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Poisoned Appalachia: the Dark Side of Appalachia
Heather Blazer
88 episodes
1 day ago
Discover the dark side of Appalachia through this podcast. Explore the region's rich folklore, mythology, and delve into the unsettling tales of murders, criminals, and disasters that have shaped its history. Join me as I uncover the spooky and captivating aspects of this enigmtic corner of the world.
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Discover the dark side of Appalachia through this podcast. Explore the region's rich folklore, mythology, and delve into the unsettling tales of murders, criminals, and disasters that have shaped its history. Join me as I uncover the spooky and captivating aspects of this enigmtic corner of the world.
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Poisoned Appalachia: the Dark Side of Appalachia
Episode 72: Haunted Virginia

In this episode, we step inside St. Albans Sanatorium, one of Virginia’s most haunted locations. Once a psychiatric hospital, its walls witnessed electroshock therapy, lobotomies, and brutal treatments that left countless patients broken—or dead. From extreme overcrowding to the infamous Suicide Bathroom, we explore how suffering, neglect, and despair may have left something behind. This is not just history—it’s a place where the past is said to still linger.

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1 day ago
27 minutes 29 seconds

Poisoned Appalachia: the Dark Side of Appalachia
Episode 71 : centenniql Olympic park bombing

The centennial Olympic park bobbing occurred on July 27, 1996 in Atlanta Georgia during the summer Olympics. The blast directly killed one person and injured 111 others. This is that story.

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1 week ago
30 minutes 21 seconds

Poisoned Appalachia: the Dark Side of Appalachia
Episode 70: the Lawson Fanily murders

A Christmas photograph. A hollow full of silence. A mystery that never left the mountains.

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2 weeks ago
24 minutes 30 seconds

Poisoned Appalachia: the Dark Side of Appalachia
Episode 68: the silver bridge collapse

December 15, 1967.


On this day, we remember the Silver Bridge Disaster, when the bridge spanning the Ohio River between Point Pleasant, West Virginia, and Gallipolis, Ohio, collapsed during the evening rush hour. Forty-six lives were lost, and countless families and communities were forever changed.

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3 weeks ago
30 minutes 7 seconds

Poisoned Appalachia: the Dark Side of Appalachia
Episode 68: haunted Kentucky

Find out about some of the most haunted places in Kentucky in this weeks episode.

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1 month ago
28 minutes 3 seconds

Poisoned Appalachia: the Dark Side of Appalachia
Episode 67: the colonial parkway murders

A quiet Virginia road.

Four double homicides.

No suspects. No answers.

The Colonial Parkway Murders remain one of America’s most chilling unsolved cases…

and my next podcast episode dives into the darkness.

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1 month ago
25 minutes 44 seconds

Poisoned Appalachia: the Dark Side of Appalachia
Wholesome Appalachia episode 10: Daniel Boone

Daniel Boone is an Appalachian folk hero. A larger than life character. Find out his story on this episode.

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1 month ago
23 minutes 30 seconds

Poisoned Appalachia: the Dark Side of Appalachia
Episode 66: Oak Ridge, Tennessee and the Manhattan Project

During World War II, Oak Ridge, Tennessee was a vital part of the war effort in of the Manhattan Project. No one in the town knew what they were working on until after Japan was bombed.

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1 month ago
29 minutes 43 seconds

Poisoned Appalachia: the Dark Side of Appalachia
Episode 65: southern airways flight 932 (the Marshall university football team plane crash)

On November 14, 1970, southern airways flight 932 crashed at the Huntington airport, killing all on board. Most of the Marshall university football team was on board as well as several prominent boosters.

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1 month ago
32 minutes 26 seconds

Poisoned Appalachia: the Dark Side of Appalachia
Episode 64: Haunted Tennessee

Discover some of the most haunted places in Tennessee in this episode.

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2 months ago
27 minutes 21 seconds

Poisoned Appalachia: the Dark Side of Appalachia
Bonus episode: Halloween history and traditions

Happy Halloween y’all A little bonus episode on the history or Halloween and how it’s celebrated around the world. My treat to you!

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2 months ago
23 minutes 19 seconds

Poisoned Appalachia: the Dark Side of Appalachia
Episode 63: Appalachia’s Most Haunted

Take a little road trip through Appalachia as I cover some of the most haunted places in Appalachia. Some of these I’ve done prior episodes on but there are some new places to discover.

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2 months ago
31 minutes 7 seconds

Poisoned Appalachia: the Dark Side of Appalachia
Episode 62 Appalachian Rural Legends

Find out about some Appalachian legends like Skinned Tom, giants in Appalachia, the vampire of big stone gap and more.

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2 months ago
29 minutes 17 seconds

Poisoned Appalachia: the Dark Side of Appalachia
Episode 61 The Greenbrier Ghost

The greenbrier ghost resulted in the only murder case solved by a ghost. Find out the story in this weeks episode.

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2 months ago
25 minutes 43 seconds

Poisoned Appalachia: the Dark Side of Appalachia
Episode 60 Haunted North Carolina

Every month I do a different hunted state episode. In today’s episode is haunted North Carolina.

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3 months ago
23 minutes 53 seconds

Poisoned Appalachia: the Dark Side of Appalachia
Episode 59: Shawnee myths and legends

Shawnee myths and legends. I’ve did the Cherokee myths and legends already, but the Shawnee are a big part of my part of Appalachia, so I thought I would cover them here.

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3 months ago
25 minutes 4 seconds

Poisoned Appalachia: the Dark Side of Appalachia
Episode 58 Georgia Tann

Georgia Tann was an American child trafficker and social worker who operated the Tennessee Children's Home Society, an unlicensed adoption agency in Memphis, Tennessee. Tann used the home as a front for her black market baby adoption scheme from the 1920s to 1950. Over 5000 children were trafficked in her time.

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3 months ago
28 minutes 57 seconds

Poisoned Appalachia: the Dark Side of Appalachia
Wholesome Appalachia episode 9: John Brown

John Brown was a man of action -- a man who would not be deterred from his mission of abolishing slavery. On October 16, 1859, he led 21 men on a raid of the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia.

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3 months ago
37 minutes 54 seconds

Poisoned Appalachia: the Dark Side of Appalachia
Episode 57: Fraterville mining disaster.

The Fraterville mine disaster was a combine explosion that occurred on May 19, 1902 near the community of Fraterville in the US state of Tennessee

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3 months ago
25 minutes 9 seconds

Poisoned Appalachia: the Dark Side of Appalachia
Episode 56: Haunted South Carolina

Join my in the 4th haunted Appalachian states series and find out what makes south Carolina so haunted.

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4 months ago
25 minutes 30 seconds

Poisoned Appalachia: the Dark Side of Appalachia
Discover the dark side of Appalachia through this podcast. Explore the region's rich folklore, mythology, and delve into the unsettling tales of murders, criminals, and disasters that have shaped its history. Join me as I uncover the spooky and captivating aspects of this enigmtic corner of the world.