Ozarkian Folk Chronicles
Come with us as we dive head first into the titillating tales of Ozarkian folklore and discuss the origins and obscurities of these stories. From Curtis Copeland and Hayden Head, this is Ozarkian Folk Chronicles.
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- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 55 minutes
- Episodes
- 88
- Years Active
- 2024 - 2025
Episode 67: Introducing the Renegades of Folk: Vance Randolph
The word "folk" conjures up people rocking back and forth in cane bottom chairs and dipping snuff, and though that's an admittedly enviable lifestyle, it's not the whole story. The early folk song an…
01:06:52 |
Wed 30 Apr 2025
Episode 66: Stories from the James River: A Conversation with George Scott and Tom Koob
Ozarkers love a good story, and George Scott and Tom Koob have some great ones! From Leonard "Shock" Short, moonshiner, bank robber, and husband of George's Aunt Lillian, to Vance Randolph, who fell …
00:56:28 |
Wed 23 Apr 2025
Episode 65: Saving the Ozarks One Creek at a Time: A conversation with the Kipfers
Bob and Barb Kipfer retired from lucrative jobs in the medical field to the hard work of natural conservation. From their initial purchase of 80 acres on Bull Creek to their current preserve of 400 a…
00:56:46 |
Wed 16 Apr 2025
Episode 64: Crescent Dragonwagon and Her Life in the Ozarks
Join Curtis and Hayden when they sit down with author, chef, and innkeeper, Crescent Dragonwagon! Since her arrival in the Ozarks over fifty years ago, Crescent has published over fifty books in seve…
01:04:29 |
Wed 09 Apr 2025
Episode 63: The Creek Rocks and the Vance Randolph Folksong Collection
When Mark Bilyeu and Cindy Wolf visited the archives at the Library of Congress, they discovered and returned home with a treasure trove of folksongs collected by Vance Randolph himself. On this epi…
00:35:18 |
Wed 02 Apr 2025
Episode 62: Comic Songs of the Ozarks with Emalee Flatness-Combs and Lillyanne McCool
Emalee Flatness-Combs, performer with the Homestead Pickers at Silver Dollar City, and Lillyanne McCool, national old time banjo champion, bring the old songs to life with their beautiful voices and …
00:57:13 |
Wed 26 Mar 2025
Episode 61: Loving the Ozarks to Death (The Kimmons Family: Part Two)
Like so many beautiful regions in the Ozarks, the Little Red River and the towns along its banks face unprecedented challenges from reckless recreators, greedy corporations, and the failure to protec…
00:40:37 |
Wed 19 Mar 2025
Episode 60: Loving the Ozarks to Life (The Kimmons Family: Part One)
In the early 70s, Tom and Brandy left Columbia, Missouri, where Tom was teaching at Mizzou, for the deep woods on the banks of the Little Red River, not far from Shirley, Arkansas. With nothing but a…
01:06:03 |
Thu 13 Mar 2025
Episode 59: An Invitation to the Circle: Photographer Andrew Kilgore on Life, Art, and the Ozarks
At 84, Andrew Kilgore is still photographing, still learning, and still excited about exploring the world through the lens of his camera. Andrew shares his story of moving to the Ozarks in the heyday…
00:58:23 |
Wed 05 Mar 2025
Episode 58: The Mortgaged Cow Murder: Tammy Morton and Angel Wolf are back to tell the tragic story of the murder of Charlie Cobb. The conspiracy includes wives, friends, and lovers, and our guests shed new light on a crime that shook the Ozarks.
The Chronicle's own true crime historians--Tammy Morton and Angel Wolf--are back to tell the macabre and tragic story of the murder of Charlie Cobb. The web of conspiracy spreads out to include wives…
00:37:13 |
Wed 26 Feb 2025
Episode 57: The Genius of the Creek Rocks: Mark Bilyeu, Cindy Woolf, and the Library of Congress
Mark and Cindy are back to share their adventures in Ozarks folk music. They received a grant to research and arrange Ozarks folksongs collected by Sidney Robertson in the 20s and 30s and housed at t…
01:04:55 |
Thu 20 Feb 2025
Episode 56: Icons of Christian County: A conversation with Wayne Glenn
Wayne Glenn, the Old Record Collector, joins Curtis and Hayden for a survey of Christian County history. From Clarence and Roscoe to Buff Lamb, Wayne is an encyclopedia of history and lore.
Hosted o…
00:45:12 |
Tue 11 Feb 2025
Episode 55: Joinin' the Mountain Grove School House Jam!
Curtis and Hayden are joined by Jeff Michel, David Arnold, Esther Exley, and Coy Stephan, members of the Mountain Grove School House Jam who play some old time mountain music tunes. Jeff explains the…
00:39:58 |
Tue 04 Feb 2025
Episode 54 - Ghosts and Guests at the Crescent Hotel: A conversation with Dan Bennett
Dan Bennett, ghost tour guide extraordinaire, joins Curtis and Hayden for a fascinating interview about the encounters of ghosts and guests in the historic Crescent Hotel. From little Breckie to Mich…
01:00:18 |
Thu 30 Jan 2025
Episode 53 - Life on the Current River: An interview with Dave Tobey
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 beautif…
00:53:11 |
Thu 23 Jan 2025
Episode 12 Revisited: Missing Limbs Ozarkian Folklore
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!
I…
00:50:28 |
Wed 15 Jan 2025
Episode 51 - Shirley Jo Phillips and the murder of Wilma Plaster
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, wh…
00:36:41 |
Wed 08 Jan 2025
Episode 50 - Tom Koob is back with a Radioactive Tale!
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 187…
00:45:11 |
Thu 02 Jan 2025
Episode 49 - Meet the Creek Rocks, Mark Bilyeu and Cindy Woolf!
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 …
00:57:09 |
Wed 25 Dec 2024
Episode 48 - Madstones, witches and ghosts: Champ Herren and Ozarks Magic
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 …
00:59:25 |
Thu 19 Dec 2024
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