{"id":604,"date":"2020-01-03T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-04T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?p=604"},"modified":"2022-05-15T18:02:01","modified_gmt":"2022-05-15T22:02:01","slug":"an-insurance-scheme-in-pike-county-kentucky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?p=604","title":{"rendered":"An Insurance Scheme in Pike County, Kentucky"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/coal-1626368_1920-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-606\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/coal-1626368_1920-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/coal-1626368_1920-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/coal-1626368_1920-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/coal-1626368_1920-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/coal-1626368_1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>What do you get when you mix a coal mine, explosives, and greed?\u00a0 Why, you get today&#8217;s bit of Appalachian history, of course!\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Today we tell the tale of an insurance scheme gone horribly wrong in Pike County, Kentucky back in 1925.<\/p>\n<p>You can subscribe to the Stories podcast at RadioPublic, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Play, IHeart Radio, Spotify , Tune In and on many other podcast apps.\u00a0 You can also subscribe at our website, www.storiespodcast.net.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for listening and for sharing our stories of Appalachian history with your friends.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9101\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-604-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/api.spreaker.com\/v2\/episodes\/49746699\/download.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/api.spreaker.com\/v2\/episodes\/49746699\/download.mp3\">https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/api.spreaker.com\/v2\/episodes\/49746699\/download.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/api.spreaker.com\/v2\/episodes\/49746699\/download.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?powerpress_pinw=604-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/api.spreaker.com\/v2\/episodes\/49746699\/download.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"download.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?feed=podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What do you get when you mix a coal mine, explosives, and greed?\u00a0 Why, you get today&#8217;s bit of Appalachian history, of course!\u00a0\u00a0 Today we tell the tale of an insurance scheme gone horribly wrong in Pike County, Kentucky back in 1925. 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