Dave Tabler, Author at Appalachian History

Documentary film maker discusses her latest: ‘Hollow’

Filmmaker Elaine McMillion discusses her latest project, “Hollow,” an interactive, online documentary on the lives of McDowell County, WV.

We open today’s show with the story of Dendroica cerulea, until the mid 20th century a bird common throughout much of eastern North America.

The casket Octavia had been buried in had not been airtight. She had awoken from her sleep to find herself trapped beneath the ground.

Whether you embrace the word proudly or decry it as a derogatory epithet, the Hillbilly term, and stereotype, is cemented in America’s mind.

It’s been 100 years since Ernest “Mooney” Warther, known as the “World’s Master Carver,” built a 10-foot by 14-foot workshop in his backyard.