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Railroad Men on Speeders at Greenbrier, Cheat and Elk Railroad, Webster County, W. Va.

The bandits wantonly killed first and then seized the payroll

Few records of the Glen Alum [WV] payroll robbery exist, but in 1959 O.H. Booton, retired ‘Daily News’ writer, recalled the 1914 incident.

March 13, 2018 Appalachian crime / Love and romance

With their Heads Together as Lovin’ as Two Little Kittens

One of Noble County’s more baffling murder cases began on November 5, 1905, when the family of William Leisure found him shot dead.

December 22, 2017 Appalachian crime / Ballad singers / Firefighting / Kentucky

The Ashland Tragedy

This ballad was composed by Peyton Buckner Byrne of Greenup, KY. The fire occurred in the 1880s in the song’s namesake mill town.

double exposure of freeda and her gravestone

December 19, 2017 Appalachian crime / Virginia

The Story of Freeda Bolt

The body of Freeda Bolt, 18, of Floyd County, who disappeared last Thursday night, was found at 10 o’clock last night on Bent Mountain.

Two full days were consumed in Judge Buchanan’s Circuit Court this week in the trial of Ed Nelson for the murder of John Stinson, on Laurel Creek on June 30th.

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The bandits wantonly killed first and then seized the payroll

With their Heads Together as Lovin’ as Two Little Kittens

The Ashland Tragedy

The Story of Freeda Bolt

Ed Nelson Given Heavy Sentence