Pocahontas HalePocahontas Hale
In the 1860s a Cherokee witch doctor arrived in Bristol, Virginia, to assist in the local Confederate hospital with her salves and potions. After the war she invested her meager
Abijah AlleyAbijah Alley
Back in the 1800s a preacher named Abijah Alley from Scott County, Virginia, made a name for himself when he began traveling around the world. He also was a bit
Beulah and JeanBeulah and Jean
You’ve probably seen the movie “Thelma and Louise,” about two housewives who hit the road for a bit of adventure that eventually goes terribly wrong. Today we’re going to tell
Martin Van Buren Bates, The Kentucky River GiantMartin Van Buren Bates, The Kentucky River Giant
From Kona, in Letcher County, Kentucky, came one of the tallest men in the world, a true giant. Martin Van Buren Bates traveled the world as a circus performer, which
Sara JaneSara Jane
On this episode we tell the story of Sara Jane Moore, the second woman to attempt to assassinate a president, who was born and raised in Charleston, West Virginia. You
The Escape Artist?The Escape Artist?
Today’s story is from Clay County, Kentucky, and involves a man who was arrested for allegedly killing his father and stepmother, but who escaped justice for years by breaking out
PicturemanPictureman
William Richardson Mullins made his living as a photographer in Eastern Kentucky and Southwest Virginia. Starting in the Great Depression, he traveled the mountains taking pictures until, eventually, he had
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Football is big in Appalachia, just like it was 94 years ago when two teams met but only one, apparently, was there to play. Today we tell the story of
Der FurrierDer Furrier
Today we tell how Adolf Hitler came to be in eastern Kentucky after World War II…not. It’s actually a story about a massive con job on post-war Nazi sympathizers all
The First Woman Convicted Of Bank Robbery In KentuckyThe First Woman Convicted Of Bank Robbery In Kentucky
Today we tell the story of Lillian Grace Browder who, with her husband Carl, robbed the Farmer’s Bank in Louisville, Kentucky. In the process she earned the distinction of being