Old Christmas celebrations continue for twelve days. Christmas Eve by Joseph Hoover and Sons, public domain In the heart of Appalachia, when winter settles dee…

Execution of Champ Ferguson at Nashville, Tennessee, October 20, 1865. During the Civil War, the lines between soldier and outlaw blurred in the mountains o…

The Allen Gang. Wesley Edwards, Maude Iroler’s sweetheart, at bottom left. There’s little difference between the raging hormones of teen romance and the fra…

Legend says that the spirit of Cherokee woman Running Deer inhabits the body of the Wampus Cat. It’s a cold, foggy night in the Appalachian mountains, where …