In the 1955 thriller Night of the Hunter, Harry Powell, a classic American con man posing as an itinerant preacher, settles in Moundsville, WV. He
The Polish and Ohio Valley Origins of Hall of Famer Phil Niekro (1939-2020)
The obituaries for Phil Niekro, who died of cancer at age 81 on Dec. 26, focused on his legendary knuckleball. In the Ohio Valley, the
Downriver from the Moundsville Prison Graveyard: Story of a Lyric
This post has been updated to include information from an email from Mark Kozelek. When singer-songwriter Mark Kozelek was a teenager in the 1980s, he
How Moundsville is Celebrating Christmas in 2020
David Seum, a Moundsville, WV resident we’ve profiled on this blog, walked around his Ohio River town this week taking pictures, and put together this
West Virginia’s Neil Diamond Imitator Wants to Heal America with ‘Porcupine Pie’ (and Visit Moundsville)
The Moundsville blog promotes the movie ‘Moundsville’, now on PBS, and collects writing about Moundsville and West Virginia. Neil Diamond turns 80 on January 24,
10 Reasons Appalachians Love ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ (Even if Critics Hate It)
Hillbilly Elegy, on Netflix, has joined The Shack, See No Evil Hear No Evil, and Saw V as films audiences love and critics hate. On
