The Appalachian Rip Van Winkle

EPISODE · Jul 30, 2022 · 11 MIN

The Appalachian Rip Van Winkle

from Stories of Appalachia · host Steve Gilly, Rod Mullins

In the Washington Irving story, Rip Van Winkle partakes in some boozy fun in the Catskill Mountains in New York, then falls asleep for 20 years, waking to find the world completely changed. That story was a fantasy tale.Today we have the true story of a woman who, like old Rip, fell asleep one night in 1936 and didn't wake up until 1948 to a world turned upside down.Thanks for listening to our stories!

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