Join Dawn and guest, actor Peter Breitmayer, as they discuss this little known story from American History. Meet heroes like Sid Hatfield and Mother Jones, and villains like Albert Felts and that murderous cunt, CE Lively. 

It's a tragic story of labor unions and the powerful monopolists who dropped literal bombs on them - in a page that was missing from all our history books. 

Dawn's Sources

Book - The Battle of Blair Mountain by Robert Shogan (2004)PBS Documentary - The Mine Wars (2016)Podcast - Wondery American Story Tellers: Coal Wars - 4 Episodes

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See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL!Crazy Rich AncientsHistories Greatest Mysteries (several coming next season)HILF is now on Patreon! 

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NEXT NEW EPISODE:

Nov. 8th, 2023 - Alan Turing with Heidi Mavir.

HILF is part of The DEN - Deluxe Edition Network. Go there to find your NEXT favorite podcast!

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Theme song: Composed and performed by Kat Perkins.