Episode 160: The Confederate Butcher of the Mountains

In this episode, we’re heading into the backwoods of the Upper Cumberland to talk about an infamous Confederate guerilla fighter, Champ Ferguson. While high-profile rebel calvarymen like Nathan Bedford Forrest and John Hunt Morgan were out leading grand cavalry charges, Champ was fighting a much dirtier, much more personal kind of war in the mountains. He wasn't a general in a plumed hat; he was a farmer with a Bowie knife and a long list of people he wanted dead. We’re breaking down his journey from a quiet Kentucky local to the "Butcher of the Mountains," the gruesome trial that captivated the nation, and the persistent rumors that the man who swung from the Nashville gallows wasn't actually Champ at all. Whether he was a cold-blooded killer or just a man pushed to the edge, his ghost still haunts the Tennessee treeline.

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