True Crime - KY Family Stories

July 6, 2021

Appalachian Hero: Story of Audacious “Bad Amos” Fugate

Most family stories in Kentucky are interesting because of multiple characters. This story centers on one particularly curious character, Amos Fugate (1899-1926). His impact…

June 21, 2021

WWI Vet’s Toothache Results in Odd Moonshiner’s Death

In 1925, Jailer Joseph Lovely tried to calm Will Turner’s effort to clean out the Breathitt County jailhouse. Moonshiner Wayne Grigsby pays the price.

April 30, 2021

Sensational Courtroom Drama: Mountain Woman Assassinates Son’s Killer

In 1936, Viola Wickline makes national headlines for shooting Johnny Shepherd and 3 others in a Breathitt County Courtroom.