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92. HAPPY BIRTHDAY KENTUCKY Jun 01, 2022

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You know the state bird and flower, but do you know the drama behind them? Or the fiery fate of the first state seal? Somehow I also end up talking about the giant ground sloth again. Happy birthday Kentucky! Find more at www.kyhistoryhaunts.com

91. Ben Purnell & the House of David May 16, 2022

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At the start off the 20th century, Ben Purnell and his wife Mary decided they were the seventh messengers and that they needed to start a commune for the 144,000 souls they would choose to survive the apocalypse with them. To join their commune, all you had to do was uproot your life and surrender all your personal belongings to Ben and Mary. What could go wrong!? You can find an extensive photo gallery to go along with this episode at www.kyhistoryhaunts.com.

90. Missing: Kenny Naidas Jr. May 09, 2022

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In May 2005, a man from Radcliffe left his home to pick up diapers and baby formula. He was never seen again. Kenny Manuel Naidas Jr. was a father, a son, a friend, and a fiancé. He went missing just a few days before he was supposed to get married. Information revealed years after his disappearance made the already disinterested media and public even less interested in his story. The case went cold and there's almost no mention of his disappearance left on the internet. If you have any information regarding this missing person, please call the Radcliff Police Department.

89. Wonder Woman Eula Hall- Part Three Apr 29, 2022

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Appalachian history is riddled with poverty, exploitation, crooked politics, lack of jobs, lack of healthcare, lack of opportunity. A woman named Eula Hall believed her Eastern Kentucky town deserved more, and she never stopped fighting for what she believed. She believed in the people of Appalachia. This is the story of Eula Hall taking matters into her own hands. For more check out the book Mud Creek Medicine by Kiran Bhatraju.

88. Wonder Woman Eula Hall- Part Two Apr 28, 2022

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87. Wonder Woman Eula Hall- Part One Apr 27, 2022

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In this episode, we explore the extraordinary life of Eula Hall, the fierce Appalachian activist, organizer, and health care champion who refused to accept that low-income folks should go without care. Born in 1927 in the mountains of Eastern Kentucky, Eula grew up surrounded by hardship, loss, and the harsh realities of rural poverty, experiences that shaped her lifelong commitment to her community.

From witnessing preventable deaths as a child to fighting hospital systems that turned away patients without money, Eula transformed personal pain into action. She organized for school lunches, clean water, black lung advocacy, and, most famously, accessible medical care in Mud Creek. Against political corruption, poverty, domestic abuse, and repeated setbacks, she helped build what became the Mud Creek Clinic, a lifeline for uninsured and underinsured families in Appalachia.

This episode follows Eula’s journey from mountain girl to one of Kentucky’s most important grassroots health care advocates, a woman who believed deeply in dignity, justice, and doing the work that needed doing.

Sources: Much of this episode is based on Mud Creek Medicine: The Life of Eula Hall and the Fight for Appalachia by Kiran Bhatraju.

If you’re interested in Appalachian history, rural health care, grassroots activism, and the life of a woman who changed her corner of the world, this is an episode you won’t want to miss.

86. Identified: Maggie Anne Sniegowski Apr 13, 2022

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In May 1992, an unidentified woman was found face down in a swampy area just off of I-65 in central Indiana. Thirty years later, police have identified her. But her siblings still want to know what happened, and who killed their sister. If you have any information relating to this case, please contact the Boone County Sheriff's office at 765-482-1412 or email tips@co.boone.in.us. No detail is too small.

85. Listener Stories- Mary Lee Mar 28, 2022

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If you ask the folks at the International Paranormal Museum in Somerset, they’ll tell you that spirits can, and do, attach themselves to items. Like dolls, blankets, and even… pieces of furniture. Head to our website- kyhistoryhaunts.com or social media to view the photos that go along with this story submitted by Holly Browning.

84. Two Pairs of Jeans and a Walkman Mar 02, 2022

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Understandably so, this incident, surely the most infamous of Barkley Regional Airport’s history, did not make it on their website. And why did it take eight years to identify the mysterious John Doe involved?

83. Pollard v. Breckinridge- Part Two Feb 05, 2022

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“A young school girl. A member of Congress. The most celebrated breach of promise case in the history of this country!” The trial, the events that led up to it, and the aftermath are a fascinating sequence of double standards and old-timey nonsense. This is part two of a two part series. Visit kyhistoryhaunts.com for sources and photos.

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