Selects: What Was the Deal With the Hatfields and McCoys?

Stuff You Should Know

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4.6 • 79.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2021

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

It was America's most famous family feud, but the history of the Hatfields vs the McCoys is fraught with bias and inaccuracies. Dig into a disagreement in 19th-century Appalachia that became a very big deal around the world, in this classic episode.

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0:00.0	There's so much news happening around the world that we're somehow supposed to stay on top of.
0:05.7	That's why we launched The Big Take.
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0:14.0	to give you some space to think.
0:16.4	I'm Wes Kosova.
0:17.7	Each weekday I dig into one important story and talk about why it matters.
0:23.6	Listen to The Big Take on The I Heart Radio App, Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.
0:31.4	Hey everybody, it's me Josh and for this week's S.Y.S. case selects.
0:35.9	I've chosen our classic episode on the classic feud between the classic families,
0:40.9	the Hatfields and the McCoys.
0:43.0	It's one of the more interesting stories of American history and it's way more nuts
0:47.7	than you even thought.
0:49.2	And I don't know about you though.
0:51.1	I just want to put a little bug in your ear.
0:53.0	Every time I hear the name Jim Vance in this episode, I always want to follow it in my
0:57.4	mind with Vance Refrigeration.
1:00.0	See if that happens to you now that I've said that.
1:03.0	I hope you enjoy this one.
1:04.4	It's a classic as I said, so enjoy your way.
1:10.1	Welcome to Stuff You Should Know, a production of I Heart Radio's How Stuff Works.
1:20.1	Hey and welcome to The Podcast.
1:24.4	I'm Josh Clark, Charles W. Tug Brian, and staring at me right now to make me tan uncomfortable.
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