MountainLore

That pesky Jack is back at it again!  First he wins a girl in a card game, then he's forced to tackle three tasks, then…well, you'll just have to listen to find out what happens after "then."
The MountainLore podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, RadioPublic, Deezer, Amazon Music, TuneIn and more.
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It's October and Halloween will be here before you know it.  To get in the spirit of Halloween, Gena and Steve are back with not one but three tales of ghosts that have lost their heads and are doomed to roam the hills forever.   You can subscribe to the MountainLore podcast on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, IHeart Radio, Google, Deezer, Amazon Music and on many other podcast apps. Sweet dreams, podcast listeners...

It’s October and Halloween will be here before you know it.  To get in the spirit of Halloween, Gena and Steve are back with not one but three tales of ghosts that have lost their heads and are doomed to roam the hills forever.  

You can subscribe to the MountainLore podcast on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, IHeart Radio, Google, Deezer, Amazon Music and on many other podcast apps.

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For over a hundred years tales have been told of a mysterious woman in black, who shows up in towns throughout Appalachia.  Sometimes she's silent, sometimes she accosts strangers, and, most recently, sometimes she simply wanders the highways of the region trying to get….somewhere.  
For our 100th episode we welcome Gena back, via Zoom, to help tell the story of the woman in black.
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As always, sweet dreams, podcast listeners…
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The Martha Washington Inn is one of the best known resorts in the southwest Virginia mountains.  There you can enjoy luxury accomodations, their world-class pool and jacuzzi, tennis courts, the fitness center, the spa, the golf course and, to top it all off, lots of ghosts!  
Today we tell the tales that have arisen around the Martha Washington Inn…
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Today we share three traditional Cherokee stories about that trickster, the Rabbit.
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You can also like and subscribe on our YouTube channel, Stories, A History of Appalachia.
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Our good friend Jack is at it again, this time tangling with a witch over her pot of gold, buried deep in the mountains.
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You can also catch our tales on our YouTube channel, Stories, A History of Appalachia.
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I realize we've been off kilter ever since 2020 went off the rails. Gena and I will make it up to you, we promise, as soon as things get back to something close to normal. In the meantime we have a Jack tale for you, freshly recorded and produced!
In today's tale, Jack tricks an old woman into making the most delicious soup ever…made with an old cats eye marble.
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A young couple's love ends in tragedy, with the spirit of a young woman fated to roam an Appalachian mountain for eternity.
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Burnt House, West Virginia, is one of those places in Appalachia with an interesting name. Yes, it’s named for a house that burned to the ground, but there’s much more to the story than that.
Today on the MountainLore podcast we share that tale with you.
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