{"id":3315,"date":"2025-01-24T20:00:57","date_gmt":"2025-01-25T00:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?p=3315"},"modified":"2025-01-24T20:04:27","modified_gmt":"2025-01-25T00:04:27","slug":"feud-and-fury-the-dark-legacy-of-bad-tom-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?p=3315","title":{"rendered":"Feud and Fury: The Dark Legacy of Bad Tom Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/P46F5m9oTZk?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>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. As he grew up an orphan, he was regularly in trouble, until he crossed paths with two powerful rivals, Joseph C. Eversole and B. F. 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