The stories of Jefferson County, KY
165 narrated audio stories from across Jefferson County — hidden history, true crime, food legends, and local lore from its towns, landmarks, and back roads.
Zachary Taylor National Cemetery
Where a President Came Home to Rest
A presidential graveyard rooted in family land and military memory.
Louisville Air National Guard Base
Where Louisville Meets the Airlift Mission
A city airport, a Guard base, and the long reach of airlift.
Louisville
Navy Work, Far From the Sea
How Louisville’s civilians built naval weapons deep inland.
Louisville
From Cavalry Officer to Louisville Power
How Confederate service shaped Castleman’s long public life in Louisville.
Louisville
Channel 32 and Louisville’s Television Apprenticeship
How a late-arriving station helped shape Louisville television talent.
Bowman Field
When Bowman Field Went to War
A graceful Louisville airfield becomes part of wartime flight training.
Camp Taylor
When Camp Taylor Became a City Overnight
A wartime camp that briefly remade Louisville’s edge.
Louisville National Cemetery
Where Louisville Kept Faith With Its Union Dead
A quiet cemetery reveals Louisville’s wartime duty and memory.
Louisville
When Louisville Braced for Bragg
A city fortifies as Kentucky becomes the hinge of a Confederate gamble.
Camp Taylor
When War Training Met the Flu
A wartime camp became a front line in a public-health crisis.
Louisville
From Louisville to the Silver Screen
How a Louisville native became a face of Hollywood spectacle and shadow.
Louisville
How Louisville Helped Make Elizabethtown Feel Like Kentucky
A film title rooted in one city, and a mood shaped by another.
Louisville
When Louisville’s Screens First Flickered to Life
How WAVE brought television’s new glow to Louisville in 1948.
Louisville Palace Theatre
Under a Manufactured Night Sky
How a downtown theater made moviegoing feel like a night outdoors.
Louisville
Tod Browning and the Sideshow Shadows
How a Louisville native turned carnival life into unforgettable horror.
Louisville
When Channel 11 Turned a Broadcast Into a Crusade
How WHAS-TV helped make local television a force for giving.
Thomas Merton Center at Bellarmine University
Where Merton’s Kentucky Legacy Found a Home
How Bellarmine became the center of Thomas Merton scholarship.
Louisville
Louisville’s Two-Generation Mystery House
A Louisville lawyer wrote crime novels and helped launch a family legacy.
Louisville
Before the Spotlight, a Louisville Kid Took the Leap
Jennifer Lawrence’s early years in Kentucky before acting took over.
Louisville
Before the Big Desk, the Weather Map
How Diane Sawyer’s Louisville start foreshadowed a national career.
Louisville
Before the Legend, a Louisville Byline
A teenage Hunter S. Thompson finds his first printed footing in Louisville.
Louisville
Before Kinsey, a Louisville House Full of Story
How Sue Grafton’s literary beginnings shaped a landmark mystery career.
Louisville
When Walnut Street Carried the Sound
How segregation made one Louisville street a center of Black performance and community.
Louisville
Before Gonzo, Louisville
How Louisville shaped Thompson before the style had a name.
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