Category: The 1940’s
Appalachia’s Lonely Hearts Club Con ManAppalachia’s Lonely Hearts Club Con Man
In the late 1940’s a man who went by the name of Ernest I. Torrence traveled across Appalachia, from Georgia to Pennsylvania, seeking his true love. Unfortunately for the women
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,
Appalachia’s Road To NowhereAppalachia’s Road To Nowhere
In the Smoky Mountains, north of Fontana Lake, you’ll find a road that suddenly ends at a tunnel. Lakeview Drive, or The Road To Nowhere, as it’s come to be
The Appalachian Rip Van WinkleThe Appalachian Rip Van Winkle
In the Washington Irving story, Rip Van Winkle partakes in some boozy fun in the Catskill Mountains in New York, then falls asleep for 20 years, waking to find the
Axis Sally Released From Women’s Prison In Alderson, West Virginia – July 10, 1961Axis Sally Released From Women’s Prison In Alderson, West Virginia – July 10, 1961
On this day in 1961 Mildred Gillars was released from the Federal Reformatory for Women in Alderson, West Virginia after serving 11 years. Who, you might be asking yourself, was
Roy Acuff Announces Willingness to Accept Republican Nomination for Governor – June 30, 1948Roy Acuff Announces Willingness to Accept Republican Nomination for Governor – June 30, 1948
On this day in 1948 country music star and co-founder of Acuff-Rose Music publishing, Roy Acuff, born in Maynardville, Tennessee, announced in Knoxville that he would be willing to accept
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
EarlEarl
On April 11, 1946, Earl McFarland was captured by the FBI at the corner of Gay Street and Magnolia Avenue in Knoxville while waiting for a streetcar. Why this
Kidnapped!Kidnapped!
In 1949 a gang robbed the Bank of Follansbee, near Weirton, West Virginia, of $5,400.00 and made their escape. Later that night two policemen pulled over a car they suspected