EPISODE · Jul 8, 2017 · 11 MIN

The Black Hand

from Stories of Appalachia · host Steve Gilly, Rod Mullins

During the first boom in the Appalachian coalfields, there was such a labor shortage that the mine owners recruited workers from the millions of immigrants who were coming to America from Europe. And along with these immigrants came secret societies that were involved in kidnappings, extortion and murder. Today we tell the story of the […]

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