Today we tell a tale about a mysterious and unsettling visit to an old, grand house nestled deep within the Appalachian hills—a place where ghosts laugh and taunt you when the sun goes down and long i

Venture with us into the stormy hills of Southwest Virginia, where a stop on a preacher's journey brings him a ghostly plea for justice in this episode of MountainLore. As the heavens unleash a rainst

In the dark hollows of Appalachia, a tale as twisted as the branches of an ancient oak unfolds in this episode of MountainLore. We're taking you back 150 years to a time when a grand old oak tree stoo

On this ghostly journey through the heart of Appalachia, we recount the spine-tingling tale of two brothers, Jacob and Ritchie Vail, and their fateful encounter with a haunted tavern along the Ohio Ri

In this chilling episode of MountainLore, we delve deep into the eerie tales of western Pennsylvania as we recount a story that's lingered in the whispers of the hills for over a century. We venture t

Today we tell a tale from southwest Virginia about a man, his young son, and the family's cows, which the son tended during the day up in the mountains.That man tried to teach his boy a lesson in

One summer, many years ago, a small community in the mountains of Kentucky suffered through the worst drought any of them had ever experienced. Searching for a cause for their misery, they found one:

Bill and Elie had a long life together, made even longer by their utter dislike for each other. One day Elie disappeared and Bill became a man set free.All was grand, until that cursed lilac bush c

We have reached a milestone: 200 episodes!To celebrate, we bring you a folktale from the mountains of western North Carolina...A hunter resting one evening at a historic mountain pass in North Ca

On May 2, 1891, Octavia Hatcher of Pikeville, Kentucky, died from a strange, new illness. Well, no she didn't, but nobody knew that at the time.You see, that illness caused her to go into a coma s