#  @hollerbacktruth HollerBackTruth HollerBackTruth posts on TikTok about west virginia, private equity, history, debt the most. They currently have [-----] followers and [--] posts still getting attention that total [-----] engagements in the last [--] hours. ### Engagements: [-----] [#](/creator/tiktok::7542230808255087630/interactions)  - [--] Week [-----] -56% - [--] Month [------] +2,061% ### Mentions: [--] [#](/creator/tiktok::7542230808255087630/posts_active)  ### Followers: [-----] [#](/creator/tiktok::7542230808255087630/followers)  - [--] Week [-----] +3.20% - [--] Month [-----] +20% ### CreatorRank: [---------] [#](/creator/tiktok::7542230808255087630/influencer_rank)  ### Social Influence **Social category influence** [finance](/list/finance) [countries](/list/countries) [stocks](/list/stocks) [celebrities](/list/celebrities) [musicians](/list/musicians) [social networks](/list/social-networks) [technology brands](/list/technology-brands) **Social topic influence** [west virginia](/topic/west-virginia) #258, [private equity](/topic/private-equity) #143, [history](/topic/history), [debt](/topic/debt), [money](/topic/money), [murder](/topic/murder), [new york](/topic/new-york), [health](/topic/health), [generational](/topic/generational), [cvs](/topic/cvs) **Top assets mentioned** [CVS Health Corp (CVS)](/topic/cvs) ### Top Social Posts Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours "Why they need Appalachia to look like a failure Coal Country Forgotten America Opioid Ground Zero Working-Class Pride Generational Betrayal Holler Roots Rust Belt Borderlands Cultural Stereotypes Veteran Sacrifice Economic Extraction Coal Country Forgotten America Opioid Ground Zero Working-Class Pride Generational Betrayal Holler Roots Rust Belt Borderlands Cultural Stereotypes Veteran Sacrifice Economic Extraction #AppalachianTruth #CoalCountryStories #ForgottenAppalachia #OpioidGroundZero #ReclaimAppalachia Why They Need Appalachia to Look Like a Failure Coal Country Forgotten America" [TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@hollerbacktruth/video/7544218421421034782) 2025-08-30T03:40Z [---] followers, [----] engagements "The House That Screams At Night This haunted Appalachian house has a legend so creepy it makes people leave in the middle of the night. Hear the story and decide if you would stay inside. #haunted #ghoststories #halloween #appalachia #spookystories haunted appalachia haunted house story halloween ghost stories creepy legends appalachian folklore scary tiktok stories haunted places usa true ghost stories spooky tiktok ghost legends appalachian reckoning scary halloween stories haunted appalachia haunted house story halloween ghost stories creepy legends appalachian folklore scary tiktok" [TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@hollerbacktruth/video/7555699345933323550) 2025-09-30T10:23Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "The Haunting That Killed a Man The Bell Witch of Tennessee is one of the most terrifying and controversial ghost stories in American history. Was it hysteria a curse or something darker. #haunted #ghoststories #appalachia #spookyseason #paranormal haunted appalachia appalachian ghost stories bell witch haunting scariest american haunting appalachian legends scary tennessee stories haunted history appalachia creepy appalachian tales real witch stories haunted south The Haunting That Killed a Man Was John Bell killed by the Bell Witch or by his own neighbors covering up the truth haunted" [TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@hollerbacktruth/video/7557042557088173342) 2025-10-03T17:05Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "The Haunting of the Devils Hollow Bridge They say violence leaves a mark you cant wash away. Deep in Kentucky one bridge still echoes with the screams of a crime the town tried to forget. #haunted #ghoststory #appalachia #horror #paranormal appalachian hauntings devils hollow bridge haunted kentucky ghost bridge legends appalachian murders violent hauntings kentucky ghost stories haunted bridges usa paranormal appalachia true ghost stories appalachia The Haunting of the Devils Hollow Bridge Would you cross the Devils Hollow Bridge at midnight or turn back before you ever saw whats waiting" [TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@hollerbacktruth/video/7557473652787186974) 2025-10-05T00:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "The Names That Came Back The mountain started to whisper after viewers spoke the names aloud Now the clock ticks again and the footsteps are back Type a name you want remembered #hauntedappalachia #hollerbacktruth #blackhistory #ghoststories #realhauntings haunted appalachia hollerbacktruth black history sundown town haunting forgotten names ghost story racial history appalachian folklore haunted railroad town haunting of memory southern ghost stories The Names That Came Back haunted appalachia hollerbacktruth black history sundown town haunting forgotten names ghost story racial history" [TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@hollerbacktruth/video/7566987445057670455) 2025-10-30T12:16Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "The Man Who Covered Appalachia in Crosses One man covered Appalachia in crosses and never asked for a dime He gave everything he had to put faith on every ridge #hollerbacktruth #appalachia #faithandgrit #coalcountry #forgottenamerica hollerbacktruth appalachia bernard coffindaffer three crosses west virginia coal country faith and grit roadside crosses appalachian stories mountain faith working class faith appalachian heritage devotion The Man Who Covered Appalachia in Crosses hollerbacktruth appalachia bernard coffindaffer three crosses west virginia coal country faith and grit roadside" [TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@hollerbacktruth/video/7568279788561976607) 2025-11-02T23:51Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "The Old Appalachian Christmas Traditions Nobody Talks About Anymore Old Christmas on January sixth Paper chains popcorn strings extra plates for the dead These are the traditions mountain families once lived by #hollerbacktruth #appalachia #christmastraditions #mountainfolklore #forgottenamerica appalachian christmas traditions old christmas appalachia mountain folklore kentucky heritage west virginia stories southern holiday customs old time christmas mountain winter traditions folklore stories holiday nostalgia The Old Appalachian Christmas Traditions Nobody Talks About Anymore appalachian" [TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@hollerbacktruth/video/7577979946430156062) 2025-11-29T03:12Z [----] followers, 20.5K engagements "The [----] Farmington Mine Disaster They Don't Teach You [--] miners entered Consolidation Coal Company No. [--] in Farmington West Virginia. Only [--] survived. The mine had been cited for over [----] safety violations in three years but the company kept operating because fines were cheaper than shutting down. [--] bodies are still sealed in that mountain today. #AppalachianHistory #FarmingtonMineDisaster #CoalMining #WorkersRights #AppalachianReckoning Farmington mine disaster Consolidation Coal Company West Virginia mining history coal mine safety violations [----] mine explosion Appalachian coal" [TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@hollerbacktruth/video/7598620657324264734) 2026-01-23T18:09Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Purdue Pharma Paid Bonuses for Dose Increases Purdue Pharma sales reps didn't just have quotas for prescriptions they got bonuses when patients increased dosages from 10mg to 40mg to 80mg to 160mg. Internal emails from [----] show executives celebrating dose escalation and calling it "optimization." In Portsmouth Ohio one rep increased OxyContin prescriptions by [---] percent in two years and made over [------] dollars in bonuses. One doctor in Kermit West Virginia (population 392) prescribed [--] million doses in four years while Purdue sent thank you notes and bigger sales targets. #SacklerFamily" [TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@hollerbacktruth/video/7599308779800284446) 2026-01-25T14:39Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "The West Virginia Lawyer Who Won [--] Billion From Opioid Companies Paul Farrell Jr. grew up in Huntington West Virginia watching pills flood his hometown and friends die. Instead of joining a big New York firm he came home and started suing the entire opioid supply chain in [----]. He subpoenaed emails sales data and internal communications that exposed the quotas bonuses and executives joking about pillbillies. Corporations hired [--] law firms to fight him but he kept winning. In [----] his cases forced CVS and Walgreens to pay [---] million dollars to West Virginia counties. Now he's suing private" [TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@hollerbacktruth/video/7600145697421233439) 2026-01-27T20:47Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Joe Manchin Made [--] Million From Coal While Killing Clean Energy Joe Manchin made [--] million dollars from his coal brokerage company Enersystems last year while serving as West Virginia Senator. In [----] he killed the Build Back Better bill that included [---] billion for clean energy and coal worker job transitions claiming it was too expensive while his coal company made record profits. West Virginia has the highest energy costs in the region despite sitting on mountains of coal because Manchin and coal companies wrote laws guaranteeing their profits. In [----] Manchin was the largest recipient of" [TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@hollerbacktruth/video/7600186813772352798) 2026-01-27T23:26Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Big Pharma Is Profiting From Addiction Treatment Now In [----] pharmaceutical companies made [--] billion dollars on addiction treatment medications like Suboxone Methadone and Buprenorphine. The same companies that created the opioid epidemic now profit from treating it using the same playbook. Indivior paid [---] million in [----] to settle fraud charges for pushing Suboxone while hiding addiction risks. Private equity owned treatment clinics are opening across Appalachia charging [---] dollars per visit cash only with weekly visits required. In McDowell County West Virginia (23 percent poverty rate)" [TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@hollerbacktruth/video/7600474535598492958) 2026-01-28T18:03Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "The Town With [---] People and [----] Graves Kermit West Virginia has [---] living residents and over [----] graves from the last [--] years. Between [----] and [----] two pharmacies in Kermit ordered [--] million opioid pills which equals [-----] pills per person including babies. One pharmacist made [--] million dollars in a decade in a town where median income is [-----] dollars per year. The distributors' computer systems flagged Kermit's orders as suspicious thousands of times but shipped them anyway. The DEA had surveillance and evidence but took eight years to shut it down. The cemetery had to expand twice." [TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@hollerbacktruth/video/7600876851149540638) 2026-01-29T20:04Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Why They Love Dolly Parton's Story Dolly Parton is an Appalachian icon who's done incredible things but she's also the exception that proves the rule. They celebrate her because her success story lets them ignore systemic extraction and corporate theft from millions of others. One billionaire from Appalachia doesn't erase [---] years of coal barons stealing wealth. Dolly built libraries but coal companies need to pay back billions. She funded vaccines but the Sacklers need prison. They use her story as a shield so they can celebrate Appalachia without confronting what they did to it. This" [TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@hollerbacktruth/video/7601261223321013534) 2026-01-30T20:56Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "The Governor Coal Companies Assassinated in [----] William Goebel was a Kentucky lawyer who made coal companies pay taxes on extracted wealth. He ran for Governor in [----] on a platform of making coal companies pay their fair share and won. The day before his inauguration in Frankfort someone shot him from a window and he died four days later as the only governor in American history assassinated while in office. They never found who ordered it but everyone knew it was coal companies. After Goebel died Kentucky didn't elect another governor who challenged coal companies for [--] years because the" [TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@hollerbacktruth/video/7601516977781247262) 2026-01-31T13:28Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "DuPont Hid a Chemical Spill For [--] Years In [----] DuPont's Teflon plant in West Virginia leaked C8 chemical contaminating water for six counties and [-----] people. DuPont knew immediately but didn't tell anyone for [--] years while people drank bathed and cooked with contaminated water. By [----] DuPont's internal studies linked C8 to six diseases including kidney cancer and testicular cancer but they had those studies since the 1980s and never released them. Lawyer Rob Bilott found emails showing executives knew C8 was dangerous but decided silence was cheaper than cleanup. DuPont settled for 671" [TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@hollerbacktruth/video/7601730826849553694) 2026-02-01T03:18Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "The Kentucky Town Owned By a Coal Company For [--] Years Lynch Kentucky was entirely owned by U.S. Steel from [----] to [----] including every house street and building. Workers lived in company houses shopped at the company store sent kids to the company school and saw company doctors who decided if injuries were bad enough to stop working. Company police not sheriffs enforced rules and evicted families who complained or tried to unionize. In the 1930s when miners tried to organize U.S. Steel brought armed guards who beat organizers and threw families into winter streets. When coal ran out in 1982" [TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@hollerbacktruth/video/7602404784729099551) 2026-02-02T22:53Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "The County That Produced Billions and Stayed Poor Mingo County West Virginia extracted over [---] million tons of coal between [----] and [----] worth billions in today's money but today has a median household income of [-----] dollars with [--] percent living below poverty. Coal companies from New York Pittsburgh and Philadelphia owned mineral rights and paid miners in company scrip only good at company stores with [--] percent markups. When coal ran out companies left with the wealth and left behind poisoned water destroyed mountains collapsing infrastructure and black lung. Mingo County population" [TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@hollerbacktruth/video/7603078059977149727) 2026-02-04T18:26Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Your Appalachian Ancestors Were Rebels Not Hillbillies In [----] [-----] Appalachian coal miners marched armed on Logan County West Virginia fighting for union rights and fair pay in the Battle of Blair Mountain the largest labor uprising in U.S. history. Coal companies hired private armies and the U.S. government dropped bombs on American workers on American soil. Black and white miners fought together which terrified the ruling class so they crushed the uprising and rewrote history. They turned Appalachian people from dangerous rebels into hillbilly stereotypes and reality TV jokes to erase the" [TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@hollerbacktruth/video/7603245666982186271) 2026-02-05T05:16Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Big Pharma Is Profiting From Addiction Treatment Now In [----] pharmaceutical companies made [--] billion dollars on addiction treatment medications like Suboxone Methadone and Buprenorphine. The same companies that created the opioid epidemic now profit from treating it using the same playbook. Indivior paid [---] million in [----] to settle fraud charges for pushing Suboxone while hiding addiction risks. Private equity owned treatment clinics are opening across Appalachia charging [---] dollars per visit cash only with weekly visits required. In McDowell County West Virginia (23 percent poverty rate)" [TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@hollerbacktruth/video/7603472790993341727) 2026-02-05T19:57Z [----] followers, 11.9K engagements "They Murdered The Sheriff On The Courthouse Steps In [----] Matewan Sheriff Sid Hatfield defended miners' families being evicted by coal company detectives for trying to unionize. When detectives pulled guns Sid and the miners fought back in a gunfight that killed ten men including seven company detectives in the Matewan Massacre. Sid became a hero and was arrested for murder but acquitted in [----] for self defense. On August [--] [----] coal company agents shot Sid Hatfield unarmed on the Welch West Virginia courthouse steps in broad daylight in front of his wife. The killers were never convicted." [TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@hollerbacktruth/video/7603735106032766238) 2026-02-06T12:56Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "The Billion Dollar Land Theft No One Talks About In [----] land agents went door to door in Appalachia telling families they were buying timber rights for [--] cents to a dollar per acre but contracts said "all mineral rights in perpetuity" and most families couldn't read or understand legal language. By [----] corporations owned mineral rights to millions of acres for less than the cost of a meal per acre. These contracts are still valid today allowing companies to mine frack and destroy land even if families own surface rights and have lived there [---] years. In the 1980s a coal company used an" [TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@hollerbacktruth/video/7603805399636053279) 2026-02-06T17:28Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Prescription Drugs Cost [--] Times More In Appalachia The same insulin that costs [--] dollars in Ohio costs [---] dollars in West Virginia because pharmaceutical companies systematically price gouge Appalachia. A [----] study showed Appalachian counties pay [--] to [--] percent more for medications than urban areas because Walmart and CVS bought independent pharmacies creating pharmacy deserts with no competition. McDowell County West Virginia has two pharmacies for [-----] people both owned by the same corporation. Linda from Mingo County pays [---] dollars monthly for insulin on [----] dollar disability" [TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@hollerbacktruth/video/7604233314483899678) 2026-02-07T21:09Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "The Pill That Killed More People Than Vietnam Sackler family OxyContin deaths Purdue Pharma opioid epidemic [------] deaths Vietnam War comparison Appalachian targeting pharmaceutical crimes Sackler immunity [--] billion offshore opioid crisis accountability zero jail time mass death corporate murder The Pill That Killed More People Than Vietnam Sackler family OxyContin deaths Purdue Pharma opioid epidemic [------] deaths Vietnam War comparison Appalachian targeting pharmaceutical crimes Sackler immunity [--] billion offshore opioid crisis accountability zero jail time mass death corporate murder The" [TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@hollerbacktruth/video/7604936080206368030) 2026-02-09T18:36Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "The Forever Chemical In Your Blood Right Now PFAS "forever chemicals" are in your blood permanently and Appalachian residents have levels [--] to [--] times higher than the national average because chemical plants dumped PFAS for [--] years. DuPont's Washington Works plant in Parkersburg West Virginia contaminated [-----] people's water for decades. Internal documents from [----] show DuPont knew PFAS caused cancer thyroid disease and birth defects but didn't tell anyone for [--] years until farmer Wilbur Tennant filmed his dying cattle near a DuPont landfill. The 16-year lawsuit settled for [---] million" [TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@hollerbacktruth/video/7605202290554735902) 2026-02-10T11:49Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Private Equity Is Buying Your Appalachian Town Right Now Pretium Partners owns [----] homes in West Virginia bought from families after medical debt and job loss now renting them back for triple the mortgage. In Huntington [--] percent of rentals are owned by out-of-state corporations with rent money leaving Appalachia for Wall Street. These companies don't maintain properties - Sarah in Morgantown called [--] times about broken heat in January with three kids withheld rent and got evicted while Pretium made [---] billion in profit. When corporations own housing families can never build wealth and" [TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@hollerbacktruth/video/7606379085325012254) 2026-02-13T15:55Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Water Crisis in McDowell County Paying for Poison Water Bills Higher Than Rent For Water You Can't Drink In McDowell County West Virginia average water bills are [---] dollars monthly for brown water that smells like sulfur and can't be consumed. The system has 1940s pipes leaking [--] percent of water before reaching homes but customers pay for all lost water. American Water bought the system in [----] promised upgrades but never delivered and raised rates annually while blaming infrastructure they refused to fix. In [----] Brenda Muncy got a [---] dollar bill for leaks between the main line and her" [TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@hollerbacktruth/video/7602750512324201759) 2026-02-03T21:15Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Your Doctor Gets Paid To Keep You Sick Pharmaceutical companies paid West Virginia doctors over [--] million dollars in [----] for prescribing their drugs instead of curing patients. One Charleston doctor got [------] dollars in one year. Doctors get bonuses for prescribing expensive medications instead of addressing root causes like diet and lifestyle. Type [--] diabetes can be reversed but curing patients means losing [---] dollars monthly in prescriptions and pharmaceutical bonuses. Rita from Logan County was on three diabetes medications costing [---] monthly her doctor said "just take the pills" but" [TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@hollerbacktruth/video/7606460716899421470) 2026-02-13T21:12Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "The Appalachian Genocide No One Talks About Between [----] and [----] over [------] Appalachian people disappeared with no death certificates or burial records as coal companies didn't report deaths and buried miners in unmarked graves telling families they "moved on." The [----] Monongah explosion officially killed [---] miners but company records showed [---] entered and only [---] came out alive meaning [---] bodies were never recovered or counted when the company sealed the mine then reopened it six months later for coal not bodies. Official West Virginia death toll is [-----] between 1900-1930 but adding" [TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@hollerbacktruth/video/7606549806990789918) 2026-02-14T02:58Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Appalachia Should Secede From The United States Appalachia has been a colony for [---] years with trillions in wealth extracted while receiving the worst poverty health education and infrastructure in America. The federal government enabled coal company violations gave Sacklers a slap on the wrist did nothing about hospital closures and allowed private equity to buy towns. If Appalachia were independent we'd control our natural resources build our own healthcare and education systems and keep our economy here instead of Wall Street. We have natural resources water farmland forests and energy to" [TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@hollerbacktruth/video/7606713530422725919) 2026-02-14T13:33Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "They're Evicting Cancer Patients From Hospitals Patricia was receiving week [--] of [--] chemotherapy treatments for stage [--] breast cancer at Charleston Area Medical Center in [----] when she lost her job and insurance. The hospital gave her [--] hours to leave mid-treatment. She couldn't find another facility for three weeks the cancer spread during the gap and she died in [----] sixteen months later. James from Logan County was discharged mid-heart surgery recovery when insurance denied extended stay developed infection three days later went septic needed emergency surgery costing [------] dollars" [TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@hollerbacktruth/video/7607445988747349279) 2026-02-16T12:56Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Your Pharmacy Is Calling The Police On You West Virginia law requires pharmacies to report "suspicious prescription activity" to police including filling pain meds two days early getting antibiotics from two doctors or picking up a spouse's prescription. Lisa from Huntington filled a three-day emergency prescription in [----] and police arrested her for "doctor shopping" spending two nights in jail and losing her job before charges were dropped. In [----] West Virginia pharmacies filed [-----] suspicious activity reports mostly for legal prescriptions. Once flagged in the database pharmacists" [TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@hollerbacktruth/video/7607272087471820062) 2026-02-16T01:41Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "A Coal Company Owns Your DNA In [----] Coronado Global Resources funded "free health screenings" in McDowell County West Virginia collecting DNA without disclosure to build genetic databases for lawsuit defense. Robert from McDowell got his cholesterol checked in [----] was diagnosed with black lung in [----] after [--] years mining but the coal company used his DNA from the screening to argue genetic predisposition and got his case dismissed. Over [-----] Appalachian residents gave DNA at these screenings in [----] not knowing their genetic information is owned by companies that poisoned them. Consent" [TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@hollerbacktruth/video/7607163547520388383) 2026-02-15T18:40Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Your Student Loans Are Owned By A Coal Company Arch Coal owns a subsidiary called Arch Receivables that bought [---] billion in student loan debt between 2010-2018 specifically targeting Appalachian debt with high default rates. When you default a [-----] loan becomes [-----] with fees and interest where they profit. Sarah from Mingo County took [-----] in loans to teach made [-----] yearly paying [---] monthly until Arch bought her loan in [----] and raised payments to [---] monthly. She missed three payments they added [----] in penalties and her loan is now [-----] while teaching for [-----] yearly. Arch Coal" [TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@hollerbacktruth/video/7607059036617461022) 2026-02-15T11:55Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "They Charged A Dying Man For His Own Autopsy Michael Harris [--] died in a West Virginia ER from a heart attack after six hours. His widow Jennifer got a [-----] dollar hospital bill plus an [----] dollar autopsy bill the hospital performed without consent under "policy." When the school teacher making [-----] yearly couldn't pay they sent it to collections and put a lien on her house. In West Virginia hospitals can perform autopsies without family consent and bill families 5000-10000 dollars. Carol from Logan County was billed [----] for her mother's COVID autopsy despite known cause of death couldn't" [TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@hollerbacktruth/video/7606907438230539550) 2026-02-15T02:06Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "The Intentional Destruction of Appalachia: The Opioid Crisis Explained The opioid crisis wasn't an accident but intentional targeting of politically inconvenient Appalachian communities. Timeline: [----] Appalachians win lawsuits against coal companies [----] Purdue launches OxyContin targeting Appalachia first [----] prescriptions are 3X national average [----] organizing stops as overdoses skyrocket [----] coal companies expand with little resistance. The Sackler family had ties to coal and timber corporate networks on same boards and donor lists. This mirrors CIA tactics flooding Black communities" [TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@hollerbacktruth/video/7606802408852802847) 2026-02-14T19:18Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Appalachia Should Secede From The United States Appalachia has been a colony for [---] years with trillions in wealth extracted while receiving the worst poverty health education and infrastructure in America. The federal government enabled coal company violations gave Sacklers a slap on the wrist did nothing about hospital closures and allowed private equity to buy towns. If Appalachia were independent we'd control our natural resources build our own healthcare and education systems and keep our economy here instead of Wall Street. We have natural resources water farmland forests and energy to" [TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@hollerbacktruth/video/7606713530422725919) 2026-02-14T13:33Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "The Appalachian Genocide No One Talks About Between [----] and [----] over [------] Appalachian people disappeared with no death certificates or burial records as coal companies didn't report deaths and buried miners in unmarked graves telling families they "moved on." The [----] Monongah explosion officially killed [---] miners but company records showed [---] entered and only [---] came out alive meaning [---] bodies were never recovered or counted when the company sealed the mine then reopened it six months later for coal not bodies. Official West Virginia death toll is [-----] between 1900-1930 but adding" [TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@hollerbacktruth/video/7606549806990789918) 2026-02-14T02:58Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Your Doctor Gets Paid To Keep You Sick Pharmaceutical companies paid West Virginia doctors over [--] million dollars in [----] for prescribing their drugs instead of curing patients. One Charleston doctor got [------] dollars in one year. Doctors get bonuses for prescribing expensive medications instead of addressing root causes like diet and lifestyle. Type [--] diabetes can be reversed but curing patients means losing [---] dollars monthly in prescriptions and pharmaceutical bonuses. Rita from Logan County was on three diabetes medications costing [---] monthly her doctor said "just take the pills" but" [TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@hollerbacktruth/video/7606460716899421470) 2026-02-13T21:12Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Private Equity Is Buying Your Appalachian Town Right Now Pretium Partners owns [----] homes in West Virginia bought from families after medical debt and job loss now renting them back for triple the mortgage. In Huntington [--] percent of rentals are owned by out-of-state corporations with rent money leaving Appalachia for Wall Street. These companies don't maintain properties - Sarah in Morgantown called [--] times about broken heat in January with three kids withheld rent and got evicted while Pretium made [---] billion in profit. When corporations own housing families can never build wealth and" [TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@hollerbacktruth/video/7606379085325012254) 2026-02-13T15:55Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Dolly Parton Could End Appalachian Poverty But Won't Dolly Parton is worth [---] million dollars and made her fortune off Appalachian culture music stories and struggle. Sevier County where Dollywood is located has a [--] percent poverty rate while Dollywood workers make [--] dollars an hour and can't afford rent. Dollywood made [--] billion in revenue in [----] while workers got [--] dollars hourly. Dolly could pay every employee [--] dollars an hour without denting her fortune but doesn't. Her success story is used as proof the system works letting coal companies politicians and corporations off the hook" [TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@hollerbacktruth/video/7606142985192951070) 2026-02-13T00:39Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Stop Joining The Military To Escape Appalachia Appalachia has the highest military enlistment rate in America at twice the national average not from patriotism but desperation after coal mines closed factories left and hospitals shut down. The military is the only employer offering healthcare housing and paychecks so 18-year-olds sign up to survive not serve. Rich kids go to college while poor kids go to war in a poverty draft. Appalachia also has the highest military death rate per capita. Politicians like Joe Manchin who vote against jobs healthcare and education show up at military" [TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@hollerbacktruth/video/7606057692884438303) 2026-02-12T19:08Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "The Coal Mine Fire That's Burned For [--] Years Centralia Pennsylvania has a coal mine fire burning underground for [--] years that could have been stopped in [----] for [-----] dollars but the government said it was too expensive. Now it costs [---] million and they still won't fix it. In [----] 12-year-old Todd Domboski fell into a 150-foot sinkhole filled with carbon monoxide in his grandmother's backyard. The government offered buyouts in [----] and the town went from [----] people to [--] residents today with revoked zip code. The fire is spreading under three other towns and could burn for [---] years with" [TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@hollerbacktruth/video/7605988710747852062) 2026-02-12T14:41Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "He Died In The Hospital Parking Lot To Avoid The Bill James Veach [--] from West Virginia had a heart attack and drove himself [--] miles to the hospital instead of calling an ambulance because his last ambulance ride cost [----] dollars that he was still paying off. He died in the ER parking lot [--] feet from help. In McDowell County ambulance rides cost [----] dollars on average while median income is [-----] dollars making it [--] percent of annual income. Linda had chest pains but called her son [--] minutes away instead of [---] because she feared the bill more than dying resulting in permanent heart" [TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@hollerbacktruth/video/7605808843070655774) 2026-02-12T03:03Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "The Town That Disappeared Overnight Kayford West Virginia went from [----] people in [----] to completely erased by [----] when the coal company bulldozed the entire town to strip mine underneath using mineral rights from 1890s contracts. Families got [--] days notice with pennies for buyouts. Judy Bonds refused to leave so the company blasted [---] feet from her house shattering windows and cracking foundations then cut off her water claiming contamination from their own blasting. She hauled water for two years before the unlivable house forced her out and they demolished it the next day. The church" [TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@hollerbacktruth/video/7605713608399392030) 2026-02-11T20:53Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "The Opioid Crisis Didnt Start in the Streets They said addiction was a personal failure. But the crisis that devastated Appalachian towns began with legal prescriptions and aggressive marketing. Follow HollerBackTruth for the stories they reduce to headlines. #appalachia #opioidcrisis #coalcountry #workingclass #ruralamerica opioid epidemic appalachia prescription painkillers history pharmaceutical marketing controversy rural addiction crisis coal miner injuries corporate accountability The Opioid Crisis Didnt Start in the Streets opioid epidemic appalachia prescription painkillers history" [TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@hollerbacktruth/video/7605649083348389150) 2026-02-11T16:43Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Paul Farrell Jr.: The Lawyer Taking on the Pharmaceutical Giants Paul Farrell Jr.: The Lawyer Taking on the Pharmaceutical Giants Paul Farrell Jr Huntington West Virginia opioid lawsuit [--] billion settlement [--] billion national settlement pharmaceutical litigation supply chain lawsuit corporate threats lawyer targeted Appalachian hero fighting back opioid justice private equity lawsuits David vs Goliath Paul Farrell Jr.: The Lawyer Taking on the Pharmaceutical Giants Paul Farrell Jr Huntington West Virginia opioid lawsuit [--] billion settlement [--] billion national settlement pharmaceutical" [TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@hollerbacktruth/video/7605380648831831326) 2026-02-10T23:21Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Your Grandma's Wedding Ring Paid For A Mansion In New York During the Great Depression Appalachian families sold wedding rings pocket watches and heirlooms for pennies while starving as coal mines shut down. Traveling buyers from New York and Philadelphia companies paid [--] dollars for gold rings worth [--] dollars collected thousands of pounds of gold and silver melted it down and sold at full market value making fortunes off desperation. The federal government bought gold at [-----] per ounce then immediately raised the price to [--] per ounce and only the rich could afford to buy at the new price" [TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@hollerbacktruth/video/7605288385514573086) 2026-02-10T17:23Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "The Forever Chemical In Your Blood Right Now PFAS "forever chemicals" are in your blood permanently and Appalachian residents have levels [--] to [--] times higher than the national average because chemical plants dumped PFAS for [--] years. DuPont's Washington Works plant in Parkersburg West Virginia contaminated [-----] people's water for decades. Internal documents from [----] show DuPont knew PFAS caused cancer thyroid disease and birth defects but didn't tell anyone for [--] years until farmer Wilbur Tennant filmed his dying cattle near a DuPont landfill. The 16-year lawsuit settled for [---] million" [TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@hollerbacktruth/video/7605202290554735902) 2026-02-10T11:49Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "The Pill That Killed More People Than Vietnam Sackler family OxyContin deaths Purdue Pharma opioid epidemic [------] deaths Vietnam War comparison Appalachian targeting pharmaceutical crimes Sackler immunity [--] billion offshore opioid crisis accountability zero jail time mass death corporate murder The Pill That Killed More People Than Vietnam Sackler family OxyContin deaths Purdue Pharma opioid epidemic [------] deaths Vietnam War comparison Appalachian targeting pharmaceutical crimes Sackler immunity [--] billion offshore opioid crisis accountability zero jail time mass death corporate murder The" [TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@hollerbacktruth/video/7604936080206368030) 2026-02-09T18:36Z [----] followers, [---] engagements Limited data mode. 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"Why they need Appalachia to look like a failure Coal Country Forgotten America Opioid Ground Zero Working-Class Pride Generational Betrayal Holler Roots Rust Belt Borderlands Cultural Stereotypes Veteran Sacrifice Economic Extraction Coal Country Forgotten America Opioid Ground Zero Working-Class Pride Generational Betrayal Holler Roots Rust Belt Borderlands Cultural Stereotypes Veteran Sacrifice Economic Extraction #AppalachianTruth #CoalCountryStories #ForgottenAppalachia #OpioidGroundZero #ReclaimAppalachia Why They Need Appalachia to Look Like a Failure Coal Country Forgotten America"
TikTok Link 2025-08-30T03:40Z [---] followers, [----] engagements
"The House That Screams At Night This haunted Appalachian house has a legend so creepy it makes people leave in the middle of the night. Hear the story and decide if you would stay inside. #haunted #ghoststories #halloween #appalachia #spookystories haunted appalachia haunted house story halloween ghost stories creepy legends appalachian folklore scary tiktok stories haunted places usa true ghost stories spooky tiktok ghost legends appalachian reckoning scary halloween stories haunted appalachia haunted house story halloween ghost stories creepy legends appalachian folklore scary tiktok"
TikTok Link 2025-09-30T10:23Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"The Haunting That Killed a Man The Bell Witch of Tennessee is one of the most terrifying and controversial ghost stories in American history. Was it hysteria a curse or something darker. #haunted #ghoststories #appalachia #spookyseason #paranormal haunted appalachia appalachian ghost stories bell witch haunting scariest american haunting appalachian legends scary tennessee stories haunted history appalachia creepy appalachian tales real witch stories haunted south The Haunting That Killed a Man Was John Bell killed by the Bell Witch or by his own neighbors covering up the truth haunted"
TikTok Link 2025-10-03T17:05Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"The Haunting of the Devils Hollow Bridge They say violence leaves a mark you cant wash away. Deep in Kentucky one bridge still echoes with the screams of a crime the town tried to forget. #haunted #ghoststory #appalachia #horror #paranormal appalachian hauntings devils hollow bridge haunted kentucky ghost bridge legends appalachian murders violent hauntings kentucky ghost stories haunted bridges usa paranormal appalachia true ghost stories appalachia The Haunting of the Devils Hollow Bridge Would you cross the Devils Hollow Bridge at midnight or turn back before you ever saw whats waiting"
TikTok Link 2025-10-05T00:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"The Names That Came Back The mountain started to whisper after viewers spoke the names aloud Now the clock ticks again and the footsteps are back Type a name you want remembered #hauntedappalachia #hollerbacktruth #blackhistory #ghoststories #realhauntings haunted appalachia hollerbacktruth black history sundown town haunting forgotten names ghost story racial history appalachian folklore haunted railroad town haunting of memory southern ghost stories The Names That Came Back haunted appalachia hollerbacktruth black history sundown town haunting forgotten names ghost story racial history"
TikTok Link 2025-10-30T12:16Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"The Man Who Covered Appalachia in Crosses One man covered Appalachia in crosses and never asked for a dime He gave everything he had to put faith on every ridge #hollerbacktruth #appalachia #faithandgrit #coalcountry #forgottenamerica hollerbacktruth appalachia bernard coffindaffer three crosses west virginia coal country faith and grit roadside crosses appalachian stories mountain faith working class faith appalachian heritage devotion The Man Who Covered Appalachia in Crosses hollerbacktruth appalachia bernard coffindaffer three crosses west virginia coal country faith and grit roadside"
TikTok Link 2025-11-02T23:51Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"The Old Appalachian Christmas Traditions Nobody Talks About Anymore Old Christmas on January sixth Paper chains popcorn strings extra plates for the dead These are the traditions mountain families once lived by #hollerbacktruth #appalachia #christmastraditions #mountainfolklore #forgottenamerica appalachian christmas traditions old christmas appalachia mountain folklore kentucky heritage west virginia stories southern holiday customs old time christmas mountain winter traditions folklore stories holiday nostalgia The Old Appalachian Christmas Traditions Nobody Talks About Anymore appalachian"
TikTok Link 2025-11-29T03:12Z [----] followers, 20.5K engagements
"The [----] Farmington Mine Disaster They Don't Teach You [--] miners entered Consolidation Coal Company No. [--] in Farmington West Virginia. Only [--] survived. The mine had been cited for over [----] safety violations in three years but the company kept operating because fines were cheaper than shutting down. [--] bodies are still sealed in that mountain today. #AppalachianHistory #FarmingtonMineDisaster #CoalMining #WorkersRights #AppalachianReckoning Farmington mine disaster Consolidation Coal Company West Virginia mining history coal mine safety violations [----] mine explosion Appalachian coal"
TikTok Link 2026-01-23T18:09Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Purdue Pharma Paid Bonuses for Dose Increases Purdue Pharma sales reps didn't just have quotas for prescriptions they got bonuses when patients increased dosages from 10mg to 40mg to 80mg to 160mg. Internal emails from [----] show executives celebrating dose escalation and calling it "optimization." In Portsmouth Ohio one rep increased OxyContin prescriptions by [---] percent in two years and made over [------] dollars in bonuses. One doctor in Kermit West Virginia (population 392) prescribed [--] million doses in four years while Purdue sent thank you notes and bigger sales targets. #SacklerFamily"
TikTok Link 2026-01-25T14:39Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"The West Virginia Lawyer Who Won [--] Billion From Opioid Companies Paul Farrell Jr. grew up in Huntington West Virginia watching pills flood his hometown and friends die. Instead of joining a big New York firm he came home and started suing the entire opioid supply chain in [----]. He subpoenaed emails sales data and internal communications that exposed the quotas bonuses and executives joking about pillbillies. Corporations hired [--] law firms to fight him but he kept winning. In [----] his cases forced CVS and Walgreens to pay [---] million dollars to West Virginia counties. Now he's suing private"
TikTok Link 2026-01-27T20:47Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Joe Manchin Made [--] Million From Coal While Killing Clean Energy Joe Manchin made [--] million dollars from his coal brokerage company Enersystems last year while serving as West Virginia Senator. In [----] he killed the Build Back Better bill that included [---] billion for clean energy and coal worker job transitions claiming it was too expensive while his coal company made record profits. West Virginia has the highest energy costs in the region despite sitting on mountains of coal because Manchin and coal companies wrote laws guaranteeing their profits. In [----] Manchin was the largest recipient of"
TikTok Link 2026-01-27T23:26Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Big Pharma Is Profiting From Addiction Treatment Now In [----] pharmaceutical companies made [--] billion dollars on addiction treatment medications like Suboxone Methadone and Buprenorphine. The same companies that created the opioid epidemic now profit from treating it using the same playbook. Indivior paid [---] million in [----] to settle fraud charges for pushing Suboxone while hiding addiction risks. Private equity owned treatment clinics are opening across Appalachia charging [---] dollars per visit cash only with weekly visits required. In McDowell County West Virginia (23 percent poverty rate)"
TikTok Link 2026-01-28T18:03Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"The Town With [---] People and [----] Graves Kermit West Virginia has [---] living residents and over [----] graves from the last [--] years. Between [----] and [----] two pharmacies in Kermit ordered [--] million opioid pills which equals [-----] pills per person including babies. One pharmacist made [--] million dollars in a decade in a town where median income is [-----] dollars per year. The distributors' computer systems flagged Kermit's orders as suspicious thousands of times but shipped them anyway. The DEA had surveillance and evidence but took eight years to shut it down. The cemetery had to expand twice."
TikTok Link 2026-01-29T20:04Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Why They Love Dolly Parton's Story Dolly Parton is an Appalachian icon who's done incredible things but she's also the exception that proves the rule. They celebrate her because her success story lets them ignore systemic extraction and corporate theft from millions of others. One billionaire from Appalachia doesn't erase [---] years of coal barons stealing wealth. Dolly built libraries but coal companies need to pay back billions. She funded vaccines but the Sacklers need prison. They use her story as a shield so they can celebrate Appalachia without confronting what they did to it. This"
TikTok Link 2026-01-30T20:56Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"The Governor Coal Companies Assassinated in [----] William Goebel was a Kentucky lawyer who made coal companies pay taxes on extracted wealth. He ran for Governor in [----] on a platform of making coal companies pay their fair share and won. The day before his inauguration in Frankfort someone shot him from a window and he died four days later as the only governor in American history assassinated while in office. They never found who ordered it but everyone knew it was coal companies. After Goebel died Kentucky didn't elect another governor who challenged coal companies for [--] years because the"
TikTok Link 2026-01-31T13:28Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"DuPont Hid a Chemical Spill For [--] Years In [----] DuPont's Teflon plant in West Virginia leaked C8 chemical contaminating water for six counties and [-----] people. DuPont knew immediately but didn't tell anyone for [--] years while people drank bathed and cooked with contaminated water. By [----] DuPont's internal studies linked C8 to six diseases including kidney cancer and testicular cancer but they had those studies since the 1980s and never released them. Lawyer Rob Bilott found emails showing executives knew C8 was dangerous but decided silence was cheaper than cleanup. DuPont settled for 671"
TikTok Link 2026-02-01T03:18Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"The Kentucky Town Owned By a Coal Company For [--] Years Lynch Kentucky was entirely owned by U.S. Steel from [----] to [----] including every house street and building. Workers lived in company houses shopped at the company store sent kids to the company school and saw company doctors who decided if injuries were bad enough to stop working. Company police not sheriffs enforced rules and evicted families who complained or tried to unionize. In the 1930s when miners tried to organize U.S. Steel brought armed guards who beat organizers and threw families into winter streets. When coal ran out in 1982"
TikTok Link 2026-02-02T22:53Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"The County That Produced Billions and Stayed Poor Mingo County West Virginia extracted over [---] million tons of coal between [----] and [----] worth billions in today's money but today has a median household income of [-----] dollars with [--] percent living below poverty. Coal companies from New York Pittsburgh and Philadelphia owned mineral rights and paid miners in company scrip only good at company stores with [--] percent markups. When coal ran out companies left with the wealth and left behind poisoned water destroyed mountains collapsing infrastructure and black lung. Mingo County population"
TikTok Link 2026-02-04T18:26Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Your Appalachian Ancestors Were Rebels Not Hillbillies In [----] [-----] Appalachian coal miners marched armed on Logan County West Virginia fighting for union rights and fair pay in the Battle of Blair Mountain the largest labor uprising in U.S. history. Coal companies hired private armies and the U.S. government dropped bombs on American workers on American soil. Black and white miners fought together which terrified the ruling class so they crushed the uprising and rewrote history. They turned Appalachian people from dangerous rebels into hillbilly stereotypes and reality TV jokes to erase the"
TikTok Link 2026-02-05T05:16Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Big Pharma Is Profiting From Addiction Treatment Now In [----] pharmaceutical companies made [--] billion dollars on addiction treatment medications like Suboxone Methadone and Buprenorphine. The same companies that created the opioid epidemic now profit from treating it using the same playbook. Indivior paid [---] million in [----] to settle fraud charges for pushing Suboxone while hiding addiction risks. Private equity owned treatment clinics are opening across Appalachia charging [---] dollars per visit cash only with weekly visits required. In McDowell County West Virginia (23 percent poverty rate)"
TikTok Link 2026-02-05T19:57Z [----] followers, 11.9K engagements
"They Murdered The Sheriff On The Courthouse Steps In [----] Matewan Sheriff Sid Hatfield defended miners' families being evicted by coal company detectives for trying to unionize. When detectives pulled guns Sid and the miners fought back in a gunfight that killed ten men including seven company detectives in the Matewan Massacre. Sid became a hero and was arrested for murder but acquitted in [----] for self defense. On August [--] [----] coal company agents shot Sid Hatfield unarmed on the Welch West Virginia courthouse steps in broad daylight in front of his wife. The killers were never convicted."
TikTok Link 2026-02-06T12:56Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"The Billion Dollar Land Theft No One Talks About In [----] land agents went door to door in Appalachia telling families they were buying timber rights for [--] cents to a dollar per acre but contracts said "all mineral rights in perpetuity" and most families couldn't read or understand legal language. By [----] corporations owned mineral rights to millions of acres for less than the cost of a meal per acre. These contracts are still valid today allowing companies to mine frack and destroy land even if families own surface rights and have lived there [---] years. In the 1980s a coal company used an"
TikTok Link 2026-02-06T17:28Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Prescription Drugs Cost [--] Times More In Appalachia The same insulin that costs [--] dollars in Ohio costs [---] dollars in West Virginia because pharmaceutical companies systematically price gouge Appalachia. A [----] study showed Appalachian counties pay [--] to [--] percent more for medications than urban areas because Walmart and CVS bought independent pharmacies creating pharmacy deserts with no competition. McDowell County West Virginia has two pharmacies for [-----] people both owned by the same corporation. Linda from Mingo County pays [---] dollars monthly for insulin on [----] dollar disability"
TikTok Link 2026-02-07T21:09Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"The Pill That Killed More People Than Vietnam Sackler family OxyContin deaths Purdue Pharma opioid epidemic [------] deaths Vietnam War comparison Appalachian targeting pharmaceutical crimes Sackler immunity [--] billion offshore opioid crisis accountability zero jail time mass death corporate murder The Pill That Killed More People Than Vietnam Sackler family OxyContin deaths Purdue Pharma opioid epidemic [------] deaths Vietnam War comparison Appalachian targeting pharmaceutical crimes Sackler immunity [--] billion offshore opioid crisis accountability zero jail time mass death corporate murder The"
TikTok Link 2026-02-09T18:36Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"The Forever Chemical In Your Blood Right Now PFAS "forever chemicals" are in your blood permanently and Appalachian residents have levels [--] to [--] times higher than the national average because chemical plants dumped PFAS for [--] years. DuPont's Washington Works plant in Parkersburg West Virginia contaminated [-----] people's water for decades. Internal documents from [----] show DuPont knew PFAS caused cancer thyroid disease and birth defects but didn't tell anyone for [--] years until farmer Wilbur Tennant filmed his dying cattle near a DuPont landfill. The 16-year lawsuit settled for [---] million"
TikTok Link 2026-02-10T11:49Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Private Equity Is Buying Your Appalachian Town Right Now Pretium Partners owns [----] homes in West Virginia bought from families after medical debt and job loss now renting them back for triple the mortgage. In Huntington [--] percent of rentals are owned by out-of-state corporations with rent money leaving Appalachia for Wall Street. These companies don't maintain properties - Sarah in Morgantown called [--] times about broken heat in January with three kids withheld rent and got evicted while Pretium made [---] billion in profit. When corporations own housing families can never build wealth and"
TikTok Link 2026-02-13T15:55Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Water Crisis in McDowell County Paying for Poison Water Bills Higher Than Rent For Water You Can't Drink In McDowell County West Virginia average water bills are [---] dollars monthly for brown water that smells like sulfur and can't be consumed. The system has 1940s pipes leaking [--] percent of water before reaching homes but customers pay for all lost water. American Water bought the system in [----] promised upgrades but never delivered and raised rates annually while blaming infrastructure they refused to fix. In [----] Brenda Muncy got a [---] dollar bill for leaks between the main line and her"
TikTok Link 2026-02-03T21:15Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Your Doctor Gets Paid To Keep You Sick Pharmaceutical companies paid West Virginia doctors over [--] million dollars in [----] for prescribing their drugs instead of curing patients. One Charleston doctor got [------] dollars in one year. Doctors get bonuses for prescribing expensive medications instead of addressing root causes like diet and lifestyle. Type [--] diabetes can be reversed but curing patients means losing [---] dollars monthly in prescriptions and pharmaceutical bonuses. Rita from Logan County was on three diabetes medications costing [---] monthly her doctor said "just take the pills" but"
TikTok Link 2026-02-13T21:12Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"The Appalachian Genocide No One Talks About Between [----] and [----] over [------] Appalachian people disappeared with no death certificates or burial records as coal companies didn't report deaths and buried miners in unmarked graves telling families they "moved on." The [----] Monongah explosion officially killed [---] miners but company records showed [---] entered and only [---] came out alive meaning [---] bodies were never recovered or counted when the company sealed the mine then reopened it six months later for coal not bodies. Official West Virginia death toll is [-----] between 1900-1930 but adding"
TikTok Link 2026-02-14T02:58Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Appalachia Should Secede From The United States Appalachia has been a colony for [---] years with trillions in wealth extracted while receiving the worst poverty health education and infrastructure in America. The federal government enabled coal company violations gave Sacklers a slap on the wrist did nothing about hospital closures and allowed private equity to buy towns. If Appalachia were independent we'd control our natural resources build our own healthcare and education systems and keep our economy here instead of Wall Street. We have natural resources water farmland forests and energy to"
TikTok Link 2026-02-14T13:33Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"They're Evicting Cancer Patients From Hospitals Patricia was receiving week [--] of [--] chemotherapy treatments for stage [--] breast cancer at Charleston Area Medical Center in [----] when she lost her job and insurance. The hospital gave her [--] hours to leave mid-treatment. She couldn't find another facility for three weeks the cancer spread during the gap and she died in [----] sixteen months later. James from Logan County was discharged mid-heart surgery recovery when insurance denied extended stay developed infection three days later went septic needed emergency surgery costing [------] dollars"
TikTok Link 2026-02-16T12:56Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Your Pharmacy Is Calling The Police On You West Virginia law requires pharmacies to report "suspicious prescription activity" to police including filling pain meds two days early getting antibiotics from two doctors or picking up a spouse's prescription. Lisa from Huntington filled a three-day emergency prescription in [----] and police arrested her for "doctor shopping" spending two nights in jail and losing her job before charges were dropped. In [----] West Virginia pharmacies filed [-----] suspicious activity reports mostly for legal prescriptions. Once flagged in the database pharmacists"
TikTok Link 2026-02-16T01:41Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"A Coal Company Owns Your DNA In [----] Coronado Global Resources funded "free health screenings" in McDowell County West Virginia collecting DNA without disclosure to build genetic databases for lawsuit defense. Robert from McDowell got his cholesterol checked in [----] was diagnosed with black lung in [----] after [--] years mining but the coal company used his DNA from the screening to argue genetic predisposition and got his case dismissed. Over [-----] Appalachian residents gave DNA at these screenings in [----] not knowing their genetic information is owned by companies that poisoned them. Consent"
TikTok Link 2026-02-15T18:40Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Your Student Loans Are Owned By A Coal Company Arch Coal owns a subsidiary called Arch Receivables that bought [---] billion in student loan debt between 2010-2018 specifically targeting Appalachian debt with high default rates. When you default a [-----] loan becomes [-----] with fees and interest where they profit. Sarah from Mingo County took [-----] in loans to teach made [-----] yearly paying [---] monthly until Arch bought her loan in [----] and raised payments to [---] monthly. She missed three payments they added [----] in penalties and her loan is now [-----] while teaching for [-----] yearly. Arch Coal"
TikTok Link 2026-02-15T11:55Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"They Charged A Dying Man For His Own Autopsy Michael Harris [--] died in a West Virginia ER from a heart attack after six hours. His widow Jennifer got a [-----] dollar hospital bill plus an [----] dollar autopsy bill the hospital performed without consent under "policy." When the school teacher making [-----] yearly couldn't pay they sent it to collections and put a lien on her house. In West Virginia hospitals can perform autopsies without family consent and bill families 5000-10000 dollars. Carol from Logan County was billed [----] for her mother's COVID autopsy despite known cause of death couldn't"
TikTok Link 2026-02-15T02:06Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"The Intentional Destruction of Appalachia: The Opioid Crisis Explained The opioid crisis wasn't an accident but intentional targeting of politically inconvenient Appalachian communities. Timeline: [----] Appalachians win lawsuits against coal companies [----] Purdue launches OxyContin targeting Appalachia first [----] prescriptions are 3X national average [----] organizing stops as overdoses skyrocket [----] coal companies expand with little resistance. The Sackler family had ties to coal and timber corporate networks on same boards and donor lists. This mirrors CIA tactics flooding Black communities"
TikTok Link 2026-02-14T19:18Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Appalachia Should Secede From The United States Appalachia has been a colony for [---] years with trillions in wealth extracted while receiving the worst poverty health education and infrastructure in America. The federal government enabled coal company violations gave Sacklers a slap on the wrist did nothing about hospital closures and allowed private equity to buy towns. If Appalachia were independent we'd control our natural resources build our own healthcare and education systems and keep our economy here instead of Wall Street. We have natural resources water farmland forests and energy to"
TikTok Link 2026-02-14T13:33Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"The Appalachian Genocide No One Talks About Between [----] and [----] over [------] Appalachian people disappeared with no death certificates or burial records as coal companies didn't report deaths and buried miners in unmarked graves telling families they "moved on." The [----] Monongah explosion officially killed [---] miners but company records showed [---] entered and only [---] came out alive meaning [---] bodies were never recovered or counted when the company sealed the mine then reopened it six months later for coal not bodies. Official West Virginia death toll is [-----] between 1900-1930 but adding"
TikTok Link 2026-02-14T02:58Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Your Doctor Gets Paid To Keep You Sick Pharmaceutical companies paid West Virginia doctors over [--] million dollars in [----] for prescribing their drugs instead of curing patients. One Charleston doctor got [------] dollars in one year. Doctors get bonuses for prescribing expensive medications instead of addressing root causes like diet and lifestyle. Type [--] diabetes can be reversed but curing patients means losing [---] dollars monthly in prescriptions and pharmaceutical bonuses. Rita from Logan County was on three diabetes medications costing [---] monthly her doctor said "just take the pills" but"
TikTok Link 2026-02-13T21:12Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Private Equity Is Buying Your Appalachian Town Right Now Pretium Partners owns [----] homes in West Virginia bought from families after medical debt and job loss now renting them back for triple the mortgage. In Huntington [--] percent of rentals are owned by out-of-state corporations with rent money leaving Appalachia for Wall Street. These companies don't maintain properties - Sarah in Morgantown called [--] times about broken heat in January with three kids withheld rent and got evicted while Pretium made [---] billion in profit. When corporations own housing families can never build wealth and"
TikTok Link 2026-02-13T15:55Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Dolly Parton Could End Appalachian Poverty But Won't Dolly Parton is worth [---] million dollars and made her fortune off Appalachian culture music stories and struggle. Sevier County where Dollywood is located has a [--] percent poverty rate while Dollywood workers make [--] dollars an hour and can't afford rent. Dollywood made [--] billion in revenue in [----] while workers got [--] dollars hourly. Dolly could pay every employee [--] dollars an hour without denting her fortune but doesn't. Her success story is used as proof the system works letting coal companies politicians and corporations off the hook"
TikTok Link 2026-02-13T00:39Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Stop Joining The Military To Escape Appalachia Appalachia has the highest military enlistment rate in America at twice the national average not from patriotism but desperation after coal mines closed factories left and hospitals shut down. The military is the only employer offering healthcare housing and paychecks so 18-year-olds sign up to survive not serve. Rich kids go to college while poor kids go to war in a poverty draft. Appalachia also has the highest military death rate per capita. Politicians like Joe Manchin who vote against jobs healthcare and education show up at military"
TikTok Link 2026-02-12T19:08Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"The Coal Mine Fire That's Burned For [--] Years Centralia Pennsylvania has a coal mine fire burning underground for [--] years that could have been stopped in [----] for [-----] dollars but the government said it was too expensive. Now it costs [---] million and they still won't fix it. In [----] 12-year-old Todd Domboski fell into a 150-foot sinkhole filled with carbon monoxide in his grandmother's backyard. The government offered buyouts in [----] and the town went from [----] people to [--] residents today with revoked zip code. The fire is spreading under three other towns and could burn for [---] years with"
TikTok Link 2026-02-12T14:41Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"He Died In The Hospital Parking Lot To Avoid The Bill James Veach [--] from West Virginia had a heart attack and drove himself [--] miles to the hospital instead of calling an ambulance because his last ambulance ride cost [----] dollars that he was still paying off. He died in the ER parking lot [--] feet from help. In McDowell County ambulance rides cost [----] dollars on average while median income is [-----] dollars making it [--] percent of annual income. Linda had chest pains but called her son [--] minutes away instead of [---] because she feared the bill more than dying resulting in permanent heart"
TikTok Link 2026-02-12T03:03Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"The Town That Disappeared Overnight Kayford West Virginia went from [----] people in [----] to completely erased by [----] when the coal company bulldozed the entire town to strip mine underneath using mineral rights from 1890s contracts. Families got [--] days notice with pennies for buyouts. Judy Bonds refused to leave so the company blasted [---] feet from her house shattering windows and cracking foundations then cut off her water claiming contamination from their own blasting. She hauled water for two years before the unlivable house forced her out and they demolished it the next day. The church"
TikTok Link 2026-02-11T20:53Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"The Opioid Crisis Didnt Start in the Streets They said addiction was a personal failure. But the crisis that devastated Appalachian towns began with legal prescriptions and aggressive marketing. Follow HollerBackTruth for the stories they reduce to headlines. #appalachia #opioidcrisis #coalcountry #workingclass #ruralamerica opioid epidemic appalachia prescription painkillers history pharmaceutical marketing controversy rural addiction crisis coal miner injuries corporate accountability The Opioid Crisis Didnt Start in the Streets opioid epidemic appalachia prescription painkillers history"
TikTok Link 2026-02-11T16:43Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Paul Farrell Jr.: The Lawyer Taking on the Pharmaceutical Giants Paul Farrell Jr.: The Lawyer Taking on the Pharmaceutical Giants Paul Farrell Jr Huntington West Virginia opioid lawsuit [--] billion settlement [--] billion national settlement pharmaceutical litigation supply chain lawsuit corporate threats lawyer targeted Appalachian hero fighting back opioid justice private equity lawsuits David vs Goliath Paul Farrell Jr.: The Lawyer Taking on the Pharmaceutical Giants Paul Farrell Jr Huntington West Virginia opioid lawsuit [--] billion settlement [--] billion national settlement pharmaceutical"
TikTok Link 2026-02-10T23:21Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Your Grandma's Wedding Ring Paid For A Mansion In New York During the Great Depression Appalachian families sold wedding rings pocket watches and heirlooms for pennies while starving as coal mines shut down. Traveling buyers from New York and Philadelphia companies paid [--] dollars for gold rings worth [--] dollars collected thousands of pounds of gold and silver melted it down and sold at full market value making fortunes off desperation. The federal government bought gold at [-----] per ounce then immediately raised the price to [--] per ounce and only the rich could afford to buy at the new price"
TikTok Link 2026-02-10T17:23Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"The Forever Chemical In Your Blood Right Now PFAS "forever chemicals" are in your blood permanently and Appalachian residents have levels [--] to [--] times higher than the national average because chemical plants dumped PFAS for [--] years. DuPont's Washington Works plant in Parkersburg West Virginia contaminated [-----] people's water for decades. Internal documents from [----] show DuPont knew PFAS caused cancer thyroid disease and birth defects but didn't tell anyone for [--] years until farmer Wilbur Tennant filmed his dying cattle near a DuPont landfill. The 16-year lawsuit settled for [---] million"
TikTok Link 2026-02-10T11:49Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"The Pill That Killed More People Than Vietnam Sackler family OxyContin deaths Purdue Pharma opioid epidemic [------] deaths Vietnam War comparison Appalachian targeting pharmaceutical crimes Sackler immunity [--] billion offshore opioid crisis accountability zero jail time mass death corporate murder The Pill That Killed More People Than Vietnam Sackler family OxyContin deaths Purdue Pharma opioid epidemic [------] deaths Vietnam War comparison Appalachian targeting pharmaceutical crimes Sackler immunity [--] billion offshore opioid crisis accountability zero jail time mass death corporate murder The"
TikTok Link 2026-02-09T18:36Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
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