Episodes

  • Episode 53 - Life on the Current River: An interview with Dave Tobey

    Episode 53 - Life on the Current River: An interview with Dave Tobey
    Jan 23 2025
    Join Curtis and Hayden when they talk with Dave Tobey about the Current River. Dave has been a ranger, guide, and river enthusiast for many years, and he'll share his love for one of the most beautiful rivers in Missouri.

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    53 mins
  • Episode 12 Revisited: Missing Limbs Ozarkian Folklore

    Episode 12 Revisited: Missing Limbs Ozarkian Folklore
    Jan 15 2025

    is episode is a return to episode 12, a classic Ozarkian Folk Chronicles exploration of the folklore of missing limbs.

    The Chronicles will return next week with a new episode of freshly recorded fun!


    In this episode, Curtis and Hayden discuss the folklore of missing and amputated limbs with Abby Burnett, author of Gone to the Grave: Arkansas Burial Customs, 1850-1950. They are also joined by Emalee Flatness Combs who sings the Jimmy Driftwood song, "Straighten Out My Laig," and lastly, by Michael Galloway who contributes his own bit of tomfoolery.


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    50 mins
  • Episode 51 - Shirley Jo Phillips and the murder of Wilma Plaster

    Episode 51 - Shirley Jo Phillips and the murder of Wilma Plaster
    Jan 8 2025
    Join Curtis and Hayden when they sit down with Terry and DeDe Sanders and the Folk Chronicle’s true crime historian, Tammy Morton, for an in depth look at the infamous case of Shirley Jo Phillips, who murdered her friend Wilma Plaster in 1989. Sometimes a crime is remembered because it touched us in some strange and utterly unpredictable way. Such is the case for Terry and DeDe, who bought the home in which Lela Kyle, Shirley Jo’s mother, was living shortly before her murder following Mother’s Day. The Sanders recall visits from the FBI to their home and offer their own insights into what might have happened while Tammy fills in the gaps on a crime that still makes us shudder.

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    37 mins
  • Episode 50 - Tom Koob is back with a Radioactive Tale!

    Episode 50 - Tom Koob is back with a Radioactive Tale!
    Jan 2 2025
    Join Curtis and Hayden when Tom Koob returns to the Chronicles with a wild tale about Radium Springs, a mysterious cave and spring deep in the Missouri Ozarks. From the discovery of the spring in 1879 by a small party of hunters to the exploration of the area by scientists with geiger counters in the 1950s, the story and potential pay-off of Radium Springs has caught the imagination of three generations. And no one can tell the story better than Tom Koob. We know you'll enjoy hearing Tom's research and personal experience down in Butler Hollow, the home of the mysterious Radium Springs!

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    45 mins
  • Episode 49 - Meet the Creek Rocks, Mark Bilyeu and Cindy Woolf!

    Episode 49 - Meet the Creek Rocks, Mark Bilyeu and Cindy Woolf!
    Dec 25 2024

    Episode 49: Meet the Creek Rocks, Mark Bilyeu and Cindy Woolf!


    We hope you'll join the Chronicles for this special interview with Mark Bilyeu and Cindy Woolf, two of the finest Ozarks folk musicians anywhere. Not only do they share their musical histories--Mark was a founding member of Big Smith, and Cindy recorded her first album in 2016--but they also play songs from their new album, "Wolf Hunter." In addition, we have included snippets from a couple of the original folk songs in the John Quincy Wolf and Max Hunter collections--Mark and Cindy arranged and performed these songs on "Wolf Hunter"--as well as a story told by Mark's grandpa. Mark and Cindy are excellent examples of how to preserve and promote the culture of the Ozarks!


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    57 mins
  • Episode 48 - Madstones, witches and ghosts: Champ Herren and Ozarks Magic

    Episode 48 - Madstones, witches and ghosts: Champ Herren and Ozarks Magic
    Dec 19 2024
    Champ Herren, Ozarks entrepreneur, farmer, and student of Randolph, joins the Chronicles to share his research into popular Ozarks superstitions. Champ sheds new light on old practices as he follows the evidence, and in the process helps clarify the bizarre beliefs of a century ago.

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    59 mins
  • Episode 47 - Horsing around with Larry Sledge and Butch Gregory, the Horse Creek Band

    Episode 47 - Horsing around with Larry Sledge and Butch Gregory, the Horse Creek Band
    Dec 11 2024

    Larry Sledge and Butch Gregory, the legendary musicians of the Horse Creek Band at Silver Dollar City, join Curtis and Hayden for a rollicking podcast of bluegrass, square dance, Gospel, Texas swing, and more! Larry and Butch also talk about their early careers and the happy times spent at Silver Dollar City. The Horse Creek Band embodies Ozarks folk culture and music, and we know you'll enjoy this episode!




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    38 mins
  • Episode 46 - Bulldozers and Burials on Beaver Creek: Recalling Murderer Robert Faye Adams

    Episode 46 - Bulldozers and Burials on Beaver Creek: Recalling Murderer Robert Faye Adams
    Dec 4 2024
    Join Curtis and Hayden as they visit with Dede Sanders and Tammy Morton to discuss the wild case of Robert Faye Adam's and his wife, Willa. Dede, 10 years old at the time, was driving her grandfather's bulldozer when Adam's drove up with a secret in the trunk of his car. From there...well, you'll just have to tune in to hear the story like you've never heard it before!

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    37 mins