Poisoned Appalachia: the Dark Side of Appalachia

In 1921, the mountains of West Virginia became a battlefield. Tens of thousands of coal miners took up arms against coal companies, private detectives, and state power in what became the largest labor uprising—and the largest armed conflict on U.S. soil since the Civil War. This episode of Poisoned Appalachia explores the forces that led to the Battle of Blair Mountain: company towns, union bustin...

In this episode, we step inside St. Albans Sanatorium, one of Virginia’s most haunted locations. Once a psychiatric hospital, its walls witnessed electroshock therapy, lobotomies, and brutal treatments that left countless patients broken—or dead. From extreme overcrowding to the infamous Suicide Bathroom, we explore how suffering, neglect, and despair may have left something behind. This is not ju...

The centennial Olympic park bobbing occurred on July 27, 1996 in Atlanta Georgia during the summer Olympics. The blast directly killed one person and injured 111 others. This is that story.

A Christmas photograph. A hollow full of silence. A mystery that never left the mountains.

December 15, 1967. On this day, we remember the Silver Bridge Disaster, when the bridge spanning the Ohio River between Point Pleasant, West Virginia, and Gallipolis, Ohio, collapsed during the evening rush hour. Forty-six lives were lost, and countless families and communities were forever changed.

Find out about some of the most haunted places in Kentucky in this weeks episode.

A quiet Virginia road. Four double homicides. No suspects. No answers. The Colonial Parkway Murders remain one of America’s most chilling unsolved cases…and my next podcast episode dives into the darkness.

Daniel Boone is an Appalachian folk hero. A larger than life character. Find out his story on this episode.

During World War II, Oak Ridge, Tennessee was a vital part of the war effort in of the Manhattan Project. No one in the town knew what they were working on until after Japan was bombed.

On November 14, 1970, southern airways flight 932 crashed at the Huntington airport, killing all on board. Most of the Marshall university football team was on board as well as several prominent boosters.

Discover some of the most haunted places in Tennessee in this episode.

Happy Halloween y’all A little bonus episode on the history or Halloween and how it’s celebrated around the world. My treat to you!

Take a little road trip through Appalachia as I cover some of the most haunted places in Appalachia. Some of these I’ve done prior episodes on but there are some new places to discover.

Find out about some Appalachian legends like Skinned Tom, giants in Appalachia, the vampire of big stone gap and more.

The greenbrier ghost resulted in the only murder case solved by a ghost. Find out the story in this weeks episode.

Every month I do a different hunted state episode. In today’s episode is haunted North Carolina.

Shawnee myths and legends. I’ve did the Cherokee myths and legends already, but the Shawnee are a big part of my part of Appalachia, so I thought I would cover them here.

Georgia Tann was an American child trafficker and social worker who operated the Tennessee Children's Home Society, an unlicensed adoption agency in Memphis, Tennessee. Tann used the home as a front for her black market baby adoption scheme from the 1920s to 1950. Over 5000 children were trafficked in her time.

John Brown was a man of action -- a man who would not be deterred from his mission of abolishing slavery. On October 16, 1859, he led 21 men on a raid of the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia.

The Fraterville mine disaster was a combine explosion that occurred on May 19, 1902 near the community of Fraterville in the US state of Tennessee

Join my in the 4th haunted Appalachian states series and find out what makes south Carolina so haunted.

Donald Harvey killed over 70 people in the 1970s and 1980s. He said it was mercy killings but find out how this sadistic monster went on as long as he did e.

My happy anniversary gift to Y’all. I had so much info on Bigfoot , I thought I would include a bonus episode of all the Bigfoot type creatures out there.

It’s my one year anniversary episode! I thought I’d do it on Bigfoot since the legend is one of the biggest in the cryptid world. Let’s find out more about Bigfoot and what it could be.

Next in the haunted state series is haunted Georgia. From haunted battlefields to haunted cemeteries to haunted lake m, find out why Georgia is full of haunted places.