Join Lavelle and Chance as they discuss the January 1914 bank robberies of the Mississippi banks in Mathiston, Weir and Heidelburg....all perpetrated by the bank executives. The bank executives loaded the money from the vaults into suitcases and rode away on the train with the dreams of three small towns.  

In addition, Lavelle and Chance answer a series of mailbag questions from the community.  Join them for local southern history told in the style of Southern storytelling. 

Join Lavelle and Chance as they conclude a two part broadcast on the assassination of President Garfield along with the subsequent trial and various facts and trivia related to the case. 

Lavelle and Chance discuss the Curse of Tecumseh, the miasma theory, various medical advances and the strange assassination of President James Garfield by Charles Guiteau.  

On this special edition, The Grateful Historians travel to Mantee to visit with Coach Buddy Pepper.  We discuss the history of Mantee and then Coach Pepper tells us about his life.  During the story, he touches on many of the major events of history:  truck farms, sharecropping, trains, the Polio vaccine, Vietnam and a host of school issues and rural stories.  

Lavelle and Chance discuss a few more communities in Webster and Choctaw counties.  The formation of Sherwood, Sapa and Dancy are covered along with true stories ranging from a baby found along the railroad tracks to a dog bringing up a man's head, to "spirit rappings" in the 1850s!  Something for everyone!

Lavelle and Chance discuss a variety of subjects concerning the founding of various communities in Webster and Choctaw counties.  This is for those who want to know more about their local towns.  Somehow, we also talk about the 3rd Punic War, Cato, dysentery and cattle ticks! 

Join Lavelle and Chance as they conclude their discussion of the 1910 unsolved death of Janie Sharp in Winston County. 

Lavelle and Chance discuss an unsolved murder from 1910 in Winston County.  An 18 year old girl named Janie Sharp was murdered.  Justice was never served.  The crime touched off two additional murders and the desecration of her grave.  Join us as we try to bring light to this unsolved murder. 

Lavelle and Chance wrap up their discussion of this important school in Webster County.  The move to Mathiston, the transition to Wood Junior College and the influences of the school are highlighted. 

Lavelle and Chance discuss the formation of a high school that will one day become Wood Junior College.  From the earliest days in Colfax, to Clarkson, and then to Mathiston, Mississippi, the trials and tribulations of the school are the subject of our inaugural podcast.