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Dan Kehde, Charleston author and playwright, offers this excellent tale of a childhood haunting.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsGlenville State University is offering West Virginia high schoolers an opportunity to explore storytelling traditions this summer.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThe famous Civil War-era ballad “Tom Dooley” has everything: love triangle, a grisly murder, a manhunt and a hanging. A version of this song by the Kingston Trio struck a universal chord 60 years ago when it topped the Billboard charts. Inside Appalachia Folkways reporter Heather Duncan is a native of Wilkes County, North Carolina, where the song unfolds. She recently explored why ballads like ‘Tom Dooley’, based on real tragedies and real people, have such staying power.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsShepherd University has named a native West Virginian to its first “storyteller-in-residence” position, with an eye on sharing Appalachian folklore with…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsIn a quiet neighborhood in southeast Ohio, Talcon Quinn and her 12-year-old apprentice Juniper Ballew have revived an age-old tradition with just three…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsBefore the pandemic hit, our Inside Appalachia team was planning a reporting trip to Wales as part of our ongoing folkways project, as the country has a…
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