It is Christmas week, folks, so join us as we talk about Old Christmas and some Appalachian Christmas folklore. Merry Christmas, all! https://youtu.be/2VWrqxTJFpE https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/v2/episodes/52218846/download.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe:
Back during the Great Depression East Tennessee was visited by a mysterious beast, a large dog with, some say, glowing red eyes. This dog, called the Witch Dog by some,
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Many years ago, before the first settlers had arrived on the Appalachian frontier of what’s now West Virginia and far southwestern Virginia, it’s told that a long hunter and his