Ranked #1
S4 E2: The Warriors on the Trail
S4 E2: The Warriors on the Trail
On the first day of her trip across North Carolina on the Mountains-to-Sea Trail, veteran Erin Brennan is making sense o... Read more
1 May 2020
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32mins
Ranked #2
S4 E1: 1,175 Miles
S4 E1: 1,175 Miles
The new season of our award-winning podcast begins with some fairly basic questions. What is the Mountains-to-Sea Trail?... Read more
14 Apr 2020
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36mins
Ranked #3
S1 E1: The Most Remote
S1 E1: The Most Remote
Host Jeremy Markovich sets his sights on Western North Carolina in search of the state's most remote spot.
13 Jul 2017
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25mins
Ranked #4
S2 E8: 32 Miles Off The Coast
S2 E8: 32 Miles Off The Coast
In the finale of Season 2, host Jeremy Markovich takes a trip to a remote place he's been trying to visit for years: Fry... Read more
31 Aug 2018
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37mins
Ranked #5
S3 E8: The Rookie
S3 E8: The Rookie
Jeff Postell was a 21-year-old police officer when he made an arrest in the middle of the night in a small North Carolin... Read more
21 Nov 2019
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55mins
Ranked #6
S1 E2: Wave If You Can See Me
S1 E2: Wave If You Can See Me
We travel to a remote place, only a quarter-mile off of the North Carolina coast, that kept a Civil War shipwreck hidden... Read more
20 Jul 2017
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21mins
Ranked #7
S2 E5: The Nuke They Left Behind
S2 E5: The Nuke They Left Behind
In 1961, a U.S. Air Force bomber crashed near Goldsboro, North Carolina, and the two thermonuclear bombs on board fell t... Read more
3 Jul 2018
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29mins
Ranked #8
S1 E3.5: Out On The Outer Banks
S1 E3.5: Out On The Outer Banks
The weather's perfect, but a power outage has driven all of the visitors and vacationers off of the southern Outer Banks... Read more
2 Aug 2017
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14mins
Ranked #9
S3 E7: An Island Of Your Own
S3 E7: An Island Of Your Own
Davis Island wasn’t always an island. In the early 1900s, a hurricane cut a path through a peninsula that stuck out into... Read more
1 Oct 2019
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36mins
Ranked #10
S2 E3: The Riches Underneath Charlotte
S2 E3: The Riches Underneath Charlotte
In this supersized episode, host Jeremy Markovich goes looking for Charlotte's original gold mines, and then gets inside... Read more
10 May 2018
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34mins
Ranked #11
S1 E4: Dismally Yours
S1 E4: Dismally Yours
A trip into the Great Dismal Swamp reveals a lot of biting bugs, black water you can drink, and secrets about the runawa... Read more
10 Aug 2017
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25mins
Ranked #12
S2 E2: The Unsinkable Floating Houses of Fontana
S2 E2: The Unsinkable Floating Houses of Fontana
On Fontana Lake, in far western North Carolina, sit hundreds of floating cabins, meant for fishing and weekend getaways.... Read more
24 Apr 2018
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22mins
Ranked #13
S3 E3: Stop Making Cents
S3 E3: Stop Making Cents
A woman from Mooresville, North Carolina became Mecklenburg County’s first black nurse. Then she became a prolific and w... Read more
24 May 2019
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30mins
Ranked #14
S1 E3: As High As You Can Get
S1 E3: As High As You Can Get
We go way up above the ground on a television broadcast tower, the tallest structure in North Carolina, to meet the surp... Read more
27 Jul 2017
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23mins
Ranked #15
S3 E2: A Rescue In The Linville Gorge
S3 E2: A Rescue In The Linville Gorge
On May 7, 2016, a man fell hundreds of feet down a mountainside, and ended up in a treacherous spot in North Carolina’s ... Read more
7 May 2019
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32mins
Ranked #16
S2 E4: How To Get Away With Murder (In 1892)
S2 E4: How To Get Away With Murder (In 1892)
What would happen if you stood in one state, then shot and killed someone in another? That scenario actually took place ... Read more
25 May 2018
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33mins
Ranked #17
S3 E1: Symbolism
S3 E1: Symbolism
In 2001, some state lawmakers were engaged in a less-than-sweet debate: Which berry should be named the official berry o... Read more
15 Apr 2019
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32mins
Ranked #18
S2 E1: The Dream Returns
S2 E1: The Dream Returns
Dr. Martin Luther King once gave a speech in Rocky Mount, North Carolina that energized the city and changed the lives o... Read more
3 Apr 2018
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32mins
Ranked #19
S1 E6: Remote or Knott
S1 E6: Remote or Knott
Host Jeremy Markovich travels to Knotts Island, North Carolina -- a unique place with colorful characters -- where nobod... Read more
24 Aug 2017
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25mins
Ranked #20
S1 E7: Blurred Lines
S1 E7: Blurred Lines
In this episode, host Jeremy Markovich visits the small brass disc at the western edge of the state that's become a stra... Read more
31 Aug 2017
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27mins