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The Pine Grove Briar
by Chris Sewell
Where we talk history, humor, and pipe smoking. Use our exclusive promo code: PGBPROMO at oldglory.com to receive 15% discount on your entire order at checkout! Also visit buybearknuckles.com and use our promo code: PGBPROMO and receive 15% off your entire order at checkout!
Episodes
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The Jamison Family Mystery: $32,000 Left Behind
On October 8th, 2009, the Jamison family—Bobby, Sherilynn, and their six-year-old daughter Madyson—drove into a remote area of Oklahoma. They never came back. Days later, their truck was found abandoned. Inside, investigators discovered something that made the case even more unsettling. Their...
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The Setagaya Family Murders: The Night He Stayed
On the night of December 30th, 2000, in Setagaya, Tokyo, a family of four was murdered inside their home. What followed is one of the most baffling and unsettling investigations in modern criminal history. Because the killer didn’t flee. He stayed. For hours, he moved through the Miyazawa...
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Frank Hughett: Shot, Poisoned, and Hunted in Scott County
There are some stories that feel like they were always going to end one way. This is one of them. In 1910, in the mountains of Scott County, Tennessee, former sheriff Frank Hughett became a marked man. What started as law enforcement quickly turned into something more personal—something that...
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The Burger Chef Murders: They Cleaned the Crime Scene Before Finding the Victims
On November 17th, 1978, four young employees reported for their shift at a Burger Chef in Speedway, Indiana. They never made it home. At first, it looked like a simple robbery—an open cash register, missing money, and no immediate signs of violence. But what investigators did next would become…
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The Brian Shaffer Disappearance (2006) | The Man Who Walked In and Was Never Seen Again
In April of 2006, Brian Shaffer, a 27-year-old Ohio State medical student, went out for a night in Columbus, Ohio. What should have been an ordinary evening would become one of the most baffling disappearances in modern true crime. Security cameras clearly captured Brian entering a crowded…
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The Dyatlov Pass Incident (1959) | What Sent Them Into the Night?
In February 1959, nine experienced hikers set out into the remote Ural Mountains of the Soviet Union. Led by Igor Dyatlov, the group was well trained and properly equipped for the harsh winter expedition ahead. They never made it home. Weeks later, search teams discovered their abandoned tent on...
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The Yuba County Five (1978) | Why Did They Leave the Car?
On February 24, 1978, five young men left a college basketball game in Chico, California. They stopped at a convenience store, bought snacks, and began the drive home. They never made it. Days later, their car was found abandoned in the mountains of Plumas National Forest. It wasn’t wrecked. It...
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Cabin 28: The Unsolved Keddie Murders (1981)
In April 1981, three people were brutally murdered inside Cabin 28 at the Keddie Resort in Northern California. Three children slept in the next room and survived. By morning, a quiet mountain community was shaken — and a case that would haunt investigators for decades had begun. Sue Sharp, her…
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The Lane Bryant Massacre (2008) | The Unsolved Tinley Park Shooting
On February 2, 2008, a gunman walked into a Lane Bryant store in Tinley Park, Illinois. He wasn’t wearing a mask. He calmly ordered employees and a customer to the back room, bound them with duct tape, and opened fire. Five women were shot. Four were killed. Despite eyewitness testimony, forensic...
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The Springfield 3
In June 1992, Suzie Streeter (19), Stacy McCall (18), and Sherrill Levitt (47) vanished from a quiet home in Springfield, Missouri. No forced entry. No signs of a struggle. Three purses left behind. More than three decades later, the disappearance of the Springfield Three remains one of America’s...
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The Sodder Fire: Five Children, No Bodies
On Christmas Eve, 1945, the Sodder family home in Fayetteville, West Virginia went up in flames. By morning, five children were gone. Officials ruled the case simple: the children perished in the fire. But no remains were ever conclusively identified. The phone line had been cut. The ladder was...
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The Villisca Murders - the Night the Lamps Stayed Lit
On June 9th, 1912, the Moore family walked home from church in the quiet railroad town of Villisca, Iowa. Nothing seemed unusual. Neighbors waved. Oil lamps flickered. The children were laughing. By morning, eight people lay dead inside the house. Bludgeoned in their beds. The mirrors covered.…
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The Coalfield Killing - Death Ruled an Accident
In the early 1920s, during the height of the Coal Wars in the Tug River Valley, a man tied to union activity was found dead near a rail line outside Matewan. The official ruling was simple: accident. He had fallen. The train hadn’t seen him. Case closed. But locals didn’t believe it. In this of…
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The Family that Vanished from the Census
In the early decades of the 20th century, a family living deep in Appalachia appeared in public records like anyone else—census rolls, school logs, tax books. Then, without warning, every one of their names stopped appearing. No death certificates. No relocation records. No official explanation.…
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Where the Hollow Keeps Its Secrets
Deep in the Appalachian mountains, there are places where silence isn’t empty—it’s intentional. Tonight on Pine Grove Briar, we settle in beside the fire and drift into a forgotten hollow where a man vanished without a sound… and no one seemed eager to ask why. Through creeping fog, half-spoken...
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The Greenbrier Ghost: A Murder That Wouldn’t Stay Buried
In the winter of 1897, a young woman was found dead at the foot of the stairs in a quiet West Virginia home. The official explanation was simple. Convenient. And wrong. In tonight’s episode of Pine Grove Briar, we travel into the Appalachian fog to examine one of the strangest criminal cases in...
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S02 E001 The Hinterkaifeck Horror
The Hinterkaifeck Horror In this chilling episode, we travel far from the Appalachian foothills to a secluded farm in Germany, the site of one of the most baffling unsolved true crimes in history: the Hinterkaifeck murders. We delve into the sinister events that unfolded in the weeks before the...
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S01 E20 Echoes in November: The Lincoln-Kennedy Curse
Echoes in November: The Lincoln-Kennedy Curse In this chilling episode of The Pine Grove Briar, we pull back the veil on the uncanny parallels between the assassinations of Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy. A century apart, yet linked by a web of unsettling coincidences, these two tragedies...
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S01 E19 Shadows Over Robin Hood Hills: The West Memphis Three
In this chilling, immersive episode of The Pine Grove Briar, we journey into one of the most haunting true crime cases in American history—the 1993 murders of three young boys in West Memphis, Arkansas, and the controversial convictions of three teenagers that followed. Known as the West Memphis...
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S01 E18 The Glitch in the Machine - Investigating the Dead Internet Theory
What if the internet died years ago, and we're just talking to its ghost? In this chilling episode of The Pine Grove Briar, we unpack the "Dead Internet Theory," a viral concept suggesting that a vast majority of online content and engagement is now generated by AI and bots, not actual people.…
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S01 E17 The Logsdon Tide - the story of Cal Logsdon
It's 1872, and there's gonna be a hangin'... the last one in Jamestown, Tennessee. Join us as we find out what happened to James Calvin "Cal" Logsdon (or Logston) depending on who you talk to. An axe murder had taken place in the Valley of the Three Forks of the Wolf River in Pall Mall…
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S01 E16 Vanished in the Fog - the Disappearance of Dennis Martin
In the summer of 1969, a six-year-old boy named Dennis Martin vanished without a trace in the heart of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. What was supposed to be a joyful Father’s Day camping trip turned into one of the largest and most haunting search efforts in U.S. history. In this…
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S01 E15 Judge Roy Bean - Justice from a bottle
Join us as we talk about the one, the only, Judge Roy Bean - saloonkeeper and well, sort of a lawman, in his own way. The Old West wasn't ever the same after Judge Bean arrived on the scene and we are exploring his life on the Pine Grove Briar. If you would like to support the Pine Grove Briar…
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S01 E14 Annie Oakley: Little Sure Shot and the Legend of the Sharpshooter Queen
In this episode, we ride through the incredible life of Annie Oakley — from a hardscrabble childhood to the world stage with Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show. Discover how she became one of the most iconic figures of the American frontier, outshooting men, challenging norms, and earning the nickname...
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S01 E13 Tom Tobin: Tracker, Scout, and Head-Hunting Frontier Justice
This episode on The Pine Grove Briar, we ride alongside Tom Tobin — one of the most hardened scouts and bounty hunters of the American frontier. From battling guerrillas to personally bringing in the severed heads of the Espinosa brothers, Tobin lived a life few could dream up and even fewer…
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S01 E12 Liver Eatin' Johnson
Step into the smoky shadows of the Wild West as The Pine Grove Briar digs into the bloody, bizarre, and often exaggerated legend of Liver-Eatin' Johnson — mountain man, Civil War vet, and the alleged Crow-slaying, liver-chewing avenger of the Rockies. Was he a brutal frontier myth or a...
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S01 E11 Billy the Kid
In today’s episode, we saddle up and ride into the dusty legend of Billy the Kid — the teenage outlaw who became an American icon. We explore the real history behind the myth, swap jokes about what kind of pipe smoker Billy might have been, and dive into listener mail asking the hard-hitting...
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S01 E10 Calamity Jane
This episode, we take a look at the life of Martha Jane Cannary, better known as Calamity Jane. A hard-lived life, but a legend nonetheless. If you would like to support our podcast, drop us a line at [email protected] We appreciate all of you!
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S01 E09 Daniel Boone - Trailblazer
Join us today as we explore the life and times of a trailblazer, explorer, frontiersman, and legend, Daniel Boone. If you would like to support our podcast, feel free to drop us a line at [email protected] and find out how you can help! We appreciate all of our listeners and supporters!
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S01 E08 Davy Crockett
In this episode, we delve into the life of Davy Crockett. At the Pine Grove Briar, we love to talk history, humor, and yes, the joys of packing our favorite blend into a briar.
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Wild Bill Hickok
Join us we take a ride alongside of the man, the legend, Wild Bill Hickok. Also, if you would like to donate to The Pine Grove Briar, please feel free to contact us on how to do that! We will have Pine Grove Briar Merch coming real soon!
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DOC HOLLIDAY
Join us as we draw on the rich history of the gunslinger, the legend, Doc Holliday.
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S01 E05 Wyatt Earp
Join us as we delve into the life of the legend who was, Wyatt Earp
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Episode 4 Peter Fransisco
Join us today as we look at one of America’s Revolutionary heroes,
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Episode 003 Burlier’s Blend
Join us today as we explore Burlier’s Blend from the Gatlinburlier Tobacconist located in the Mountain Mall on level D in Gatlinburg, TN.
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Episode 002 Frank
Frank’s blend from the Gatlinburlier Tobaconist
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Where we talk history, humor, and pipe smoking. Use our exclusive promo code: PGBPROMO at oldglory.com to receive 15% discount on your entire order at checkout! Also visit buybearknuckles.com and use our promo code: PGBPROMO and receive 15% off your entire order at checkout!
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Chris Sewell
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Where we talk history, humor, and pipe smoking. Use our exclusive promo code: PGBPROMO at oldglory.com to receive 15% discount on your entire order at checkout! Also visit buybearknuckles.com and use our promo code: PGBPROMO and receive 15% off your entire order at checkout!
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