Secret murders lie buried in this holler - Booger Hole Part 1

[@malclaire]

This is hands down the most underrated channel I've ever come across. Thank you

[@Old_8_gauge]

Lacy was my cousin, and I heard this tale many times from my dad who was born in 1906 in Braxton County.

[@davidmoss8896]

My dad grew up very near Booger Hole. He lived with his grandfather Nelson Jarvis. I heard many stories about the area.

[@PermacultureAppalachia]

This is awesome! We can't wait to see more.

[@turftracer9522]

I really appreciate & enjoy your content... I hope you continue to tell these stories... It's important for people to hear how it was back then... Thank you...

[@AMcKetchup]

Thank you for the video! Lacy Ann O’Brien Boggs is one of my great grandparents. ❤️

[@AmericanMythology]

It’s an honor to have one of her descendants watch this. I’m glad you enjoyed it!

[@tomdee6288]

My grandma's name was Thelma Boggs and this was one of her relatives. A lot of my family comes from Clay County West Virginia there

[@deborahdanhauer8525]

Excellent story and excellent storytelling! Thank you🐝🤗❤️

[@AmericanMythology]

Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed it.

[@deborahdanhauer8525]

@@AmericanMythology You’re most welcome and I did!🤗

[@stevenburge293]

Absolutely amazing video. I love seeing obscure American history.

[@bessiemann7468]

I was ironing a table cloth while listening to this.Very interesting

[@georgiabauserman6853]

Well done Luke! Looking forward to part two,

[@annarehl9673]

Enjoyed this so much, Luke. Can't wait for more.

[@AmericanMythology]

I’m glad you enjoyed it!

[@aaronmcconnell7358]

I grew up just outside of the old mining town of cliftonville wv the site of a riot that killed over 200 miners and the sheriff of brooke county it's a piece of wv history that needs to be told. Our beautiful state is full of legend and lore ,facts and lies. Good and evil.

[@shanek6582]

Sid Hatfield? Is that the sheriff you are talking about? I read about that once if that’s who you are talking about, the Pinkerton thugs shot Sid on the courthouse steps in front of everyone and none of them got in trouble. Crazy stuff.

[@FIRSTNAMELASTNAME-zt4kf]

This channel made me go down a banjo rabbit hole. Thanks for that.

[@davidgalloway6414]

Outstanding work Sir!

[@hollyvincent7726]

Lacy Ann Boggs is my 3rd great grandmother. I ❤this!

[@tracycatt]

Those Sampson's are in my family tree( mixed with the Dickey's). My Dad told me some wild tales that had been passed down through those hollers.

[@littlelightofmine3568]

So interesting and well presented~ looking forward to part 2 for sure!!

[@bullitt7544]

Fantastic ! 2 👍's Up. Glad you are doing this so well. Keep it up.

[@marjoriemcclure2138]

Absolutely loved this! Both of my parents are from Clay county, and I grew up hearing these stories. My father's grandmother, was a Boggs, and his sister-in-law was a Tanner. Can't wait for the next episode! You are an amazing story teller!

[@AmericanMythology]

Thank you! I love it when people with a connection to the story chime in!

[@partofthetribe3277]

Thought you might like to know your name means gods in old Slavic

[@cornbreadfedkirkpatrick9647]

I'm the family scapegoat and whipping child still after all this time, and I can live with that, meaning I can leave and not look back.

[@sheddingmyvelvet]

loved this, cant wait for the next part

[@ethans6279]

I hope you can keep doing these! I just did a deep dive into all of your videos and enjoyed them all.

[@CliftonHicksbanjo]

Cool. 👍👍

[@dieselrodeo6929]

I’m gonna need a video of that intro riff 😂

[@sassy_2437]

I’m excited about more stories. I’ll be checking in again!!!

[@chirelle.alanalooney8609]

I Just Love that Name, "Booger Hole", it kills me.

[@marilynking4003]

My Granddad lived in Boogerhole. He told me a bit about it. I wish I would have given him more attention. I didn't hear anything about Margaret, but the Samson name sounds familiar. I've researched some (and going to the facebook page I found a relative (my Granddad's half sister's granddaughter.

[@bam480v9]

You should do a show on bloody Breathitt county Kentucky feud. The death toll was higher than the Hatfeilds and McCoy’s.

[@bluecreekdetectors]

Definitely an amazing video. Good investigative work and awesome video editing! Love these types of shows.

[@AmericanMythology]

Thanks! I just checked out your channel and subed. I love watching detecting videos. @Aquachigger got me hooked.

[@rcottrellpm]

The Cottrell's you mention are relatives of mine.

[@Erica-oo6bv]

I love your storytelling and editing style! Excited to see more from your channel. New subscriber👍😊

[@deo53]

I love your videos. You have put so much work in this. Thanks

[@AmericanMythology]

Thank you!

[@donnak6668]

Just found you and am binge watching! Such great subject matter and video....WOW!

[@AmericanMythology]

I’m glad you’re enjoying the stories!

[@BushSlacker]

This is a great video! You have a great voice for this, your research and presentation is awesome, and your editing is fantastic . I'm glad I am subscribed and have no doubt your on your way to a million. Thanks for the really great video

[@AmericanMythology]

I’m glad you enjoyed it!

[@JR-vi2ll]

Mostly, I agree with this comment. Since we cannot confirm the account presented here is accurate I won't agree that the research is "awesome". But it's highly entertaining, and he does have a good voice for video.

[@AmericanMythology]

You could confirm it, if you wanted to do the research yourself. It’s taken me years to track it all down, but I have read every primary source for this story. The memoirs of Daniel Cunningham are a good place to start. That being said, there’s a reason this channel is called American Mythology. With stories like these, you often have to fill in the gaps with oral history which isn’t always verifiable. I try to separate out the lore from the facts, but at the end of the day what I’m presenting is exactly as advertised “folklore, history, and the stories we tell.”

[@411smiths]

The hard work and hours that go into these videos are not justified with the view and sub count. Kia Kaha brother. Stay Strong

[@AmericanMythology]

Thanks for the encouragement. I’m enjoying myself making these. I still have a lot to learn as a KZbinr, but I’ll keep chipping away at it. Thanks again!

[@immavampardude2703]

Hey I'm lovin this channel bro

[@AmericanMythology]

Thanks!

[@richardhaubrick4558]

Fabulous storyteller. Well done very interesting

[@chrisdemaria9666]

My 3X Great Grandfather is Daniel Cunningham. I've been reading about this place in his memoirs.

[@haedanhova]

Very well done, you have a great talent for this

[@AmericanMythology]

Thank you!

[@jvleasure]

Man this is really something else. Been a watcher since your video on Wetzel's Rock.

[@AmericanMythology]

Thanks for your support. It means a lot to me.

[@kb8njh]

Lacy O'Brien Boggs was my Great Aunt. Was she a Witch, probably not? When people think you are a witch, people leave you alone. She was the daughter of the Pioneer "Adam O' Brien" Booger Hole is about a 30-minute drive.

[@BillStelling]

Awesome vid! Nuff said.

[@Reneelwaring]

Check out the book Hex. Witchcraft in York County PA in the 20th century where an alleged witch was hung in the woods.

[@ellavira5772]

Clay County is still a little lawless and people still say “if you wanna get away with it, do it in clay county” Some of the best, most resilient people in the world are from here.

[@traviss5886]

Definitely the kind of videos that get your attention, pretty awesome informational and entertaining

[@tonicastel5933]

Very interesting & visually interesting.

[@AmericanMythology]

Thank you!

[@anguishbresneiv2223]

Had a buddy from WV see that banshee mentioned near the beginning. Says he was walking home with a buddy, saw the moon come out in a clearing off the road. Went looking in that clearing and saw a pale women, she turned and showed a face with bleeding eyes, and as she screamed the moon went dark. Says he and his buddy didnt stop running until they got in the door of their homes.

[@lingolingolingo]

Awesome Job Luke!

[@Razortine]

My new favorite channel. Better ring that dang old bell. I'll be sharin this around

[@logantruman5862]

I’m from clay wv and live Here now

[@wowcplayer3]

Life is complete, ideals don't exsist to complete the perfection they represent, life itself does that. Life is the tool by which ideals are both produced and realized. Ideals don't concretely represent the indescribable feelings produced with them. It's the desire we carry for an ideal which produces satisfaction, not the ideal.

[@wowcplayer3]

Great video, but imma have a pseud moment every time someone mentions that continental parody philosopher. Another good reminder why I don't read books on philosophy period. Gather your own dialectical forest of strawmen, then parse them yourself.

[@nicolecatlin1942]

Booger are also what in some parts of Appalachia, are what they call Sasquatches there.

[@DeathSnacker]

That was great.

[@cringesuperhell]

Loving your videos and stories, really interesting! I would like to gently suggest that some of the flashing in your visual effects is a tad strong, it might be a little uncomfortable for people with epilepsy. Really cool to see this kind of stuff about the US :)

[@70schild420]

Cool voice😎

[@neweyes777]

My Hill People called the Sasquatch '' Boogers.''

[@cornbreadfedkirkpatrick9647]

Like the James brothers during the civil war, and the red legs in the move the outlaw Josey Wales,

[@TheGreyGhost_of43rd]

My booger hole runs alot this time of year..

[@hillbillyharper4008]

That's a ruff part over there. I have heard stories about booger hole growing up. It's not far from where I live. You should also do a video on murder mountain in Clay County wv

[@lingolingolingo]

Great Idea!

[@shanek6582]

Murder mountain just a bunch of meth heads lol, I remember 10 or 15 years ago some drug deal went wrong and a couple guys shot up a car with the guy in it, can’t remember any names,I got the hell out of there in 09.

[@hillbillyharper4008]

@@shanek6582 oh I didn't know the full story

[@chelleofthemountains]

Where is Part 2 ? My great grandmother was murdered by a booger hole native.

[@AmericanMythology]

Part 2 will be posted soon, it’s in the final stages of editing. If you don’t mind me asking, who was your great-grandmother?

[@chelleofthemountains]

@@AmericanMythology Alison Barringer Sampson. I'm not related to her killer tho.

[@jaybirdgenetics]

Dude looks just like Ben from crimson guitars lol

[@OneMoreRedNightmare]

I was surprised that you made a shout out to Jordan Peterson! Very fitting to mention that clarification about the hostile brothers as far as how it should be applied to our current society and ideology.

[@hiddenwoodsben]

like the woodbooger, sure.

[@ronaldmercer9616]

Your story which centers around Lacey Boggs is incorrect, the photo you're using of her is not right , that lady in the photos name is Sofie Cambell ,she lived in the Smokey Mountains outside of Gatlinburg with her husband Tom ,she stayed there till her death in the mid thirties, this information can be found in the archives of the Great Smokey Mountain National Park via George Grant, or just Google her name that photo will pop up

[@AmericanMythology]

No photo exists of Lacey Boggs. The image I used is an illustration based off of Sophie Cambell and other photos of women from that era. It’s intended as a representation only.

[@Seren-Ceddoriaeth]

Lacey Boggs is my great, great, great grandmother. I grew up hearing this story from my father. The story was that all they got from her was a DIME. 💞

[@briantriplett2455]

Come anywhere around booger hole and you call it that everyone is gonna look at you weird. We just call it booger hole like your nose. I’ve never heard any different lol

[@AmericanMythology]

I got a tour from someone who lives there. She wrote the book on it and she’s interviewed in part 3. Take a listen when it comes out. I’m just following the local experts.

[@namaste22733]

My granddad Douglas was born and buried there and many relatives are still there. Many stories... Thanks for the excellent video!

[@namaste22733]

@@AmericanMythology Cindy Curry? My mom's cousin's daughter.

[@shanek6582]

I married a girl from clay county and lived there for about 10 years, I’m like you and always heard it called booger like your nose lol. I think the woman who still lives there that gave this guy a tour just does like living in a place with that connection and would rather say BOOger like scary. Your family from widen? Lots of tripletts up there.

[@briantriplett2455]

@@shanek6582 nah were all indore hoodlums lol

[@shonnymac6862]

My relatives; who lived there, called it booger just like the nose goblin..