Metal Monolith Statue spotted in Eastern Kentucky

As most fans of art and strange occurrences, I've been very interested in the news stories concerning seemingly random appearances of metal structures being spotted across the globe and being removed shortly after. Part of the fun of these stories is the mystery surrounding them, even though recently some artist have spoken, claiming credit for …

Time Travel Tourists

Season 2 Episode 21 Imagine you had your very own, brand spankin’ new time machine. What would you do? Where would you go? What would you change if that is possible at all? For the season finale I posed one simple question… “What would you do if you could time travel?”. Aaaand let me tell …

Dali the Rebel

Season 2 Episode 20 Artists are rebels by nature, but few have left a lasting impact on all media like Salvador Dali! Film, fashion, furniture… this man did it all! And did so with some very questionable behavior so HEADS UP, GUYS!!! This one gets NSFW, because you can’t talk about Dali without mentioning his …

Listener Stories

Things that go bump in the night https://www.journal-times.com/news/things-that-go-bump-in-the-night/article_b6ab77f2-dd16-11e8-bccf-9f44662caee0.html?fbclid=IwAR2EFCGTvUDs72igT_i1IKRwjH-iTceUGznF1wNOVbRxFproFkk0DBoNWSs Submitted by Jeremy D. Wells I grew up next door to a cemetery and one day I came home to my washing machine being flipped upside down in its exact spot, and also I use to roller blade in the garage and I SWEAR I felt a …

Mountain Death Rituals

Season 2 Episode 18 Appalachia - land of many tales and quirks. Our home is full of lore and specific customs, especially when it comes to death. Out-of-towners might just think we are a little weird, but we are very set in our ways when it comes to our death rituals. Kentucky Funeral Director Tommy …

HOLLER KIDS

Season 2 Episode 17 What happens when you get three Kentucky childhood best friends together? You get a slightly NSFW episode of Weird Appalachia! Landline singing competitions, creepy old houses, teaching each other about the birds and the bees, terrorizing our teachers… when you’ve known each other as long as we have, you’ve got PLENTY …

Why I “Ducking” Create

By: Hefner the Hare When I was in the 4th grade all of our teachers took us to the library for a seminar. The point of which was to ask all of us the burning question, "What is art?" A wonderful power point display graced the wall before us, slideshow of images featuring famous artist's …

Why Do We Create?

Season 2 Episode 15 Artists, musicians, writers, chefs… humans have this drive to CREATE! Where does it come from? Why do we make the things we make? In all new episode, Erin, Jess, and Wisey are hashing it all out. We've got a lot of fun and weird ideas and theories in store! In the …

PRIDE in the Coalfields

Season 2 Episode 12 “How many years has it taken people to realize that we are all brothers and sisters and human beings in the human race?” - Marsha P. Johnson Appalachia has a diverse and beautiful LGBTQ+ community! Last year, Pikeville, KY held their first ever PRIDE, an event celebrating love and acceptance full …

Digital Catfish

Season 2 Episode 11 We grew up during an interesting time, y’all. In a VERY NSFW episode, Erin, Jess, & Wisey are talking early 2000’s chat rooms, catfishing, dial-up modems, and really unusual or just down-right creepy folks online. Trust us, we learned the hard way! We did it all wrong so you don’t have …