There’s a thin line between normal and insane. I think I’m standing on it… which would explain the big blob of crazy on my shoe.
Posted in The South on Jan 27th, 2009
Popcorn Sutton, the cantankerous self-acclaimed legend of Appalachian bootlegging lore and renowned manufacturer of skullknocker tonic, has been sentenced to 18 months in the pen and 3 years of supervised federal probation.
Posted in Local Characters, Tennessee on May 22nd, 2008
According to Joe Tennis with the Bristol Herald Courier, Boozy Creek got its name because moonshiners would get scared as federal agents approached. And to destroy evidence, they would topple over their liquid containers. Now, old-timers say that’s how the creek became “Boozy.”
Tennis shares how moonshine played a role in the naming of other places [...]
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