Appalachia's Forgotten Uprising: Claypool's Rebellion
In 1781, as the American Revolution raged, Appalachian settlers in what’s now West Virginia rose in armed rebellion against the Virginia government. Angry over crushing taxes, forced military service,...
20 Jun 16min
A State of Natural Liberty: The Incredible Life of Quill Rose
Quill Rose was a Confederate veteran, bear hunter, blacksmith, storyteller, and moonshiner who lived deep in the Smoky Mountains along Eagle Creek. In this episode of Stories of Appalachia, we tell hi...
13 Jun 15min
A Dark December in Kentucky: The Disappearance of Mamie Womack
This week we have not one, but two episodes for you!For this story, we travel back to December of 1908, when people in Russell and Adair counties in Kentucky were shaken after 12-year-old Mamie Womack...
6 Jun 9min
Into the Unknown: John Lederer's Journeys Into Appalachia
In the late 1600’s, Dr. John Lederer, a German immigrant to the Virginia colony, became one of the first Europeans to explore the Appalachian region. Between 1669 and 1670, Lederer made three trips in...
30 Mai 20min
The Varmint of Burkes Garden
The highest mountain valley in Virginia is Burke’s Garden, also referred to as “God’s Thumbprint” for its bowl-like shape.It was here that something began killing sheep in the winter of 1952. Night a...
23 Mai 13min
They Claimed They Spoke For God: Appalachia's 19th Century New Eden
This week we tell the strange and little-known story of the Mountain Cove Community, a spiritualist commune founded in the mountains of what’s now West Virginia in the early 1850s.Led by Reverends Tho...
16 Mai 26min
The Night They Burned Superman in West Virginia
In 1948, a small town in West Virginia became the center of a growing national fear over the perceived evil influence of comic books. There, in the town of Spencer, a schoolteacher and her students g...
9 Mai 18min
