INTERVIEW BEGINS AT:  35:20

On May 14th 1882 on Pound Gap near the border of Kentucky and Virginia, 5 people were "ambushed" and murdered on one of the strangest, and most notorious crimes in the history of Appalachia. Why were these people killed, who killed them, was it robbery? Revenge? Vendetta? Who benefited from the crime, and who was punished.

Questions, conspiracies', legends and myths have surrounded this event for over 140 years, but what do we really know? Sarah Beth Hopton, PhD, show legend and honest to goodness Appalachian,  has spent years studying this event. She has attended gatherings of living decedents on both sides of the incident, interviewing, them, being allowed access to documents, family stories, personal items, and their trust, allowing her a unique insight into the facts, and also the mysteries that surround the infamous Pound Gap Massacre!!

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