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Kentucky

History Sports

How Two Kentucky Farmers Became Kings Of Croquet, The Sport That Never Wanted Them

The unlikely rise of the 1983 national croquet champions.

Julian Smith Deadspin Sep 2019 20min Permalink

Crime

Commonwealth v. Mohamed

A car crash in Kentucky left a 13-year-old girl dead. A Sudanese refugee was charged with her killing. The story of the trial that followed.

Margaret Redmond Whitehead The Atavist Magazine Apr 2019 40min Permalink

History

The 1925 Cave Rescue That Captivated the Nation

America’s first viral story was of a Kentucky cave explorer, Floyd Collins, and the epic effort to rescue him.

Lucas Reilly Mental Floss Jul 2018 40min Permalink

Crime History

Some Mother's Boy

In 1921, a teenager died alone in Kentucky and was buried without a name. A century later, a team of sleuths set out to find his identity.

Alina Simone The Atavist Magazine Sep 2017 1h Permalink

Crime

A Town Under Trial

Investigating a brutal double murder in a Kentucky military town.

Nick Tabor Oxford American Mar 2017 50min Permalink

Crime

The Great Whiskey Heist

How a distillery worker in Kentucky stole hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of bourbon, one barrel at a time.

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Reeves Wiedeman Men's Journal Mar 2016 15min Permalink

The White Ghetto

A report from Owsley County, Ky., the poorest county in America.

Kevin D. Williamson National Review Jan 2014 20min Permalink

Arts Food Travel

The Biggest Week in Bourbontown

An 8th-generation Louisvillian on the Kentucky Derby, bourbon and the history of his hometown.

Michael Lindenberger Roads & Kingdoms May 2013 15min Permalink

Best Article Business

Pressing On the Upward Way

A profile of life in Owsley County, one of the poorest in the country.

Monica Potts The American Prospect Jun 2012 30min Permalink