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  • Опубліковано 18 сер 2023
  • Appalachias Deadliest Mountain Men #Frencheversolefeud #Frencheversole #battleofhazard #badtomsmith #appalachianfeud #appalachia #appalachianhistory #appalachian
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  • @LonelyRanger902
    @LonelyRanger902 Місяць тому +18

    I think that the Appalachian storyteller is one of the best historical podcasts ever produced

  • @sirsmilealot5458
    @sirsmilealot5458 8 місяців тому +79

    I’m from Hazard. 73 years old. My younger days growing up there were poverty, desperation, and sad. Left at 19 to Navy. But the place is home.

    • @TheAppalachianStoryteller
      @TheAppalachianStoryteller  8 місяців тому +5

      ❤️ love

    • @MR-backup
      @MR-backup 7 місяців тому +1

      This story true? If so, who was your family related to?

    • @thewoodwardreport3632
      @thewoodwardreport3632 7 місяців тому +1

      Gloom, Despair, Agony

    • @thisisfredherbert
      @thisisfredherbert 3 місяці тому

      Bless you and thank you for your service

    • @ponypicker
      @ponypicker Місяць тому

      My Dad was born and raised in Hazard. It was the same story for him. His father died and he had to decide... mines or military. Went into the Army in 1938. Sent his mother $50 every month.

  • @WillowsGarden
    @WillowsGarden Рік тому +142

    Now that story just proves that jealousy causes nothing but trouble. Jealousy and a lie started that deadly feud. Thanks for the story JD. Have a blessed day!

  • @d.g.n9392
    @d.g.n9392 Рік тому +40

    What a story, the old photos make the people come alive. Well done storyteller
    🙋‍♂️🐈🐈

  • @GizmoGuy21
    @GizmoGuy21 11 місяців тому +87

    I heard a story. A revenuer (government agents who go looking for moonshine stills) went up into a hollar and never came back. A group of revenuers went looking for him. Some people who were questioned said, we never saw him and don't know what happened to him, but if something bad did happen to him, he probably got a good Christian burial.

    • @TheAppalachianStoryteller
      @TheAppalachianStoryteller  11 місяців тому +8

      A good Christian burial 😂

    • @ernestwilliams268
      @ernestwilliams268 11 місяців тому +11

      Down an old mine shaft.

    • @LiveEachDay09
      @LiveEachDay09 9 місяців тому +8

      ​@@ernestwilliams268yes Sir that's how my pappy told it 😉

    • @MrsEyes512
      @MrsEyes512 8 місяців тому +5

      I heard this same story in Wilkes County North Carolina.

    • @JamesWhite-tg4kw
      @JamesWhite-tg4kw 8 місяців тому +2

      I'd say people in every state has heard and said that back in the day 🤣🤣🤣

  • @nonnieprice5827
    @nonnieprice5827 Рік тому +49

    Hate,greed,and jealousy,never produces anything but separation, destruction and death.
    Thank you JD. I enjoy each of your stories.

  • @FarmerKen355
    @FarmerKen355 11 місяців тому +21

    I am as old as dirt today, I grew up in Powell Country Kentucky, or property bordered the Daniel Boone National Forest, I remember our family car having bullet holes in it in several places. Today I live in rural Queensland Australia about as far away as I could get from that dammed place. Sounds kinda romantic when they tell the story, but try living there.

    • @TheAppalachianStoryteller
      @TheAppalachianStoryteller  11 місяців тому +4

      Wow! What brought you to Australia?

    • @krzysztofwozny3002
      @krzysztofwozny3002 11 місяців тому +2

      At least your safe in Australia!

    • @FarmerKen355
      @FarmerKen355 11 місяців тому

      @@krzysztofwozny3002 Yep, I live in rural Queensland, my neighbors and I share each others phone numbers even though they are far enough away I can just barely see their homes through the trees. Most of the vehicles on the property never get their keys removed and seldom to we lock the doors at night. At night the sky is a black blanket with a million holes in it, we can lay on the top of a water tank at night and count how many shooting stars pass by. Our dogs have many acres to run across, the people at the post office and the grocery store know our names. It is a very nice place to live. I am here by choice not by chance, I choose to live here. I can live anywhere, I choose to live here. As it turns out the government wants to build a railroad through my property, so I have to buy a different property and relocate I have no problem with this because my payout is just under 5m. I could move back to the USA but I choose not to, I love this place and there are more and better opportunities living right here. My son is a Class One Honors level graduate from University Queensland a prestigious school on the world rankings and is an Electrical Engineer currently employed working on the nations electrical grid and is earning at the end of his first year of employment just over $125k a year... and more to come.
      My wife who has never been to the USA is scared of living in the USA... and I understand her concerns.
      Life is damn good here. Once you get out and travel around to see how others live I realized that America has a lot of good things but wow some of the downside is awful. Want to talk about health care? No you don't.

    • @rodcoombs2158
      @rodcoombs2158 9 місяців тому +3

      some good people is Aus Ken > my best from South Aus

    • @KM77413
      @KM77413 4 місяці тому +3

      Good people in Kentucky.

  • @denonpmb
    @denonpmb 11 місяців тому +45

    I love these old mountain stories! Keep em coming Sir, new subscriber and about to be binge watching your collection. Much appreciation for your work.

  • @Jeffbambam
    @Jeffbambam 11 місяців тому +43

    I absolutely love this channel about people who I relate to ,the good and bad .our ancestors had struggles most city folks would never comprehend.

  • @seagoingcook
    @seagoingcook Рік тому +28

    Not only is the story a great one, the graphics are fantastic!
    Thank you for another wonderful story.

  • @aliceevans3357
    @aliceevans3357 Рік тому +12

    Religion and Politics have such a hold on people and it's proven time and again it only takes one misguided person to light the fuse. What a sad ending all around. I wonder if this animosity endures today. Gosh what a story! Thanks for all the time and research it took to tell it. A movie should be made about this. Stay safe and GOD bless

  • @WhispersFromTheDark
    @WhispersFromTheDark Рік тому +37

    Wow! That story makes the shootout in Tombstone seem more like a squabble in a Kindergarten class.

    • @TheAppalachianStoryteller
      @TheAppalachianStoryteller  Рік тому +7

      exactly

    • @billshepherd5090
      @billshepherd5090 11 місяців тому +2

      I’m from Breathitt county right next to Perry county. There was a feud there Turner v Fugate that lasted decades. It still simmers today.

  • @T-rayAldridge78
    @T-rayAldridge78 Рік тому +62

    Being born and raised here in Appalachia I find these stories both fascinating and educational. I've always been intrigued by history. Kinda in this order from what I am least interested in (although still very much so) to what I find grabs my attention and interest me completely. World history, then would be US history and then the favorite of favorites would definitely be the history of my "homeland" the localized history of the Appalachian mountains and surrounding areas! So to say that I eagerly await the notification alerting me of a new lesson is a pitiful understatement! I'm captivated each and every episode you post for your subscribers viewing and learning pleasures! Thank you
    - I'd like to add that I think a television series with your stories/ history lessons would be absolutely amazing!

    • @Victoria-OneLove4AllPeople
      @Victoria-OneLove4AllPeople Рік тому +8

      I agree with you 💯
      A television series, with his
      wonderful voice for narration
      would be award winning.
      This ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Channel
      should be broadcast on PBS.

    • @TheAppalachianStoryteller
      @TheAppalachianStoryteller  Рік тому +11

      Honestly, that would be a dream come true for me

    • @kevdimo6459
      @kevdimo6459 Рік тому +3

      Yes you could call it, The Trumps and the Biden’s!

    • @nonnieprice5827
      @nonnieprice5827 Рік тому +1

      @@kevdimo6459
      Absolutely, you spoke the truth.

    • @silverbackV
      @silverbackV Рік тому

      That’s what war is, both side kill people and destroy stuff until one side can no longer raise a defense.

  • @ninachkah13
    @ninachkah13 Рік тому +10

    I really enjoy your voice and storytelling style. So calming and interesting

  • @robertwelch7513
    @robertwelch7513 Рік тому +25

    There is nothing in this world better than sitting on the front porch in Grainger Co. Tn sipping coffee, looking out at the Appalachian Mountains and listening to your channel on a Saturday

  • @scottblack3381
    @scottblack3381 Рік тому +36

    Saturday mornings are reserved for storytelling and JD never disappoints! I enjoyed every minute friend, and I'll see ya next time, God Bless!

  • @rustylynch2
    @rustylynch2 Рік тому +25

    Another top notch story! I'm curious as to how you keep these videos short. I feel there's information being set aside. I'm saying that cause I'm hoping for extended versions of these stories. Simply put,I can't get enough. Thanks JD

    • @TheAppalachianStoryteller
      @TheAppalachianStoryteller  Рік тому +15

      I could have made a 2 hour movie on all the details of this story. It is speculated 70 men died in the feud along with several judges, lawmen, and politicians. The state militia and governor were involved. The Eversole leadership changed hands several times as leaders were assassinated. Hazard became a town under seige. There were so many bodies littering the sides of the roads that were just skeletal remains with weeds growing thru them. There is lots to this war. Unfortunately, it takes me nearly 40 hours to produce a story like this- with zero budget and I work a full time job aside from this channel. Now- If I could do this full time and make a living from it, you better believe I would have put it all out there on this story.

    • @rustylynch2
      @rustylynch2 Рік тому +6

      @@TheAppalachianStoryteller that's incredible. Sounds like I need to join the channel, instead of just subscribing.

    • @mortenwallinjensen
      @mortenwallinjensen 10 місяців тому +1

      @@TheAppalachianStoryteller I can't wait for this story to be told i a Netflix series... :-)

  • @scottiron6444
    @scottiron6444 7 місяців тому +5

    Been watching these today, good stories. 52 hrs. That was another story tied into this one. Very nice.

  • @waltersabin8099
    @waltersabin8099 11 місяців тому +9

    Thanks for your video. I have had the pleasure to live in Texas, WV, the mountains of NC, and now a valley in VA. The Appalachian Culture is as distinct as the Cowboy Culture. Love them both. The mountains have my heart.

  • @johnbubbajohnson5630
    @johnbubbajohnson5630 Рік тому +16

    This story was awesome i enjoy stories like this. I just wonder just how many freuds really happened in and around those mountains. Thank you for sharing sir. God bless you and your whole family...🙏❤🙏❤🙏

  • @melodymccullough5262
    @melodymccullough5262 Рік тому +5

    Bad ass all around. Music, pictures.
    The story and so on. 🙌 Once again, you've done it again! Well done! 👏

    • @TheAppalachianStoryteller
      @TheAppalachianStoryteller  Рік тому +3

      Awesome, I’m happy you enjoyed it, and thanks as always for commenting, it really helps

    • @melodymccullough5262
      @melodymccullough5262 Рік тому +2

      @@TheAppalachianStoryteller
      You're the best story teller. My husband and I listen to you on a loud speaker so we get this whole effect of the story. It's like watching a cowboy movie in your mind. You can literally imagine your story as if it's real. We appreciate all the time and effort that you put into your videos. Thank you so much. It gives my husband and I something to do together. So it's a win win! ♥️

  • @trooper2121
    @trooper2121 Рік тому +204

    Nothing to do with the feud but during my time the law was very respected by everyone. That being said there were hollow’s that we constantly went into that lots of people would not go into. There’s been people go into these places and never come out again. They were never found either. Ways of getting rid of people were plentiful and we knew it. I know of people who I would be willing to bet were buried under a mountain. It’s impossible to locate a body that is hundreds of feet deep in the earth. To this very day you better know where you are going or know someone close by. You will end up talking with someone and they will want to know about you. Strange vehicles and people just aren’t welcome. After I retired and moved away I went back to check on some property that I owned. I ended up being stopped by someone who lets say just wanted to talk and after I told them who I was and why I was there I was invited to have supper with them. Mountain people have a way of taking care of their own. Actually they are some of the best people I have ever known but you had better never cross them. That being said mountain people will give you the shirt off of their backs. Really great hard working and honest people. Love my mountains and my friends.

    • @TheAppalachianStoryteller
      @TheAppalachianStoryteller  Рік тому +27

      That’s an accurate picture of the mountains that you just painted

    • @stephanielloyd5792
      @stephanielloyd5792 11 місяців тому +12

      I so love the ending...u never really get away from anything u do!! Great story JD....

    • @TheAppalachianStoryteller
      @TheAppalachianStoryteller  11 місяців тому +8

      Justice is always waiting @@stephanielloyd5792

    • @chrish3720
      @chrish3720 11 місяців тому +18

      Yea, found one of these towns down at the end of a very very long road in West Virginia. Stopped at the only store in that town which was a large storage building with a gas pump out front. Those where the strangest group of people I ever saw. They would not speak at all to me, even when I spoke to them, they just starred at me until I left. That was some spooky shit.

    • @claudiaclaudia936
      @claudiaclaudia936 11 місяців тому +8

      Sounds like a sundown town?

  • @jeffreymorris1752
    @jeffreymorris1752 7 місяців тому +4

    30-some years later in nearby Lynch Kentucky, a girl named Juanita Morris was born. She ended up being the first woman director of the New York Stock Exchange and later, the first woman Secretary of Commerce and only the 4th woman named to any Presidential Cabinet post. She was my aunt. When my dad was young, the Morris family got the contract for fire watch atop Black Mountain, the highest elevation in Kentucky.

  • @bigiron8831
    @bigiron8831 Рік тому +8

    What a great story to start off my Saturday morning with. Thanks JD
    And as always y'all stay safe out there 🙏

  • @BitcoinPitbull
    @BitcoinPitbull Рік тому +4

    A few channels I have notifications on for and this is one of the few. Great channel! I got my husband to start watching it, we love it. ❤️

  • @michaelvarble4392
    @michaelvarble4392 11 місяців тому +5

    Thank you for your research and story telling. One of my favorites

    • @TheAppalachianStoryteller
      @TheAppalachianStoryteller  11 місяців тому

      Thank you sir, for watching and commenting, it really helps to support this channel

  • @petrotmyrcz308
    @petrotmyrcz308 24 дні тому +2

    Great channel, stories, storytelling. I really liked the intro/outro music. I wish I could play like that. Man, those were some deadly feuds back in the day.

  • @asullivan4047
    @asullivan4047 8 місяців тому +4

    Interesting/informative/entertaining. Excellent photography pictures enabling viewer's to better understand what/whom the orator was describing.

  • @Jasonificatiation
    @Jasonificatiation 8 місяців тому +4

    Great thing about any Appalachia documentary is the music.

  • @garyblack2858
    @garyblack2858 11 місяців тому +7

    Wow, what a story! Benjamin French was particularlly ruthless. His demise at the end of the story was fitting.

  • @sonofthegun5178
    @sonofthegun5178 4 місяці тому +2

    Awesome story. I could listen to these all day everyday.

  • @jerrywalden182
    @jerrywalden182 2 дні тому +2

    Thanks! Just started listening to your stories I drive a lot and it is really interesting to hear history

  • @henryfinlay4010
    @henryfinlay4010 Рік тому +5

    Now that right there's a tale! Never heard anything about this feud. Thank you

  • @emilyflotilla931
    @emilyflotilla931 10 місяців тому +9

    A hearty Congratulations on 100K! 🎉 Well deserved. To think, all this over a woman!

    • @TheAppalachianStoryteller
      @TheAppalachianStoryteller  10 місяців тому +3

      Dang it Thelma! haha! Thanks for the congrats Emily, I really appreciate it my friend!

    • @BobbyA-rj6px
      @BobbyA-rj6px 9 місяців тому

      @@TheAppalachianStoryteller algorithm trys.. Louis and Clark. Patterns. Computers lose. Stand

  • @jamesgoldstien1468
    @jamesgoldstien1468 5 місяців тому +2

    I’m glad I’ve found this channel… your filling in great detail about many my ancestors in these stories

  • @jodynunley6447
    @jodynunley6447 11 місяців тому +449

    "No good for nothing democrat" Truest words ever spoken!

    • @brentfarvors192
      @brentfarvors192 11 місяців тому +42

      "Keep them fighting each other, while we slip out the back with their cash???"

    • @TheScotian82
      @TheScotian82 11 місяців тому +16

      Truer than ever.

    • @IndependentlyAssorted
      @IndependentlyAssorted 11 місяців тому +7

      “A low down snake in the grass”. He has such a way with words

    • @Bensalami69
      @Bensalami69 11 місяців тому +126

      Except in this era of history the dems & republicans had switched ideologies. A “no good for nothing democrat” was actually a Republican in this context. You played yourself.

    • @ryebread904
      @ryebread904 11 місяців тому +52

      ​@@Bensalami69I was about to say the same.

  • @justinf3464
    @justinf3464 11 місяців тому +6

    Thank you for this story.
    Regards,
    Justin French

    • @TheAppalachianStoryteller
      @TheAppalachianStoryteller  11 місяців тому +3

      family descendant?

    • @justinf3464
      @justinf3464 11 місяців тому +1

      ⁠@@TheAppalachianStorytellerYes sir. My great grandfather x3 took part in this feud.

  • @johnpeddicord4932
    @johnpeddicord4932 Рік тому +3

    Enjoyed, incredible story, Thanks for sharing J.D.

  • @bettyfeliciano7322
    @bettyfeliciano7322 9 місяців тому +6

    What an awesome storyteller you are! Keep up the good work!! Blessings always! ❤️✝️

  • @angeliapittman4776
    @angeliapittman4776 7 місяців тому +4

    I loved your story and your music loved it.❤

  • @michaelstusiak5902
    @michaelstusiak5902 10 місяців тому +4

    I appreciate the connection with the Bad Tom Smith story.

  • @joelspaulding5964
    @joelspaulding5964 Рік тому +6

    Musical soundtrack:
    Chef's Kiss.
    Sets the mood.
    Hazard hasn't changed too much😂
    Fabulous, as we have come to expect!
    Absolutely love the simple effects added to the old still photos.
    A nice addition to the star of the show: Unparalleled story telling.

  • @JaredKingTV
    @JaredKingTV 11 місяців тому +2

    LOOOORD what another mighty good'n JD! Can't wait to see more. God bless you my awesome mountain brother

  • @sw-js6eh
    @sw-js6eh 4 місяці тому +2

    Another great piece of history for us to know! Thanks again, man!!

  • @shannon8666
    @shannon8666 4 місяці тому +3

    I live on the edge of Appalachian mountains the foot hills to be exact in Adams county Ohio we're proud of our mountain life and I am a direct decendant of the Cherokee and Sioux nations ilove these deep hollers and mountains

  • @melanietaylor8584
    @melanietaylor8584 Рік тому +3

    Wow 😮 that is one heck of a story. Loved it.

  • @lisacooper3991
    @lisacooper3991 Рік тому +3

    Wow, what a powerful historical story. Thank u for sharing this..

  • @L2D214
    @L2D214 10 місяців тому +5

    I was born in Hazard, raised for a bit in lil ole Happy, just outside of Hazard. Excited to hear some history from my birthplace! Love your videos 😊

  • @edwardh1591
    @edwardh1591 Рік тому +4

    What a story! Thank you for sharing!

  • @sarahsouth2987
    @sarahsouth2987 8 місяців тому +7

    I’m currently studying the sagas of Icelanders at the University of Iceland. As a native Kentuckian, I am continuously struck by the similarities in these feud cultures. I’m also fascinated by how oral storytelling, such as yours, preserved these histories before they were written. I keep trying to think about how I might take these connections and turn them into a larger research project. You’ve got my mind cooking! Takk fyrir as the folks here say.

    • @TheAppalachianStoryteller
      @TheAppalachianStoryteller  8 місяців тому +2

      Interesting!

    • @jchastain789
      @jchastain789 8 місяців тому +2

      I'm from nc and have hiked along the a.t. there's also lots of very very old structures out there they are extremely isolated as well. I can only imagine how hard they had it.

    • @stuartdryer1352
      @stuartdryer1352 7 місяців тому

      I've read several sagas. It definitely has a similar feel to this.

  • @user-iv9lk5ng7e
    @user-iv9lk5ng7e Місяць тому +2

    I love these stories. I live in the foothills of the Smokey Mountains.

  • @olskool3967
    @olskool3967 Рік тому +8

    thank you JD for all you do, we really enjoy your stories,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

  • @garylam6233
    @garylam6233 Рік тому +13

    Disturbing the peace
    Life was much different in the good old days !!!
    I was born in the wrong era ,in those days if you crossed that thin line you paid the ultimate price
    Thanks Donnie
    Love your style ,
    Greatest storyteller ever I love old history of our forefathers

    • @TheAppalachianStoryteller
      @TheAppalachianStoryteller  Рік тому +2

      I’ll tell Donnie you said so

    • @garylam6233
      @garylam6233 Рік тому +3

      @@TheAppalachianStoryteller
      I’m sorry
      I didn’t mean to call you Donnie !!!
      I’m old and get mixed up with my names !
      I do so much love your stories !
      And again my apologies

    • @TheAppalachianStoryteller
      @TheAppalachianStoryteller  Рік тому +5

      @@garylam6233 Brother, I didn't mind at all. Donnie and I are subscribed to each others channels and are friends on here. If I had a dollar for every time someone has called me Donnie, I could buy a 8 piece box of chicken.

    • @KathysTube
      @KathysTube Рік тому

      ​@@TheAppalachianStoryteller😆👍

    • @user-ut8gy5gy9v
      @user-ut8gy5gy9v 10 місяців тому +1

      👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

  • @Old_8_gauge
    @Old_8_gauge Рік тому +3

    Another awesome story! Thank you Brother!

  • @jamesholbrook7785
    @jamesholbrook7785 Рік тому +8

    Excellent story. I had never heard of that feud. Makes the Hatfields/McCoy and Underwood/Holbrook feud sound like child’s play. Ruthless to say the least. Excellent story JD.

  • @Bethany-gk1ei
    @Bethany-gk1ei 5 місяців тому +3

    This should seriously be made into a movie!!! Amazing story!

  • @tomphillips2608
    @tomphillips2608 11 місяців тому +4

    In the early days of prohibition in Pendleton county, near a town called Smoke Hole. Two government agents on horseback, asked a young boy i they could leave their horses while they hiked up into North Mountain to look for illegal stills
    The boy asked if he could keep their horses if they didnt return. At first, they laughed. But, on second thought, they returned to town. From "Smoke Hole Memories" a book by D. Bardon Shreeve. Who went on to become a well respected educator.

  • @brucebarton8767
    @brucebarton8767 11 місяців тому +4

    THOUSANDS of stories are in these mountains!
    Fascinating stories!
    True stories!

    • @TheAppalachianStoryteller
      @TheAppalachianStoryteller  11 місяців тому +1

      if you have one you'd like told on this channel, email me at theappalachianstoryteller@gmail.com if I make a video about your idea, ill send you a free Appalachian storyteller t-shirt

  • @soniaclayton3563
    @soniaclayton3563 11 місяців тому +3

    I could listen to you all day love all your stories as I really enjoy history of the uk and america

  • @hildaelmore-cn9pc
    @hildaelmore-cn9pc Рік тому +3

    I live in West Virginia I love this it's like setting with my Grandpa back in the day on the front porch telling stores about the old days .❤️❤️

  • @StMiBll
    @StMiBll Рік тому +22

    Of all the stories you tell, I must say, I love the feuding stories the most. That is the pinnacle of freedoms exercised by our forefathers: the right to handle one’s own business without interference from the every increasing tyranny cynical men call “government”. Tempted to focus on the violence and proclaim “what chaos was the lawlessness before the coming of our all powerful, law-providing benefactors in Washington” people do not see that those men were men of faith and conviction who loved their freedom and did not allow anyone who could beat them to take that freedom from them. They held themselves responsible for the exercise and protection of theirs and their families’ freedom as men are ought to do and what a pale comparison we “modern men” make to them.

    • @TheAppalachianStoryteller
      @TheAppalachianStoryteller  Рік тому +6

      I don’t think I have ever read it out better than that. Bravo

    • @samuraicode4264
      @samuraicode4264 11 місяців тому +3

      Handling it on your own is one thing, but these feuds often spill into the public square

  • @karena2685
    @karena2685 Рік тому +4

    Love listening to you tell the stories 😊

    • @TheAppalachianStoryteller
      @TheAppalachianStoryteller  Рік тому +1

      Thanks so much for your support, really appreciate you commenting too, it really helps the channel

  • @rudywilliamson8044
    @rudywilliamson8044 9 місяців тому +4

    The people of the Appalachia are friendly and mostly honest but they live by a different code than most other states.

  • @mell682
    @mell682 10 місяців тому +3

    That story is sooooo crazy ! Thank you !

  • @jamesangelo8432
    @jamesangelo8432 9 місяців тому +3

    Love it. Im tired of all the channels talking about hood stories. New sub

  • @christinacooper2814
    @christinacooper2814 Рік тому +4

    Wow you are amazing at telling the stories and my husband and I love your channel ❤

  • @Victoria-OneLove4AllPeople
    @Victoria-OneLove4AllPeople Рік тому +3

    Awesome and Interesting Story.
    I Appreciate You.⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

  • @Music-lx1tf
    @Music-lx1tf Рік тому +3

    WOW, another great story, and a fitting end.

  • @jaanbartley5766
    @jaanbartley5766 10 місяців тому +3

    I knew young Anse Hatfield well when he was in his 50s. He was the little four year old boy in that famous Hatfield photo. He was also named after his papaw, "Devil" Anse Hatfield. The name Anse is pronounced with a short "a" as in the word "ant", not with the long "a" sound like in the word "ain't".

  • @theresaspaulding6617
    @theresaspaulding6617 Рік тому +3

    Good morning my favorite story teller luv your stories

  • @armageddon1403
    @armageddon1403 11 місяців тому +7

    For your info this story has now found its way to Sweden. Now this was a great story and I really enjoyed it!
    The other day I found the stories about Popcorn Sutton and watched them wih great pleassure and a constant grin on my face.
    Seems like Ive found a new interest in the Appalachia. Thanks for a splendid work!

    • @TheAppalachianStoryteller
      @TheAppalachianStoryteller  11 місяців тому +1

      Wow, you are the first ever person from Sweden to comment. Im honored! Id love to send you a free Appalachian Storyteller Sticker if you'd like. email your mailing address to theappalachianstoryteller@gmail.com Greetings from the mountains of East Tennessee USA

    • @armageddon1403
      @armageddon1403 11 місяців тому

      @@TheAppalachianStoryteller
      Ok I sure will 🙂 And thank you!

  • @KathysTube
    @KathysTube Рік тому +5

    Holy cow... what a crazy and sad story! Isn't jealousy one of the deadly sins🤔.
    Riveting to the end! Thanks JD 😎👍👍

  • @bessiemann7468
    @bessiemann7468 Рік тому +3

    Great story as usual I enjoyed listening to this

  • @melissavancleave8686
    @melissavancleave8686 Рік тому +3

    Love your stories thanks again.

  • @countrylivin9963
    @countrylivin9963 Рік тому +6

    You’re content is always top tier and your channels growth reflects it.

  • @shaundagubko3152
    @shaundagubko3152 10 місяців тому +10

    Power, greed and hate!
    All started with a woman & ending with a fine of $75 dollars for disturbing the peace.
    Whatever happened to the town of Hazard?
    Thank you JD for your wonderful videos 😊

  • @tracysmith3076
    @tracysmith3076 Рік тому +10

    Thank you for this story. I wonder what happened between the engaged couple? Did they get married or did he dump her after he started that mess? We may never know.

  • @riverbender9898
    @riverbender9898 Рік тому +3

    Great storytelling! Thank you.

  • @BKaneNp8
    @BKaneNp8 Рік тому +2

    Amazing presentation! Thank you 🙏🏼

  • @ernestwilliams268
    @ernestwilliams268 11 місяців тому +4

    Where I came from Tuckasegee valley in the Smoky mountains North Carolina, (Jackson County) We had two feuding family's that mostly killed each off. It was the Watson and Hooper feud that lasted a long time with a lot of bloodshed. I was related to both sides. in fact, it was a Watson that killed my father in 1942.

    • @TheAppalachianStoryteller
      @TheAppalachianStoryteller  11 місяців тому

      Wow

    • @paulmoss7940
      @paulmoss7940 11 місяців тому +2

      Wow. I'm from Swain Co. My 2xGrGpa. Babe Burnette killed Revenuer Hol Rose in fall of 1920. Its in "Our Southern Highlanders" by Horace Kephart.

    • @ernestwilliams268
      @ernestwilliams268 11 місяців тому

      Swain county is just next door to Jackson County, so we probably have the same relatives. I remember an Ida Moss from Cullowhee. she owned a small store and owned a home close to Glenville. she might be related to you Remember we had an old saying in the mountains it went like this (if you have the same name, you have to be related for the good lord didn't think enough of you to make two sets). LOL just a little mountain humor.@@paulmoss7940

  • @bjrnterjesen651
    @bjrnterjesen651 11 місяців тому +8

    This is next level storytelling 🏆 thank you so much ❤

    • @TheAppalachianStoryteller
      @TheAppalachianStoryteller  11 місяців тому

      Preciate that, I do my best to transport the listeners back in time to feel like they are right in the thick of the action and know all the characters

  • @kevinramsey3490
    @kevinramsey3490 Рік тому +4

    Another great video. Hazard is still a rough town.

  • @dwightharber4873
    @dwightharber4873 Рік тому +1

    I've got some catching up to do listing to your stories. Ive been doing other things. Great story, I'm glad that was way before my time.

  • @jeffs5093
    @jeffs5093 Рік тому +2

    What a story, thank you for sharing it with us

  • @janetconnors3113
    @janetconnors3113 Рік тому +4

    Quite a vengeful story. Great storytelling as usual, thank you

    • @TheAppalachianStoryteller
      @TheAppalachianStoryteller  Рік тому +2

      Thanks Janet, Appreciate you. Have a blessed day

    • @janetconnors3113
      @janetconnors3113 Рік тому

      @@TheAppalachianStoryteller I was talking to my brother earlier about your storytelling, he lives in Elizabethton TN. He told me there is a Story telling Festival in Jonesborro every year. Do you participate?

  • @taxslave5766
    @taxslave5766 11 місяців тому +4

    To this day, Dems have not changed. FJB!!

  • @chanceneidecker1602
    @chanceneidecker1602 Рік тому +1

    Tthis is the first video ive watched on this channel and it earned you a new subscriber friend.

  • @leroyfox753
    @leroyfox753 4 місяці тому +1

    Thank you for a well told story. I really enjoyed listening to it.

  • @younkinjames8571
    @younkinjames8571 Рік тому +5

    Men like this will always be taken out by someone in their past with nothing to lose..

  • @Indygrandma56
    @Indygrandma56 11 місяців тому +5

    My grandparents lived in a holler in KY and my grandpa had sons by his first wife.. his boys got mad about something and situated themselves in the hills and shot my grandparents... they didn't die right away.. my grandpa was taken to hospital as well as grandma but a nurse in the hospital broke off a needle in my grandpas arm.. didn't say anything and he got gangrene and eventually died from that. His boys were the meanest bunch and yes they all lived in Hazard

  • @denisestrickland2976
    @denisestrickland2976 Рік тому +2

    That was a good one👍. Unbelievable. I can’t believe I’d never heard of this event. I can’t believe the only person ever convicted of a crime was sentence of disturbing the peace and fined $75.00. Great treat on this dreary Saturday morning.

  • @burkey548
    @burkey548 6 місяців тому +1

    ANOTHER CLASSIC JD JUST A CLASSIC WE LOVE YA JD

  • @ninabooker2904
    @ninabooker2904 Рік тому +19

    “No good for nothing democrat. “ Things haven’t changed, this statement is still true today.

  • @jamesdeen3011
    @jamesdeen3011 Рік тому +9

    Now, I would have loved to have attended that peace meeting. I could imagine bets being placed on which one would fall in to the others deceptive traps with that ole pious preacher man. And at the end...I would bet Eversoles son said, that's a 75 dollar fine I'll gladly pay. What great way to start a Saturday morning with gun play, deciet, killing and sweet revenge. This is why I love your stories JD, thier fascinating and always entertaining and the way you present them makes them just plain out enjoyable. 👍🏻👍🏻💯❤️

  • @jameslang1367
    @jameslang1367 10 місяців тому +2

    I live out west Sidney Nebraska. I like 12 miles outside of town you can still The history all over this area. Sidney was extremely violent up until the late 40s

  • @earlofsmeg
    @earlofsmeg Рік тому +9

    I heard about that feud and how deadly it was.
    I thought French was only wounded. Shot in the spleen as he was carrying a vest. And died two years later from complications of that wound.

    • @TheAppalachianStoryteller
      @TheAppalachianStoryteller  Рік тому +8

      I read that in a couple places, and it may very well be true, I also read the ending that I used. I thought it fit this version of the story better , so I went with it. Either way he was shot by Eversoles son and died from that gunshot

    • @truthtriumphant4015
      @truthtriumphant4015 Рік тому +5

      Probably was better "justice" if he did suffer for a couple of years before he died. Another great story...either way...thank you.@@TheAppalachianStoryteller

    • @mikefarmer4748
      @mikefarmer4748 11 місяців тому +3

      ​@@TheAppalachianStorytellerCould be why it was only disturbing the peace and a fine, and not murder or some such.

    • @TheAppalachianStoryteller
      @TheAppalachianStoryteller  11 місяців тому +1

      @@mikefarmer4748 could be, no doubt about it. However, French was murdered, whether in that moment or he lingered and died later. That bullet killed him.

  • @StuartAnderson-xl4bo
    @StuartAnderson-xl4bo Рік тому +2

    Good upload on a story i never heard well done JD

    • @TheAppalachianStoryteller
      @TheAppalachianStoryteller  Рік тому

      Thanks so much for watching and commenting, preciate you!

    • @StuartAnderson-xl4bo
      @StuartAnderson-xl4bo Рік тому

      @TheAppalachianStoryteller I appreciate most of your work it's informative and well researched and you tell a good story, I hope you continue to grow as a channel.

  • @rodneybender6865
    @rodneybender6865 10 місяців тому +1

    I really like these stories what is the introductory music where can I hear the entire version? Also please do some about West Virginia

    • @TheAppalachianStoryteller
      @TheAppalachianStoryteller  10 місяців тому +1

      Hey there Rodney, the intro song is called Appalachian Sun, its an exclusive to this channel. I try to include original music as much as possible since im a lifelong musician. Im happy to hear you enjoyed it. I have a story from West Virginia coming out in a few days, and I have a few on the channel as well, more to come!

    • @rodneybender6865
      @rodneybender6865 10 місяців тому

      @@TheAppalachianStoryteller thank you so much, I really enjoy your content

  • @alanjones3874
    @alanjones3874 Рік тому +5

    Would love a history of Bad Tom Smith . I know he was hung in Jackson the county seat of Breathitt County and mentioned in the book Trail of the Lonesome Pine and in photo with a group of men at base of Black mountain in Letcher County . Rates up there with Pete Everett as maybe the top two killers in Kentucky .

    • @TheAppalachianStoryteller
      @TheAppalachianStoryteller  11 місяців тому +3

      I have a story in the works on him for next month- stay tuned

    • @stephaniezinsmeister6982
      @stephaniezinsmeister6982 11 місяців тому +1

      My family is from Clay Co. Ky. My ancestor was John Gilbert said to be the first white man in Clay. Would love to hear about the Cattle War and the salt feud. Also related to the Bakers, Smith, Hall and Hoskins Love hearing these stories!

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      @user-ut8gy5gy9v 10 місяців тому

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  • @robbie5984
    @robbie5984 Рік тому +3

    Good morning!