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A Tale Of Tennessee’s Cryptids, This West Virginia Morning

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On this West Virginia Morning, middle Tennessee’s Dickson County is known for being the filming location for Ernest Goes to Camp, which grossed upwards of $20 million in the late 1980s. For the Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom, WPLN’s Jewly Hight looked into the area’s earlier lore about mysterious creatures of the night.

Also, in Charleston, West Virginia, this weekend, the state’s largest free and charitable clinic attracted hundreds of people seeking healthcare.

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Maria Young produced this episode.

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