Today we tell a story about a man from Kentucky whose life was said to have spanned across three centuries. Truth or fiction? Well, folks, you’ll have to decide that
In this week’s episode of Stories of Appalachia, we tell the captivating tale of the Beale Treasure—a story that has fascinated treasure hunters and cryptographers for well over a century.
A tale was told by the Cherokee of a siren that inhabited the deep whirlpools of the French Broad River in western North Carolina. These sirens were said to be
Years before European settlers moved into Appalachia, native tribes from Alabama to Ohio spoke of going to war with a mysterious race of pale-skinned people who were so sensitive to
It’s been said that there is a mine somewhere in Appalachia, in which a vein of the highest quality silver can be found. And it’s located…well, that’s the problem. Nobody
Today we tell a story that’s a little bit history and a little bit folklore about a legend in eastern Kentucky named Moses Stepp, supposedly the oldest man to have
Christmas is fast approaching so this week, as we do at this time of the year, we tell a Christmas story. And, since this is the pandemic year, 2020, what
Back at the turn of the 20th century lived a man in East Tennessee to whom God revealed visions of the future. Most folks called him crazy…until 1945. Today, as