Meade County

You know, I'm kind of this business is kind of new, I guess you'd say.

And I just within the last two years or so moved to where I live now, which is Meade County.

And I'm trying to get my name out around here.

I had a mowing business prior for about 10 years, which is in Hardin County.

At-- it's at Meade, but technically it's at the middle school up there 'cause they don't play...

Their soccer stadium is, is at their middle school there in Meade County.

That'll be on October the twelfth.

The, uh, girls kinda got routed by, uh, Muhlenberg County on Tuesday, but they're hosting the Trojans from Barren County tonight.

Southern Gothic is a podcast that explores the history behind some of the American South's darkest days, greatest mysteries, and most chilling ghost stories.

Today's episode is made possible through the support of Mead County Tourism.

The small, rural community of Battletown, Kentucky sits nestled in the rolling hills and hollers of Mead County, where the northern border of the Bluegrass State meets the gentle flow of the winding Ohio River.

This historic, unincorporated community is located in the central part of the state, and while it is an hour's drive from Louisville, time spent mostly in Indiana due to the bend of the river, In actuality, Battletown is only about 35 miles from the Kentucky metropolis, at least as the crow flies.

But life in Battletown couldn't be more different than that of the bustling urban environs of Derby City.

Now today, Battletown still might not be widely known, but as we've discovered in places all across the South, stories like this one have become woven into the fabric of these communities, passed down from generation to generation in the form of oral history.

patiently waiting for someone to enshrine them in the written word so that they might live on for future generations to discover after the folks who were there are long gone.

course as y'all know most of the time these stories are a bit ghostly or strange in theme and such is the case here in old lapland a place that according to annie hamilton iman the head of tourism for mead county and chairperson for the battletown witch festival is a place filled with mystery

In the last few games, let's see their last four opponents.

They beat Moore 10-0, North Harden 6-4, Meade County 5-2, and Bullitt Central 5-4.

And then before that was Bardstown, they tied 5-5.

So they haven't lost in their last five.