On February 28, 1890, an argument that had been brewing for years turned deadly on the eastern marble stairs of the U.S. Capitol. William Preston Taulbee, a former Kentucky congressman
In the late 19th century, the mountains of Scott County, Virginia, bore witness to a deadly confrontation that would send two brothers on the run for decades. It began in
By request of one of our listeners, this week we tell the story of Bad Tom Smith, a notorious figure at the very heart of the French-Eversole feud in Kentucky.
Nimrod Jarrett Smith, born in 1832 near Murphy, North Carolina, was a member of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee who played a crucial role in shaping the tribe’s future.
This week on our YouTube channel, we unravel the amazing tale of George Brittain Lyttle, a privileged youth from Harlan County, Kentucky who chose a life of crime over the
In the heart of Appalachia, a legend looms as large as the mountains themselves. Today, we tell the story of John Wesley Wright. Born in the Elkhorn Valley of Kentucky,
In the 1880s and 1890s a bloody feud was happening across two Appalachian counties, with conflicts over hogs, shootings, ambushes, cabins set on fire and the threat of the governor
After the Civil War, as the South lay in ruins, a group of freedmen decided to depart the Mississippi plantation on which they had been held as slaves in search
Rod and Steve share the story of one of the largest earthquakes east of the Rocky Mountains, which happened in Pearisburg, Virginia, in 1897. Plus an announcement about our YouTube
Granny women were the healers and caretakers of folks in Appalachia, dispensing folk remedies, serving as midwives, and even dousing for water. These women were essential in rural Appalachia, where