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Stories of Appalachia

Stories of Appalachia

When Nightriders Met the Devil: John Wright and the Wright/Reynolds Feud

Stories of Appalachia · Oct 10, 2026 · 22:31

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This week we tell the story of the Wright-Reynolds feud and the legendary figure at its center: a man folks often called “Devil”:  John Wesley Wright. Riding through the rugged mountains of eastern Kentucky and southwest Virginia, Wright forged a reputation as a fierce lawman, detective, and feudist whose very name struck fear into outlaws and rivals alike. At the turn of the 20th century he also found himself involved in a family feud with the Reynolds family, who’d formed a group of nightriders to “enforce morality” in Letcher County…and protect themselves from the Wrights. 

It’s another one of the Stories of Appalachia.

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