The Hillsville Courthouse ShootoutThe Hillsville Courthouse Shootout
In 1912 a Carroll County, Virginia, man was sentenced to serve a one year sentence in the state penitentiary. The announcement of that sentence set off a gun battle that
Month: July 2021
The Secret StillThe Secret Still
In 1931 Knox County, Tennessee, sheriff’s deputies, along with federal Prohibition officers, found something very interesting underneath a house in Knoxville. Today we tell that story. You can subscribe to
The Wytheville Polio EpidemicThe Wytheville Polio Epidemic
In the early 1950s there was an outbreak of polio in the United States. One of the places most affected by the illness was Wytheville, in southwestern Virginia. In the
Flash Flood In Charleston, West Virginia – July, 1961Flash Flood In Charleston, West Virginia – July, 1961
Sixty years ago this week Charleston, West Virginia, was going through the wettest July on record. On July 19th, around sunset, yet another storm came over the city and let
That Old-Time Religion – July 19, 1941That Old-Time Religion – July 19, 1941
On this day eighty years ago the Reverend M. D. Garrett, of Athens, Georgia, drove to the town of Franklin, North Carolina. There he set up an amplified speaker in
Riot At Pennsylvania’s Western Penitentiary – July 18, 1921.Riot At Pennsylvania’s Western Penitentiary – July 18, 1921.
On this day one hundred years ago, a riot occurred at the Western Penitentiary in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Trouble began during lunch when prisoners began to throw their silverware and plates
An Unsolved Appalachian MysteryAn Unsolved Appalachian Mystery
Shortly after the end of the Civil War an orphan boy disappeared near the High Knob, on the border of Scott and Wise Counties in Virginia. Today we tell a
The Hidden Still: July 14, 1931The Hidden Still: July 14, 1931
On this day 90 years ago Knox County, Tennessee, Sheriff Hackney and deputies Roger Williams, John Nichols, Sam Thurmer and Bill Rowland, along with several federal agents, raided a home
WonderlandWonderland
Today we tell the story of the Wonderland Hotel and the area around it, Elkmont, both part of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. You can subscribe to the Stories
July 8, 1909.July 8, 1909.
On this day in 1909 a mysterious explosion in a pile of scrap metal in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, injured one man and three boys. Samuel Rosessky, a junk dealer, along with