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111: Floyd Collins Is Trapped in a Cave (Part 1)
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- An Old Timey Podcast
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- Jul 8, 2026
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- 4312
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Summary
Floyd Collins had a dream. He dreamt that one day, he’d emerge victorious in the Kentucky Cave Wars. In that era, people made easy money turning beautiful, awe-inspiring caves into tourist destinations. The tough part was *finding* the cave. Finding a cave took months of dangerous, exhausting work, but Floyd Collins was up to the task. In January of 1925, he felt certain that he was digging his way toward a magnificent one. Then he got stuck. Remember, kids, history hoes always cite their sources! For this episode, Norm pulled from: Collins, Homer, and John Lehrberger. The Life and Death of Floyd Collins . Cave Books, 2001. David R. Kem. “The Kentucky Cave Wars.” The Kentucky Cave Wars, July 5, 2025. https://kentuckycavewars.wordpress.com/ . “George Morrison (U.S. National Park Service).” https://www.nps.gov/people/george-morrison.htm . Kem, David Randolph. The Kentucky Cave Wars: The Century That Shaped Mammoth Cave National Park . David Randolph Kem, 2014. Murray, Robert K., and Roger W. Brucker. Trapped! The Story of Floyd Collins . University Press of Kentucky, 1982. https://archive.org/details/trappedstoryofst0000murr . Reilly, Lucas. “The 1925 Cave Rescue That Captivated the Nation.” Mental Floss, July 13, 2018. https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/544782/1925-cave-rescue-that-captivated-the-united-states-floyd-collins . “Stephen Bishop (U.S. National Park Service).” https://www.nps.gov/people/stephen-bishop.htm . Are you enjoying An Old Timey Podcast? Then please leave us a 5-star rating and review wherever you listen to podcasts! Are you *really* enjoying An Old Timey Podcast? Well, calm down, history ho! You can get more of us on Patreon at patreon.com/oldtimeypodcast . At the $5 level, you’ll get a monthly bonus episode (with video!), access to our 90’s style…