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I used to love Mr ballen I stumbled across you by accident..I use stories to go to sleep, love your stories so I subscribed thanks for the great stories
JD you are the man you get the audience people really are captivated by your work as am I hope you decide to do THE WRIGHT AND TEMPLETON GANG Really there were no more darker or meaner of a gang in eastern Tennessee and Southwest Virginia during their time and only you can tell their story in a way that nobody will ever forget JD Hope you think of this over Thanksgiving and Christmas maybe decide to do this in 2025 you’re the man 👍🏻
HOLY CRAP!!! You have completely jarred me this evening with #7….There I was, casually listening, when I heard “Henry Snodderly.” He was my great-great-great-grandfather, and I never imagined I’d hear our often-told family story on this channel. I guess I didn’t realize this was a famous case. Thank you for covering it!
Hi there J.D. Just want you to know how much we love you❤ You're stories are told and listened to by many because you're a great person and a great storyteller. I'm saving up to get one of your books and I can't wait!!
It's okay J.D. I didn't have anything else to do this evening. Haha Go ahead, put out another 3+ hour video, I dare you... Cause I'll watch it too. Have a great week my friend! I'm headed to cedar Creek State Park for the week.. I need a break from the real world. Interestingly enough, the people I need a break from are going with me. Hahaha.
My husband James and I love listening to your show. You have the art of storytelling down to a science J.D Your voice is like a lullaby that we never get tired of hearing Thank you for what you do .. truly one of a kind we love ya God bless
I’m so happy I stumbled by your station! Even happier about the stories being told currently. I’m not sure what else you tell stores about but my goodness your voice is absolutely perfect for these stories.. I am most definitely a new follower of yours!! Keep up the great work!! Back to the story.
I will say this out of all these UA-cam videos, I have to 100% say this top 10 is my favorite of all time!! Not just by you but you and everybody else has ever posted videos. Thank you so much for this!!
J.D.: Overall generalization: excellent music throughout. Excellent visuals. Good sound effects. Really just a paramount epic! I appreciate the time it takes to put this together. Thank you. Keep on!
I like your story telling JD the radio used to be full of story telling and i missed it so much---until i found you--i still like gun smoke audibles on you tube and we had Ray Wilkerson up until a few years ago here in eastern NC he was like you a very good story teller like you --with a good voice for it--i hope you stay healthy and well--keep bring us stories for us old schoolers
Hey JD. My family is from Smyrh County Virginia. Saltville... We have been out of state since 2014 and we are so homesick. Your stories bring us closer to home and those we miss. They motivate us to get back home where we belong. Keep them coming! And Thank you for what you do. Story telling is an Appalachian art.
gotta love stories like Billy Deans, where he constantly is arrested for armed crimes and trying to kill people, he escapes custody and gets a minor slap on the wrist each time
I can’t tell you how much I love your content (was born and raised in Mingo Co. in West Virginia) but I have a lot of medical issues so I spend a large amount of my life in the bed or hospital. I recently had surgery and the Dr tells me it’ll be 4-6 weeks in bed and 4-6 months to fully heal. So I love these long videos and the subject matter. 👍🏻
Hi JD! I’m sure you put several hours making this video. Such a historic video should be seen by everyone. I’ve learned so much from your content and I do appreciate the time and dedication you take in sharing with us. Have a blessed weekend!
Thank you Willow! I've worked on this one on and off for a while now and finally got it put out. It was all my computer could do to export a video this long... took a solid day to upload to UA-cam!
JD you are one hell of a story teller i was emensed through out the whole 3+ hour's. It feel's like im in the story in a sense. Keep up the great work you deserve a heck of alot more subscriber's i see this channel in the Ms for sure. These can also be short movies/show's cuz the stories are captivating to say the least!!!👌👍
These are 10 very good Appalachian stories. It kind of shows real life as very difficult hard going.. It is hard to believe that plenty of these stories come from the Appalachian territory, but that is a good size territory.. the stories are so well told that it makes everyone very easy to listen too.
19:22 I live in Morgan County, TN. About 20 mins from Oakdale and 25 from Harriman and 10 from Wartburg lol. My papaw was a prison guard at Bushy Mountain State prison. It still blows my mind that I haven't heard some of these stories but it makes me happy that someone is telling them.
Listening to this in Carlisle Cumbria England absolutely brilliant love your true life stories of America back in the day thank you from across the pond Carlisle Cumbria England
New fan here.like as of today and i am really enjoying your stories. I live in kingsport Tennessee so its cool to hear some old stories about the Appalachian mt
I live in ala lower south milton fla is bout 10 miles from me I luv these outlaw stories enjoyed It 😊better than a book😊been to Tennessee luv the true stories I'm from atmore ala born n raised n atmore ala 😊
im glad you enjoy the stories my friend, I do my best to bring them to life and make them better than a book. Yet, folks contact me from all over the world wanting a book, since the vast majority of the planet doesn't watch UA-cam.
I am so enjoying your stories. My parents are from the mountains and many of the last names in your stories we know. I sure wish my parents were still here so that I could ask them how they are all related... because you know, everyone down there is related one way or another 😂
I love this story teller and all these great old tales!!! Awesome history! I’m from Western PA but I love the Appalacian area and hope to move someday! Keep em coming!! 👍💯💯💯
Wow. First account is a summary of early 20th century prosecution and sentencing. The process was much more swift and definite. Older relatives of mine who worked as emergency room physicians through the late 1940s to early 50s in the city of Pittsburgh told me that they saw and treated a steady flow of men injured in knife fights, but never saw knife cuts "across arteries". Knife cuts were always " straight down" to avoid arteries. Reason was that guys with knives knew that a severed artery could result in a death, and very surely, execution in the gas chamber. The time between sentencing and execution was really very short, in comparison to our time now, with our appeals process extending across years. Into the 1950s a convicted murderer had just a few short months to try his/her luck with the appeals process. This video ( first story) is also 0:03 interesting for the description of community involvement, in the chase, capture, and trial. Different times and different attitudes. Thank you very much for this presentation
These stories are just awesome JD! I love them! Where do you get all of your information? You must have spent most of your life so far researching all this stuff! Incredible!
Ole smokey sparked 4 in 32 minutes. I like the fact that the condemned exhausted their appeals in 2 months. The amount of appeals and time allowed to the condemned nowadays is ridiculous. I think 10 years is more than enough time. Also I am not opposed to these sentences being carried out publicly.
JD, As always thank you for the history and entertainment. I wonder where you get your information from? I know you do a lot of research, thank you for that! Do folks write you about their family experiences? I used to listen to my great grandma & granddad tell stories. It you’ve got a great show. Yes I bought the book and soon plan to subscribe as a Patreon.
The story I read stated that Frankie may have killed her husband in self defense (to keep him from killing the baby and Frankie). However, the courts in N.C. (at that time) did not allow self defense to be used by any woman; plus, Frankie was not allowed to say a word in her own defense. My mother was born in North Carolina in 1918; and, she had never heard the story about Frankie Silver until I handed her the book I had finished reading (The Balled of Frankie Silver, by Sharyn McCrumb). Johnny (Charlie ?) Silver's body is buried in more than one grave (because it took a long time to find all his body parts). Frankie wasn't a big woman. It is believed that someone cut up the body and hid the parts in many places in the woods. Because Frankie had no rights (as women have today), we may never know the real truth of this story. This gives the old song "Frankie and Johnny" a whole new meaning. There are many version of that song. Even Johnny Cash did his own version. Each researcher has written their version of what they think happened. However, in this video I heard Frankie Silver called "BITCH" for the first time. Frankie was a young wife, new mother, not well educated, and assumed to be alone with her baby and drunk husband when all this happened.
I got a story for yall. In the 1920s my great great some odd uncle named Doc Wilson (his real first name has been lost with time) opened up a shop near the Nantahala. He was wounded in Argonne-Muese and he lost his arm just past the elbow from shrapnel. He didn’t drink nor did he partake in women but he liked to play cards and had a little room in the back of his shop where men from town would come for Poker games. One night he ran a boy off for cheating and apparently he came back the next day and beat Docs wife and killed his dog swearing Doc owed him money for that game. Well after that Doc sent home his wife every night and waited for the boy to show his face. When he finally did, the boy stabbed doc and thought he killed him. But my uncle didn’t die and he held his guts in and shot the boy in the back of the head. Lit his pipe up, walked down the road to the house AND SOWED HIMSELF SHUT. My granny used to tell me that one. Thought it was cool and I’d share. By the way the boys last name was Milsap. Go figure.
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I used to love Mr ballen I stumbled across you by accident..I use stories to go to sleep, love your stories so I subscribed thanks for the great stories
JD you are the man you get the audience people really are captivated by your work as am I hope you decide to do
THE WRIGHT AND TEMPLETON GANG
Really there were no more darker or meaner of a gang in eastern Tennessee and Southwest Virginia during their time and only you can tell their story in a way that nobody will ever forget
JD
Hope you think of this over Thanksgiving and Christmas maybe decide to do this in 2025 you’re the man 👍🏻
@@whataworld1888 its on my list!
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3:56 thanks
HOLY CRAP!!! You have completely jarred me this evening with #7….There I was, casually listening, when I heard “Henry Snodderly.” He was my great-great-great-grandfather, and I never imagined I’d hear our often-told family story on this channel. I guess I didn’t realize this was a famous case. Thank you for covering it!
Some of your family that still lives in the land these events took place reached out to me with this story
Not much entertainment back then so this was the bomb
Yesss!!! What did we do to deserve such an awesomely long episode? Thank you so much!
❤️
Hi there J.D. Just want you to know how much we love you❤ You're stories are told and listened to by many because you're a great person and a great storyteller. I'm saving up to get one of your books and I can't wait!!
aww, thank you so much Gina! This made my morning
JD and Appalachian stories are my constant traveling companions
Thank you David!
Gonna drink my coffee & wake up listening to some amazing stories❗💯
Thank you 😊
I absolutely LOVE your stories! I'm Appalachian through and through, yet have never heard most of these stories! Thank you so much!
Thank you so much!
It's okay J.D. I didn't have anything else to do this evening. Haha Go ahead, put out another 3+ hour video, I dare you... Cause I'll watch it too. Have a great week my friend! I'm headed to cedar Creek State Park for the week.. I need a break from the real world. Interestingly enough, the people I need a break from are going with me. Hahaha.
I hear ya Rusty! Im hoping folks will watch this one and it becomes a cult favorite!
A break from the fake world*
U ever tried holly river state park 2nd largest in state
@@EspionageTV I have been there. It is beautiful.
Well played Rusty....well played 😅I I vote cult favorite JD.
My husband James and I love listening to your show. You have the art of storytelling down to a science J.D Your voice is like a lullaby that we never get tired of hearing Thank you for what you do .. truly one of a kind we love ya God bless
Thank yall so much!
Your work is epic and your narration is so natural, homefelt feeling and mood. Hell yeah, thanks JD
Thank you Bryan, preciate you brother!
Thanks!
Thank you Jay! Preciate you brother!
I love listening to your stories. Your voice is so soothing to me.
Thank you Barbara ❤️
I’m so happy I stumbled by your station! Even happier about the stories being told currently. I’m not sure what else you tell stores about but my goodness your voice is absolutely perfect for these stories.. I am most definitely a new follower of yours!! Keep up the great work!! Back to the story.
Thank you so much. I’m so glad you’re here. Make yourself right at home.
I will say this out of all these UA-cam videos, I have to 100% say this top 10 is my favorite of all time!! Not just by you but you and everybody else has ever posted videos. Thank you so much for this!!
I appreciate you saying that! I'm glad you enjoyed it.
J.D.: Overall generalization: excellent music throughout. Excellent visuals. Good sound effects.
Really just a paramount epic! I appreciate the time it takes to put this together. Thank you. Keep on!
Thank you so much for this review!!
So happy I found you. Love these stories 😊
Glad to have you here!
I'm only in my 60's but I remember hearing about Old Smoky
I think in Florida they called theirs Old Sparky.
And old smoky was actually made from the wood from the gallows used to hang people
Was Old Smoky at Brushy Mountain?
I like your story telling JD the radio used to be full of story telling and i missed it so much---until i found you--i still like gun smoke audibles on you tube and we had Ray Wilkerson up until a few years ago here in eastern NC he was like you a very good story teller like you --with a good voice for it--i hope you stay healthy and well--keep bring us stories for us old schoolers
Thank you so much!
Thank you Donnie, this is my favorite part of my Monday. Watching As the Ridge Turns. God bless you
Man, oh man. Have you got some stories. I love listening to your tales of Apalchalcia.
Thank you 😊
Wow!! This is a great combination of stories! Thank you for sharing. ❤️😊✝️
Thank you Betty!
Hey JD. My family is from Smyrh County Virginia. Saltville... We have been out of state since 2014 and we are so homesick. Your stories bring us closer to home and those we miss. They motivate us to get back home where we belong. Keep them coming! And Thank you for what you do. Story telling is an Appalachian art.
Thank you so much my friend! So glad you enjoy these !
My maternal grandmother is from Saltville! 🤍Love hearing these stories. It’s sad but so interesting to hear how times were back then.
gotta love stories like Billy Deans, where he constantly is arrested for armed crimes and trying to kill people, he escapes custody and gets a minor slap on the wrist each time
Yup
I love the stories,and his voice..so soothing😮😂❤
I can’t tell you how much I love your content (was born and raised in Mingo Co. in West Virginia) but I have a lot of medical issues so I spend a large amount of my life in the bed or hospital. I recently had surgery and the Dr tells me it’ll be 4-6 weeks in bed and 4-6 months to fully heal. So I love these long videos and the subject matter. 👍🏻
Thank you so much and here's wishing you a speedy recovery! Blessings from East Tennessee
Hi JD! I’m sure you put several hours making this video. Such a historic video should be seen by everyone. I’ve learned so much from your content and I do appreciate the time and dedication you take in sharing with us.
Have a blessed weekend!
Thank you Willow! I've worked on this one on and off for a while now and finally got it put out. It was all my computer could do to export a video this long... took a solid day to upload to UA-cam!
Oh heck yeah.... A marathon video. Perfect for when im laying down to reat. Thank you very very much.
Enjoy!
Phenomenal production!
Thank you brother!
You have the perfect storyteller of the Appalachian mountains! Don Los Angeles California
Thank you 😊
Good morning JD, I'm still with you, still love your videos and stories....
Y'all stay safe out there my friends 🙏
Good to hear from you brother! Hope all is well up north!
👍
Absolutely LOVE this channel!!❤
Glad you enjoy it!
Recovering from open heart surgery and this was just what I’ve been needing. Thank you!!
Hope your recovery goes smoothly, my friend. Glad you are doing better
So interesting . Thank you …
Glad you enjoyed it
Ive been binging your channel for about a week. It's so good i want to stash a few episodes to savor for later. Lol. Such a treat. Thanks JD
Thanks David!
Thank you JD for taking the time out of your day fo tell us all this ❤🎉
Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed it.
Wow!!! Well worth the time for any history buff.
Thanks Kevin!
Awesome vid! Love these stories. Heading to Cheyenne frontier days for the weekend to relive those glory days of the old west. Thank u!
Thanks so much, have a great trip out west!
Thanks jd i hope your having a good summer
Thanks! You too!
You,Sir ! Have a womderful distinct voice hope you never suffer from Larrynvitis .Enjoyed the content of you video,Thank You athousandfold .!!
thanks so much Anna!
Love the channel sir, I really appreciate all the work and research you do keep them coming !!!!!😮😊
Thank you Scotty!
Brilliant stories. Kinnie Wagner is one of my favourites, awesome guy.
Thank you ❤️
I love these stories and love to hear them again and again. Thank you, good teacher. They are amazing And I truly do enjoy them.
Excellent documentaries! I'm in awe that these events occurred! Keep 'em comin!
Thank you so much, I’m glad you enjoyed it!
JD just subscribed. Love these videos. I grew up in the foothills of NC. Hearing these stories remind me of my MawMaw and PawPaw.
Thanks for the sub! Welcome!
I love hearing these stories. Keep them coming please
Thank you 😊
JD you are one hell of a story teller i was emensed through out the whole 3+ hour's. It feel's like im in the story in a sense. Keep up the great work you deserve a heck of alot more subscriber's i see this channel in the Ms for sure. These can also be short movies/show's cuz the stories are captivating to say the least!!!👌👍
Thank you so much Chris! I appreciate your kind words and encouragement!
Man, oh man, Jd. You, Sir, are a treasure. I have sent your videos to my daughter. I appreciate ya buddy.
Thanks so much for sharing, I appreciate it!
Good morning JD I’ll watch some this morning and finish up later
Morning
love the back ground music
Thanks so much!
Your voice and manner of descriptions are just awesome.
Thank you so much. I really appreciate the positive support.
These are 10 very good Appalachian stories. It kind of shows real life as very difficult hard going.. It is hard to believe that plenty of these stories come from the Appalachian territory, but that is a good size territory.. the stories are so well told that it makes everyone very easy to listen too.
I live bout 21/2 mile from the Sugar Loaf Mt. We use to hang out up there. Wow love these stores.
This channel is freakin awesome! I'm hooked
Good one I missed breakfast this morning but it was worth it LOL thanks for the story's see you next Saturday morning
Sorry bout the breakfast!
Thank you for bringing these true stories to life! You definitely have a special gift and talents from The Lord!!
I'm glad you enjoyed the stories, I appreciate your kind words.
I like these long ones that I can listen to while doing needlework. Thank you.
Thanks for that feedback more to come, my friend
I just came across this video and am loving it so far just subscribed to your channel. Great stuff.
Welcome aboard!
Good story as always thank you God bless you all
Thank you so much, my friend. Hope you’re having a blessed day.
19:22 I live in Morgan County, TN. About 20 mins from Oakdale and 25 from Harriman and 10 from Wartburg lol. My papaw was a prison guard at Bushy Mountain State prison. It still blows my mind that I haven't heard some of these stories but it makes me happy that someone is telling them.
That’s what this channel is all about telling the story is that no one else will
Great job on this. I really enjoyed it.
I'm happy you enjoyed it!
Listening to this in Carlisle Cumbria England absolutely brilliant love your true life stories of America back in the day thank you from across the pond Carlisle Cumbria England
Thank you so much! Greetings from the mountains of East Tennessee!
That headstone is so real
You good sir are a natural storyteller. Im so glad to find your channel😊 un going to be binge watching this weekend
Thank you, I appreciate your kind words! I hope you enjoy the stories!
Just found your channel Sir. Absolutely love it! You got a new subscriber here!
Glad to have you here!
love this!!!!!! how wonderful!!! Xxxxx
thank you!
Great stories, I had to watch awhile and then always come back for the next one lol
Thank you so much!
What a great compilation & the music 🎵 ❤🎶❤
thanks for noticing the music!
New fan here.like as of today and i am really enjoying your stories. I live in kingsport Tennessee so its cool to hear some old stories about the Appalachian mt
Thanks so much, Jason so glad to have you here brother make yourself ride at home
Thank you for your stories, I truly enjoy them and you have a great storytelling voice. I love learning about our history ♥️🇺🇸♥️🇺🇸
Thank you so much Janie ❤️
Another great upload sir im sure you told story 1 before but regardless i still appreciate your narration and hardwork thankyou
So nice of you
No sir Thankyou.for providing TV quality free entertainment much appreciated
Incredible videos: incredible narrative and photographs
Thank you 😊
I love the long videos while I do my housework
Thanks for this feedback
JD just want you to know that without you, my 3rd shift job would be a whole lot more boring!!
Glad to make the shift go by a little smoother Darlene ❤
great story...well done :)
Thank you! 🙂
I live in ala lower south milton fla is bout 10 miles from me I luv these outlaw stories enjoyed It 😊better than a book😊been to Tennessee luv the true stories I'm from atmore ala born n raised n atmore ala 😊
im glad you enjoy the stories my friend, I do my best to bring them to life and make them better than a book. Yet, folks contact me from all over the world wanting a book, since the vast majority of the planet doesn't watch UA-cam.
@@TheAppalachianStoryteller my eyes ant good for reading hardly anymore I watched all day lol enjoyed every bit of it 😊thank ya very much
I got to go see Old Smokey next time I’m up that way JD.
its still there!
New Sub here.. Amazing content and something rare for once such as detailed history stories I've always found intriguing!! You're a natural
thank you so much and welcome aboard!
I am so enjoying your stories. My parents are from the mountains and many of the last names in your stories we know. I sure wish my parents were still here so that I could ask them how they are all related... because you know, everyone down there is related one way or another 😂
Thank you 😊
I love this story teller and all these great old tales!!! Awesome history! I’m from Western PA but I love the Appalacian area and hope to move someday! Keep em coming!! 👍💯💯💯
Thank you 😊
Wow. First account is a summary of early 20th century prosecution and sentencing. The process was much more swift and definite. Older relatives of mine who worked as emergency room physicians through the late 1940s to early 50s in the city of Pittsburgh told me that they saw and treated a steady flow of men injured in knife fights, but never saw knife cuts "across arteries". Knife cuts were always " straight down" to avoid arteries. Reason was that guys with knives knew that a severed artery could result in a death, and very surely, execution in the gas chamber. The time between sentencing and execution was really very short, in comparison to our time now, with our appeals process extending across years. Into the 1950s a convicted murderer had just a few short months to try his/her luck with the appeals process. This video ( first story) is also 0:03 interesting for the description of community involvement, in the chase, capture, and trial. Different times and different attitudes. Thank you very much for this presentation
Damn Daniela! Looks like I just found an awesome channel to cook/draw/ fall asleep with.Well done.
What a time to be alive❤❤
Great story teller JD thanks
I appreciate you watching!
Great history lessons
Thank you
These stories are just awesome JD! I love them! Where do you get all of your information? You must have spent most of your life so far researching all this stuff! Incredible!
Yes, I spend countless hours researching these stories, I have a doctorate degree in research
@TheAppalachianStoryteller Oh wow. That's gotta be fun. Kind of like being a detective. That's cool.
I am from Morgan county and never heard that story thanks for the history
Kenny was just a man doing what needed to be done definitely need a movie about him him and Billy Rube😊
Ole smokey sparked 4 in 32 minutes. I like the fact that the condemned exhausted their appeals in 2 months. The amount of appeals and time allowed to the condemned nowadays is ridiculous. I think 10 years is more than enough time. Also I am not opposed to these sentences being carried out publicly.
That’s a great point it’s amazing how fast justice was extracted back in those days
Thank you for posting
Thank you 😊
Have you ever told a story about Buford Pusser. Just curious. If you ever did, l bet it would be a good story.
ill look into it, thanks!
Who is willing to bet if we reinstated old, smoky serious crime would drop dramatically in this country?
J D, love the music!
So much my friend really appreciate that
Now that I found you, I'm binging your videos, love history and a good story!!!
Always love listening and watching. Please consider doing the Pattorsville Tn airline crash.
JD,
As always thank you for the history and entertainment.
I wonder where you get your information from?
I know you do a lot of research, thank you for that!
Do folks write you about their family experiences?
I used to listen to my great grandma & granddad tell stories.
It you’ve got a great show. Yes I bought the book and soon plan to subscribe as a Patreon.
Many times people write me with a old family legend/story and i research it from there
I am a relation to rube burrow this is a true story
The story I read stated that Frankie may have killed her husband in self defense (to keep him from killing the baby and Frankie). However, the courts in N.C. (at that time) did not allow self defense to be used by any woman; plus, Frankie was not allowed to say a word in her own defense. My mother was born in North Carolina in 1918; and, she had never heard the story about Frankie Silver until I handed her the book I had finished reading (The Balled of Frankie Silver, by Sharyn McCrumb). Johnny (Charlie ?) Silver's body is buried in more than one grave (because it took a long time to find all his body parts). Frankie wasn't a big woman. It is believed that someone cut up the body and hid the parts in many places in the woods. Because Frankie had no rights (as women have today), we may never know the real truth of this story. This gives the old song "Frankie and Johnny" a whole new meaning. There are many version of that song. Even Johnny Cash did his own version. Each researcher has written their version of what they think happened. However, in this video I heard Frankie Silver called "BITCH" for the first time. Frankie was a young wife, new mother, not well educated, and assumed to be alone with her baby and drunk husband when all this happened.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts, have a blessed day!
Low tech, perhaps, but the glorious days of LAW, ORDER, and JUSTICE.
I’m shocked no one would help that poor man. Depressing
times were different
I got a story for yall. In the 1920s my great great some odd uncle named Doc Wilson (his real first name has been lost with time) opened up a shop near the Nantahala. He was wounded in Argonne-Muese and he lost his arm just past the elbow from shrapnel. He didn’t drink nor did he partake in women but he liked to play cards and had a little room in the back of his shop where men from town would come for Poker games. One night he ran a boy off for cheating and apparently he came back the next day and beat Docs wife and killed his dog swearing Doc owed him money for that game. Well after that Doc sent home his wife every night and waited for the boy to show his face. When he finally did, the boy stabbed doc and thought he killed him. But my uncle didn’t die and he held his guts in and shot the boy in the back of the head. Lit his pipe up, walked down the road to the house AND SOWED HIMSELF SHUT. My granny used to tell me that one. Thought it was cool and I’d share. By the way the boys last name was Milsap. Go figure.
My daddy used to say that all the time, "God gave us two ears and one mouth for a reason."
Yes sir
The first lady hung in NC in Burke county is my great+ aunt. I have pictures and the news articles.
I’d love to see it, email me at theappalachianstoryteller@gmail.com