Bascom Lamar Lunsford
Every now and then there appears a man or woman with a sense of the true importance of the culture of Appalachia. Bascom Lamar Lunsford was one of those people.Trained as a teacher and as a lawyer, L...
15 Okt 202213min
The "Hillbilly Girl" Murder Case: Edith Maxwell
In 1935 a young Appalachian teacher from Pound, Virginia, was arrested for the murder of her abusive father. The trials that followed attracted the attention of the national press, which chose, as it...
8 Okt 202217min
The Howard-Turner Feud
In the 1880's and early 1890's Harlan County, Kentucky was the scene for one of the most notorious feuds aside from the one between the Hatfields and McCoys.Two prominent families, the Howards and the...
1 Okt 202232min
The Bombing of the Gouge Home
On January 7, 1938, a blast rocked the little community of Hampton, Tennessee. After the smoke cleared, the home of Harmon and Pauline Gouge was in ruins, their three daughters lay dead, and Pauline G...
24 Sep 20227min
The Dunglen Hotel
During the post-Civil War coal boom in West Virginia, many new towns were founded to serve the coal industry and the railroads that hauled that coal to market. One of these towns was Thurmond, founde...
17 Sep 202211min
Bad Talt Hall
Talt Hall had a very interesting life. Born and raised in eastern Kentucky, he had been a Confederate soldier, a deputy sheriff, a U. S. Marshal, a feudist, a railroad employee and a traveler who live...
10 Sep 202215min
Champ Ferguson
During the Civil War a man from Kentucky who had moved to Tennessee joined the Confederate side as a guerrilla fighter. Due to his extreme anger issues he soon became a Confederate vigilante, killing...
3 Sep 202214min
A Civil War Tragedy in Cade's Cove
A man's family in the Smoky Mountains community of Cade's Cove is torn apart by the Civil War, with tragic results for him.Today we share that story.You can subscribe to the Stories podcast at Apple P...
27 Aug 202210min
