Kentucky History & Haunts

Jessie Bartholomew

History, true crime & bizarre happenings in the bluegrass state. Kentucky is a treasure trove of unique people, events, and places dating as far back as the mastodon! You don't have to be from Kentucky to appreciate these stories. Subscribe today and share with a friend. Please email topic suggestions to kyhistoryhaunts@gmail.com. Visit the website to browse our merch at kyhistoryhaunts.com. And please leave a review or rating wherever you're enjoying the show. Thanks for listening.

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Kentucky History & Haunts

Episodes (165)

Mar 16th 164. Back From The Dead in Harlan
Mar 3rd 163. A Century Ago in Kentucky- March 1926 | Part 2
Mar 2nd 162. A Century Ago in Kentucky- March 1926 | Part 1

Kentucky History & Haunts

Mar 16, 2026
30 minutes
27 MB

In August 1925, fourteen-year-old Mary Vickery vanished from the coal camp of Coxton in Harlan County, Kentucky. Her father, miner E.C. Vickery, stopped going underground and began searching above it, combing hollows and writing desperate letters for help. Months later, a decomposed body was discovered in an abandoned mine shaft between Harlan and Baxter. A suspect was arrested. A courtroom filled to the rafters. A jury convicted 23-year-old taxi driver Conley Dabney of rape and murder, sentencing him to life in prison. And then, nearly a year later, the “murdered” girl walked into a hotel in W...

Kentucky History & Haunts

164. Back From The Dead in Harlan

Jessie Bartholomew

00:00 -29:48