The Last Gunfight of Troy and Elias Hatfield
In 1911 Devil Anse Hatfield’s sons Troy and Elias were in Fayette County running a bar, which was doing quite well. They had established their liquor and beer territory thanks to agreements with the c...
28 Jan 202312min
The Legendary Revenuer: Big Six
We've told stories of moonshiners; we've even interviewed one of them. Today we're going to tell the story of untaxed whiskey from the other side, that of the federal revenue agent, or revenuer. One o...
21 Jan 202312min
The Appalachian Prophet
A man from Anderson County, Tennessee, had developed a reputation as being a bit strange, going on about all those visions he had after his wife left him years before. One vision, though, led many peo...
14 Jan 20238min
The Appalachian "Bat-Man"
In 1892 a West Virginia hermit living high above the Cheat River announced to the world that he had an invention: a suit that would allow him to fly above the forests and mountains of Appalachia just ...
7 Jan 202311min
Hillbilly
To many the word "Appalachia" is synonymous with the word "hillbilly," for better or for worse. Often used as a derogatory term by non-residents of the region, many here have adopted "hillbilly" with...
30 Des 202214min
The Cloudland Hotel
After the Civil War fine hotels were built all along the mountain range that separated North Carolina and Tennessee, each one grander than the last, a sort of Guilded Age race between the wealthy hote...
24 Des 20229min
Christmas Traditions in Appalachia
It is Christmas week, folks, so join us as we talk about Old Christmas and some Appalachian Christmas folklore.Merry Christmas, all!
19 Des 202210min
The Saltville Muck Dam Collapse
Christmas Eve, 1924, started like Christmas Eve always had, with people getting ready for family gatherings, caroling, and opening presents the next morning. That's not what ended up happening in Salt...
17 Des 202213min
