Echoes of the Blue Ridge: History, Legend, Mystery.

Ryan Phillips 34 - Episode 29: "Blood on Middle Fork, The Murray-Rice Murder Mystery"

The Blue Ridge Mountains hold more than scenery, they hold memory. Echoes of the Blue Ridge examines the real history, persistent legends, and unanswered mysteries of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Ancient cultures. Lost forts. Mountain uprisings. Forgotten conflicts. In each short episode, the past is explored carefully, where record and legend meet. Hosted by North Carolina Realtor® Ryan Phillips.

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Echoes of the Blue Ridge: History, Legend, Mystery.

Episodes

Episode 29: "Blood on Middle Fork, The Murray-Rice Murder Mystery"

Episode 28: "The Blue Ridge Between Us: Where the Story Came From The Real People, Real Places, and Real History Behind the Novel"

Episode 27: "The Twin Poplars of Peace Where the Cherokee and Catawba Laid Down Their Weapons"

Episode 26: "Before Asheville Was Asheville: The Story of Morristown"

Episode 25: "The Ballad of Frankie Silver"

Episode 24: "High Mountain Corridors, The Ancient Paths of Yancey, Mitchell, and Avery"

Episode 23: "Max Patch, The Spirits on the Bald"

Episode 22: "Mountain Bloodlines, The Fox Family"

Episode 21: "The Hermit of Bald Mountain"

Episode 20: "The Drovers Road and the Buncombe Turnpike"

Episode 19: "The Dakwa of the French Broad"

Episode 18: "The Uktena"

EPISODE 17: "Stoneclad"

Episode 16: "The Thunderers"

Episode 15: "The Nunnehi"

EPISODE 14: "The Brown Mountain Lights"

EPISODE 13: "The Cherokee Little People"

EPISODE 12: "Paint Rock"

EPISODE 11: "Judaculla Rock"

Episode 10: "The Chimney Rock Apparitions"

EPISODE 9: "Stone in the Forest"

Episode 8: "After the Guns Fell Silent"

EPISODE 7: "A War Within the Mountains"

EPISODE 6: "The Mountains That Remained"

EPISODE 5: "When the Cherokee Became the Cherokee"

Episode 5: Midweek Echo - "How the Cherokee Became the Cherokee"

EPISODE BONUS: "The Legend of the Chiscas (Special Narrative Episode)"

Episode Bonus: Midweek Echo: "The Legend of the Chiscas"

EPISODE 4: "The Moon-Eyed People"

Episode 4: Mid week Echo - "The Moon-Eyed People"

EPISODE 3: "The Chisca and the Fire"

EPISODE 2: "The Spanish Who Shouldn’t Have Been Here"

Introduction: Echoes of the Blue Ridge

EPISODE 1: "Before the Mountains Had Names"