‘The Last Train To Glen Alum’ And Our Song Of The Week, This West Virginia Morning

On this West Virginia Morning, we travel 110 years into the past, where a murder, payroll robbery and posse chase played out in one weekend in the hills of Mingo County.

West Virginia Public Broadcasting will debut an original radio play on local stations Friday at 8 p.m. Entitled “The Last Train to Glen Alum,” the story relives the century-old caper through the contemporary writing of News Director Eric Douglas.

Douglas sat down with historian Stan Bumgardner to discuss the dramatic moment in West Virginia history.

Also in this episode, we hear from this week’s premiere broadcast of Mountain Stage, held at the historic Robinson Grand Performing Arts Center in Clarksburg.

Mississippi native Paul Thorn has performed on Mountain Stage more than 10 times, and stopped by Harrison County for another show. Before becoming a singer-songwriter, Thorn was a professional boxer, and his forthcoming album “Life Is Just A Vapor” packs a punch. Our song of the week is a track off that album with the same name.

West Virginia Morning is a production of West Virginia Public Broadcasting which is solely responsible for its content. 

Support for our news bureaus comes from Shepherd University and Marshall University School of Journalism and Mass Communications.

Appalachia Health News is a project of West Virginia Public Broadcasting with support from Marshall Health.

West Virginia Morning is produced with help from Bill Lynch, Briana Heaney, Caelan Bailey, Chris Schulz, Curtis Tate, Emily Rice, Eric Douglas, Jack Walker, Liz McCormick, Maria Young and Randy Yohe.

Eric Douglas is our news director. Teresa Wills is our host. Maria Young produced this episode.

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