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We are headed up Appalachia this week to take a look at an event of great historical significance. During this time of extreme division in the US, and across the global, we are taking a look at a time when people came together to fight the powers in charge.

The coal industry was the backbone of Appalachia for a long time. Generations went deep underground to mine out the mineral that was running the world at the time.

These families worked and lived in towns built and owned by the company they worked for, and if they should ever consider joining a union, they could lose their jobs, as well as their homes.

Tired of being used and abused thousands of miners rallied together to march to free their imprisoned friends. But along the way they came across Blair Mountain, where an anti union sheriff had set up shop to stop their march.

What came next was the largest armed fight on US soil since the civil war. One in which citizens on both sides fought for what they thought was right, or for whoever was paying them.

ROH EP 59 Source Notes:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Blair_Mountain

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal_Wars

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Company_town

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We are going way back in time today to look at a man many of us have wrongly credited with being the inspiration for Bram Stoker's Dracula; Vlad The Impaler.

Born in the time of the great Ottoman Empire, Vlad the 3rd had a rough go at life. At a young age he and his brother were taken hostage by the Sultan for years, while their father stood again him and his reign.

After his father was killed Vlad had to fight long and hard before he was actually able to take the throne of Wallachia for himself. Keeping it would be another long hard struggle, with many of those years spent imprisoned.

Long after his death Vlad leaves a lasting legacy that will debated till the end of time. While it is true he used cruel and barbaric tactics, he is somewhat hailed as a hero for his fight to keep the region autonomous.

ROH EP 58 Source Notes:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlad_the_Impaler

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlad_II_Dracul

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boyars_of_Moldavia_and_Wallachia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%A2rgovi%C8%99te

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire

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In this day and age we have the benefit of science but in the 18th and 19th century there wasn't much of that. You know, you have ghost in your blood, do cocaine about it.

So when one member of the family died, then others around them also begin to get sick, suspicion often fell on the recently deceased.

For around 100 years New England was in the grip of a panic; panic that dead people were coming back to consume the life force of their relatives. Long before the word vampire became pop culture, these people feared these relatives had turned into these creatures and were tormenting their living relatives.

So what do you do when the dead are coming back to hurt the living? Dig them up and desecrate their body of course.

ROH EP 57 Source Notes:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England_vampire_panic

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercy_Brown_vampire_incident

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewett_City_vampires

https://www.damnedct.com/the-jewett-city-vampires-griswold/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-great-new-england-vampire-panic-36482878/

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This week we are looking at someone who has made it their life mission to try to talk to a certain set of individuals and change their mind.

Daryl Davis stands in his own right as an amazing R&B and Blues musician, playing with the like of Chuck Berry and BB King.

But when he is not playing the piano, he is talking to members of the Ku Klux Klan to try and understand what makes them hate people they have never even met.

Daryl has changed the hearts of many men, but not everyone believes he is doing this for the right reasons.

ROH EP 56 Source Notes:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daryl_Davis

https://www.daryldavis.com/

https://allthatsinteresting.com/daryl-davis

https://dangerousminds.net/history/daryl-davis-understand-ku-klux-klan/

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A couple hundred years after the Hellfire club fell to ruin a more sinister club emerged. The Atomic Energy Commission. But the AEC is not the only bad actor in our lesson today. Oh no, the US government had their hands dirty too.

From America's favorite Oatmeal brand, to the US Navy, to hospitals, citizens of this oh so great country were- without their informed consent- exposed to radioactive materials in various ways.

And when these crimes came to light, absolutely nothing was done for the victims, or to prevent these things from happening again.

ROH EP 55 Source Notes:

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Quaker-Oats-Company

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/fernald-state-school

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/spoonful-sugar-helps-radioactive-oatmeal-go-down-180962424/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_radiation_experiments

https://www.sfpublicpress.org/exposed-part-1-how-a-san-francisco-navy-lab-became-a-hub-for-human-radiation-experiments/

https://allthatsinteresting.com/american-government-human-radiation-experiments

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Imagine getting a phone call that your 24 year old child did not return to their jobsite out in the Arizona desert. And then imagine getting told that your child is an adult and can disappear into the desert if they want too.

That is what David Robinson had to deal with the summer of 2021 when his son Daniel went missing from his job in Tempe Arizona. The Buckeye Police Department did not want to deal with a missing young adult, especially not a missing young black man.

David drove from his SC home all the way to Arizona to look for his son himself. A search he has not given up although there have been few to no leads in the 4+ years since Daniel disappeared.

What make it even harder is when a pretty young white girl goes missing Daniel gets pushed aside. This is some thing Joe Petito, Gabby Petito's father has been fighting against, even as he is along side David helping him look for his son.

If you know anything about what happened to Daniel Robinson in June of 2021 please contact the Buckeye Police Department at 623 349 6400. You can also contact the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children at 1 800 843 5678.

ROH EP 54 Source Notes:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Daniel_Robinson

https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/arizona-geologist-daniel-robinson-still-missing-4-years-later

https://www.azfamily.com/2025/06/23/search-continues-daniel-robinson-4-years-after-disappearance-buckeye-worksite/

https://www.foxnews.com/us/army-vets-search-missing-son-receives-help-from-gabby-petitos-family-hunt-evidence-continues

https://www.buckeyeaz.gov/residents/police/contact-us

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We are brining you a lighter topic this week, and a peek at our flagship show if you haven't given it a try.

Historically the ocean has always been a dangerous place. From the way the water behaves, to other humans one may encounter while on the water, tales of the dangers of the open ocean have been around since the beginning of mankind.

So when a crew runs across the abandoned ship of a friend, theories abound about what could have happened to the passengers. From initial theories of insurance fraud and murder, to wilder theories of aliens and large sea creatures, theories have been whispered since the ship was brought in.

But we will probably never know what happen to the ten souls aboard this brig. Only the ocean knows that secret now.

ROH EP 53 Source Notes:

https://allthatsinteresting.com/mary-celeste

https://www.history.com/articles/what-happened-to-the-mary-celeste

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Celeste

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We are bringing you the end of the Bosnian War, as it is on paper anyways, this Christmas week. It has been just over 30 years since the treaty to end the war was signed, and life has somewhat went back to normal for many of the citizens.

But in a country that was ravaged by war for three years, that normal looks a lot different than it did in pre war Bosnia. Neighborhoods and parks are littered with headstones for the thousands lost. Building still hold the bullet holes from gunfire, and Sarajevo Roses can be seen all over the sidewalks, a reminder of numerous lives lost in that spot.

A lesson we can all take from this war is to be careful of nationalist who want a ethnically pure state. That leads to ethnic cleansing, rape and the destruction of an entire culture. We can not let this happened within our own countries.

ROH EP 52 Source Notes:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosnian_War

https://www.sah.org/2022/07/08/a-city-that-doesn-t-forget-sarajevo-thirty-years-after-the-war/