The Farmington Coal Mine Explosion
On November 20, 1968, there was a massive explosion at the Consol number 9 mine near Farmington, West Virginia. This explosion resulted in the death of scores of miners, including the uncle of a curre...
13 Aug 202216min
Robert Porterfield and the Barter Theater
From its beginnings in a former church, the Barter Theater has become the premiere theatrical destination in Appalachia, starting the careers of many a Broadway and Hollywood actor.Today we tell the s...
6 Aug 202217min
The Appalachian Rip Van Winkle
In the Washington Irving story, Rip Van Winkle partakes in some boozy fun in the Catskill Mountains in New York, then falls asleep for 20 years, waking to find the world completely changed. That stor...
30 Jul 202211min
How Gatlinburg Got Its Name
Every place has a name, and every name has its story...including the tourist destination of the Smokey Mountains, Gatlinburg, Tennessee.Listen as we tell you the very interesting story of how White Oa...
23 Jul 202215min
The Trial of Wilson Howard
In the 1880's there was a feud between the Turner and Howard families in Harlan County, Kentucky, almost as notorious as the one going on between the Hatfields and the McCoys a couple of counties to t...
16 Jul 202218min
That Time Roy Acuff Ran For Governor
Back in the 1940s Roy Acuff was at the top of his game. He was a country music star with such hits as "The Great Speckled Bird" and "The Wabash Cannonball" under his belt; he was appearing in the movi...
9 Jul 202217min
Belle Boyd, The Siren of the Shenandoah
Isabella Marie Boyd, better known to history as Belle Boyd, was a notorious rebel spy during the Civil War who used her wiles to obtain Union secrets which she then passed on to the Confederate govern...
2 Jul 202210min
General John D. Imboden
Lawyer, politician, Confederate general, land developer, promoter of coal and the founder of the town of Damascus, Virginia. All these jobs were held by one man for whom a mine and a coal camp were al...
25 Jun 202210min
