Episodes

  • Encore: The Krampus

    Encore: The Krampus
    Dec 24 2021
    This holiday season has been a tough one for us, so we haven’t had the opportunity to put together this year’s Christmas episode.  Instead we give you last year’s wonderful tale of the Krampus.  By the way, all the references in that episode to 2020?  Nothing’s really changed, so just mentally put in “2021” when […]
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    10 mins
  • The Thealka Explosion

    The Thealka Explosion
    Dec 18 2021
    On June 17, 1922, a tremendous explosion happened at the Thealka mine near Paintsville, Kentucky, killing two miners starting up mine equipment. This blast was no accident. Join us today for a story of labor unrest, coalfield violence, and justice, along with a bit of redemption. You can subscribe to the Stories podcast at Apple […]
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    11 mins
  • The Lost Children

    The Lost Children
    Dec 10 2021
    In the spring of 1856 the two little boys of Samuel and Susanna Cox disappeared, seemingly without a trace. Today we tell the story of how the tragedy of that disappearance led to a miracle, one memorialized with a monument in the township of Pavia, Pennsylvania, east of Johnstown. You can subscribe to the audio […]
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    10 mins
  • Green Allen Brooks, “Mountain Man”

    Green Allen Brooks, “Mountain Man”
    Dec 3 2021
    There was a man who lived in Lee County, Virginia, who claimed to have once been a Tennessee Circuit Court judge, a preacher, a teacher and a business owner in Cumberland Gap. He was also tried for killing two lawmen who tried to arrest his son-in-law. Today we tell the story of Green Allen Brooks, […]
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    15 mins
  • Encore – The Trials of Edith Maxwell

    Encore – The Trials of Edith Maxwell
    Nov 26 2021
    With it being Thanksgiving weekend, Rod and Steve have decided to take the week off, so today we are presenting an encore presentation of one of our first podcast episodes. In 1935 a young woman from Pound, Virginia, was accused of murdering her father and put on trial in Wise.  The trial brought on an […]
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    18 mins
  • Cap Hatfield’s Run

    Cap Hatfield’s Run
    Nov 19 2021
    Over 120 years ago one of Devil Anse Hatfield’s sons made his escape from a Williamson, West Virginia, jail.  How he got in that jail, why he escaped and where he went is our story this week. Be sure to subscribe to the Stories podcast, at Apple Podcasts, Audible, PlayerFM, Stitcher, Spotify, Audacy or on […]
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    17 mins
  • A Robbery Gone Awry

    A Robbery Gone Awry
    Nov 12 2021
    A hundred years ago two men were captured near Harriman, Tennessee, after an intense manhunt.  They, along with two other men, were responsible for an attempted armed bank robbery, two kidnappings, and one murder during a crime spree through the Tennessee hills west of Knoxville in June, 1921. Today we tell that story. You can […]
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    14 mins
  • Lewis The Robber

    Lewis The Robber
    Nov 6 2021
    In the early 1800’s central Pennsylvania was the home of a man named David Lewis.  Lewis joined the army then went AWOL, starting down a road that led to him becoming a charming con man, counterfeiter, robber and murderer, as well as a legend in the area, some even comparing Lewis the Robber to Robin […]
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    11 mins