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Bud Morgan last person from Dark Corner to be hanged
Public executions by hanging, a barbaric practice which always morbidly attracted large gatherings of onlookers, came to an ...
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Deputy Pralo Wood endured wife’s tragic murder
Thornton Pralo Wood was a Tigerville native who served as deputy sheriff of Greenville County in the Dark ...
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“Frankie and Johnny” based on an actual murder
The traditional American popular song, “Frankie and Johnny,” tells of a woman named Frankie who finds that her ...
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Patrolman Anthony killed while transporting prisoners
Two incidents of deputies being killed during the transport of prisoners have been covered in previous tales. A ...
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Tippin’s blackberry wine versus the Corner’s peach brandy
On Valentine’s Day in February, 2016, Stonehaus Winery of Crossville, Tenn., located on top of the state’s Cumberland ...
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Deputy Frank Reid was a family man
Frank Reid was a Gowensville native who served as Deputy Sheriff of Greenville County in the Dark Corner ...
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Recalling older Dark Corner Christmas superstitions
Before soldiers returned to the mountains of North and South Carolina, Tennessee and Kentucky after World War I, ...
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Glassy Mountain could have been a Birmingham
“Enjoyed your recent article about gold ore in the Dark Corner,” said an unknown truck driver leaving the ...
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Attorney John D. Lanford became a centenarian
John D. Lanford, the son of William L. and Sarah Mitchell Lanford, was born in Gowensville on Nov. ...
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‘Keep on the sunny side of life’
A song written in 1899 eventually became the radio theme song for the popular Carter Family. It was ...
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