Episode 23: It Wasn't Jacob Cooley's
Strange Bluegrass - A Kentucky Podcast
Release Date: 07/14/2021
Episode 46: The Battletown Witch Festival Part 2
Strange Bluegrass - A Kentucky Podcast
This episode is best viewed on YouTube on S.B. Pearce's channel. Find it in the Strange Bluegrass Playlist. Join S.B. Pearce as she attends the 2nd annual Battletown Witch Festival in Brandenburg, Kentucky. Hear the tragic story of Leah Smock, a gifted young lady accused of witchcraft. Ultimately, her life ended at the tender age of 21, and she bears the title of being the last witch burned in the United States. The festival was created to celebrate her life and to mourn her untimely, and grisly death. You'll meet Lady V, High Priestess of Louisville, watch the Sisters of the Dancing...
info_outline
Episode 45: The Battletown Witch Festival - Part 1
Strange Bluegrass - A Kentucky Podcast
Join S.B as she speaks with Annie Hamilton Emond with the Meade County Tourism Bureau about their unique festival in Brandenburg, KY. The festival celebrates the unique life and tragic death of Leah Smock, the last witch burned in the United States.
info_outline
Episode 44: International Paranormal Museum, Somerset, KY
Strange Bluegrass - A Kentucky Podcast
Join S.B. Pearce as Kyle Kadel gives a spectacular tour of the International Paranormal Museum and Research Center in Somerset, Kentucky. Thousands of items from Cryptids to haunted objects come together to create a unique experience for visitors.
info_outline
Episode 43: Freaks and Dracula
Strange Bluegrass - A Kentucky Podcast
S.B. is stunned to learn that one of the Godfathers of Horror film was a Kentucky Native. Join her as she explores Tod Browning's incredible life and career.
info_outline
Episode 42: Don't Tell Me What To Do
Strange Bluegrass - A Kentucky Podcast
Join S.B. Pearce as she explores the history of book banning in the Bluegrass State and the challenges facing our Public Library system due to the passing of SB 167.
info_outline
Episode 41: Between A Rock And A Hard Place
Strange Bluegrass - A Kentucky Podcast
S.B. Pearce just learned that the state gemstone is the fresh water pearl...or is it? Join her as she discovers something really odd about a few of our state's strange official designations.
info_outline
Episode 40: Apple Valley Hillbilly Gardens & Toyland
Strange Bluegrass - A Kentucky Podcast
I love a good pun. I also groan but giggle at corny dad jokes. Join me at the Apple Valley Hillbilly Garden and Toyland in Calvert City, Kentucky where I received the coolest tour ever by the super talented proprietor, Keith Holt. Additional images and video footage will be posted to the Strange Bluegrass social media pages.
info_outline
Episode 39: Bonus Content!
Strange Bluegrass - A Kentucky Podcast
Listen to Kurt Gohde share his phenomenal art collaboration with Kremena Todorova.
info_outline
Episode 39: Kentucky Meat Rain
Strange Bluegrass - A Kentucky Podcast
We've all heard the phrase "It's raining cats and dogs" and the song "It's Raining Men"is an iconic dance classic. Water spouts can make it rain fish and there was once a blood rain in Tennessee. Have you ever heard of the time it rained meat in Kentucky? Join S.B. Pearce as she interviews Kurt Gohde, the Kentucky Meat Rain Expert. I don't think these folks were stepping on a poodle.
info_outline
Episode 38: A Noble, or Nobel, Endeavor
Strange Bluegrass - A Kentucky Podcast
Kentucky has always made significant contributions to the world that progress humanity or community, we just aren't always given credit where credit is due. However, a few notable scientists were certainly credited with the highest honor possibe in the world. Join S.B. Pearce as she explores Kentucky Nobel Laureates.
info_outlineStories abound across the internet of the famous Jacob Cooley's chest, a furniture that carries an evil curse that plagued a Kentucky family for over a hundred years. S.B Pearce and her husband, William, set off on a road trip to look at this nefarious home furnishing as they discover more details that truly bring the story full circle. In a a surprise twist, it wasn't Jacob Cooley's chest after all. It was Moses Graham's, as researched by Virginia Cleveland's grand-daughter: Beverly Kienzle, PhD of the Harvard Divinity School at Harvard University. Sounds like the curse was not just a short story but a real haunting as experienced by generations of the same family.