Laura Wright
Jimsonweed is named after Jamestown, but actually gained notoriety due to a mass poisoning in 1676. The...
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Odds and ends about life in the Appalachian coal mines. In 1897, miners in Appalachian regions earned...
Odds and ends about life in the Appalachian coal mines. In 1897, miners in Appalachian regions earned...
The Brown Mountain Lights in North Carolina have fascinated visitors for decades. The history of the lights...
Robert Benge, also called “Chief Benge,” was a notorious enemy of the settlers in Southwestern Virginia and...
Now that Halloween is almost here, I’d like to add some bizarre content, proven to be true,...
In August of 1945, great physicist Albert Einstein assured the public that atomic energy was in no...
In March of 1937, Sir Alexander Seton, of Edinburgh, Scotland, acquired a few bits of bones from...
The phantom fiddler is pretty common in American folklore, depending upon which region you’re researching. Here...
There is a legend in certain Southern Appalachian forests of a sinister lady who lives in remote...