Over 160 years ago the historic Rotherwood Mansion in Kingsport, Tennessee, was sold to Joshua Phipps. Phipps property used slave labor, which he cruelly abused. In the end, though, it’s said he was paid back for all eternity for the abuse he gave out during his life.

Today we tell that tale from Appalachia.

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Over 160 years ago the historic Rotherwood Mansion in Kingsport, Tennessee, was sold to Joshua Phipps. Phipps property used slave labor, which he cruelly abused. In the end, though, it's said he was paid back for all eternity for the abuse he gave out during his life.

Today we tell that tale from Appalachia.

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Today we go back four years to again bring you the story of a beautiful antique bed with only one issue…it’s already occupied!

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Many of the tales told in these parts involve the railroads that served to haul goods into and coal and timber out of Appalachia.

Today we share two versions of one of those stories with you.

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Around the turn of the 20th century three sisters became involved in a women's college in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Rumors soon spread about the three being witches or demons.

They left Tennessee for another school in Christiansburg, Virginia, where things got much worse.

Today we tell a tale that's part true crime story and part folklore...

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Tales of witches, ghosts and demons abound in Appalachia.  Today we have a story that may have involved all three, and it’s a true story to boot!

Join us as we tell the true tale of Bertha Sybert from Lee County, Virginia, known in the 1930s as “Bouncing Bertha” for the nightly involuntary shake, rattle and roll of her bed caused, depending on who you asked, Bertha, a witch, a demon or a ghost.

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Tales of witches, ghosts and demons abound in Appalachia. Today we have a story that may have involved all three, and it's a true story to boot!

Join us as we tell the true tale of Bertha Sybert from Lee County, Virginia, known in the 1930s as "Bouncing Bertha" for the nightly involuntary shake, rattle and roll of her bed caused, depending on who you asked, Bertha, a witch, a demon or a ghost.

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Today's tale comes from Wise County, Virginia, by way of the Palatinate region of what's now Germany, from which the ancestors of many of today's Appalachian people came.

It's an Appalachian retelling of the German story "Ashenputel," which was also the source for the story we all know as "Cinderella."

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Tales are told of headless horsemen across the mountains of West Virginia. Today we combine a few of those tales for this weeks ghostly episode.

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The Cherokee once told of a monstrous creature that was part man and part hornet. This being, named Ulagu, would swoop in and feast on the children of the tribe, then go back to its nest in the gorge of the Nantahala River in North Carolina.

Today we tell the story of how the Cherokee defeated Ulagu, saving their children from it.

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