Stories of Appalachia
Welcome to "Stories of Appalachia," the podcast where hosts Steve Gilly and Rod Mullins have been unraveling the captivating history and folklore of the Appalachian region since 2015. Join them as they guide you through mist-covered mountains and winding rivers, exploring the stories that define the heart and soul of Appalachia.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 12 minutes
- Episodes
- 557
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2025
General John Hunt Morgan
Today we tell the story of the man who led the most successful Confederate raid on American territory during the Civil War, leading his men into battle throughout Indiana and Ohio. Afterwards, Gener…
00:09:32 |
Sat 02 Apr 2022
The Last Survivor of the Sultana Explosion
In April 1865 a riverboat that carried cargo from Illinois south to New Orleans was hired to transport newly freed Union prisoners from Vicksburg, Mississippi, home. Unfortunately, many of them woul…
00:12:00 |
Sat 26 Mar 2022
The Silver Legion
In the 1930's a man interested in writing, new age religions and far-right politics came to Asheville, North Carolina, where he established his own fascist organization in support of Adolf Hitler and…
00:12:48 |
Sat 19 Mar 2022
Jenny Wiley's Escape
In the area of Bland and Tazewell Counties in Virginia in the late 1780's a pregnant young woman and her child were captured by a band of renegade Indians consisting of two Cherokee, three Shawnee, t…
00:10:19 |
Sat 12 Mar 2022
A Criminal Operation
In 1912 a Presbyterian pastor in Greeneville, Tennessee, decided to help his former secretary back at the school he headed in Pittsburgh. That decision cost the woman her life and landed the pastor i…
00:10:51 |
Sat 05 Mar 2022
The Bloody Harpes
In the late 1700s two cousins, Micajah Harpe and Wiley Harpe, terrorized the Appalachian frontier, stealing, fighting, raping and killing pioneers as they crossed Appalachia looking for a new home. T…
00:18:37 |
Sat 26 Feb 2022
Ida Mae Stull
Today we tell the fascinating story of the first woman in this country to go down in the coal mines to make a living, and how she made it legal for women to do so. You can subscribe to the Stories po…
00:10:00 |
Sat 19 Feb 2022
The Crash At Clingman's Dome
In the summer of 1946 a training mission for a B-29 Superfortress ended in tragedy. Today we tell the story of that B-29, which crashed into the third-highest mountaintop in the eastern United States…
00:11:19 |
Sat 12 Feb 2022
The Regulator Movement
Who were the men who moved into what’s now East Tennessee, establishing the first local governments there, such as the Watauga Association in 1772 and the State of Franklin in 1784? Many of them came…
00:13:24 |
Sat 05 Feb 2022
The Witch Murders
In 1950 a man shot and killed his sister-in-law and niece in a country store in northeast Tennessee. Why he did that is our story today. Don't forget to subscribe to the Stories podcast on your favor…
00:10:50 |
Sat 29 Jan 2022
The First Integrated Little League Team In The South
In 1951 Little League baseball came to Norton, Virginia. In that very first season the Little League allowed black boys and white boys to play together, fully integrated, for the first time in the S…
00:09:20 |
Fri 21 Jan 2022
Blennerhassett and Burr
After the end of the Revolutionary War the land north and west of the Ohio River was organized by Congress into the Northwest Territory. Soon settlers began to move into the eastern part of the terr…
00:12:19 |
Sat 15 Jan 2022
Death By Psychic
At the turn of the 20th century, a Kentucky man obsessed with spiritualism, fortune-telling, seances and speaking to the dead, was convinced to marry a "psychic" and give her all his property. This a…
00:11:52 |
Sat 08 Jan 2022
The Fraterville Mine Disaster
In May of 1902 one of the best-run mine companies in the Coal Creek, Tennessee, area suffered a disaster when an explosion trapped and killed 216 miners, all but 3 of the adult male population of the…
00:13:03 |
Sat 01 Jan 2022
Encore: The Krampus
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 t…
00:10:22 |
Fri 24 Dec 2021
The Thealka Explosion
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 …
00:10:31 |
Sat 18 Dec 2021
The Lost Children
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 memo…
00:09:38 |
Sat 11 Dec 2021
Green Allen Brooks, "Mountain Man"
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 k…
00:14:48 |
Sat 04 Dec 2021
Cap Hatfield's Run
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…
00:16:32 |
Sat 20 Nov 2021
A Robbery Gone Awry
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, a…
00:13:56 |
Sat 13 Nov 2021
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