It Fell Out Of The Sky!
In hundreds of thousands of years not one human being had ever been known to have been hit by a meteorite. Then, in 1954, that lucky streak came to an end, in Sylacauga, Alabama. Today we tell that ...
24 Nov 201811min
The Kidnapping of Alice Stoll
In 1934 a woman from a wealthy Kentucky family was kidnapped by a failed law student and former mental patient. Today we tell that story. The Stories podcast can be found on RadioPublic, Apple Podcast...
17 Nov 201812min
Nancy Hart Douglas
Born in North Carolina, then moving to what's now West Virginia, Nancy Hart Douglas was a Confederate guide, scout and spy during the Civil War. We tell her story on this episode of the podcast. Stor...
3 Nov 20187min
The Shadow
Happy Halloween, y'all! Today we tell a little tale about a man who was unjustly hanged in the mountains of North Carolina, so he put a curse on those who sent him to the gallows, in the form of the S...
27 Okt 20189min
The Strike at Salt Lick High School
In 1953, Salt Lick High School in Bath County, Kentucky, was scheduled to close with the students there transferred to nearby Owingsville High School. The students were having none of it, so they org...
20 Okt 20189min
George Roby Dempster
Did you know that the dumpster, now seen behind every convenience store on the planet, was invented in Knoxville, Tennessee? Today we tell you the story of George Roby Dempster, inventor of the Demps...
6 Okt 201811min
Elsie
The city of Kingsport, Tennessee, was a planned community. Built with money from the Appalachian coalfields combined with Yankee expertise, Kingsport was laid out based on towns and cities in New Eng...
29 Sep 20189min
The Funeral
Once upon a time there was a man who was nearing the end of his days on this earth. This man decided he wanted to attend his own funeral while he was still in the here and now, in order to find out w...
22 Sep 20189min
