yea but they can let blm and antifa burn loot and rob and attack police and the spineless democrat mayors can tell the president they dont need help they having a block party we dont need the police
I am from Sweden and Popcorn was even famous here. Sad to see his home wrecked like that. Some people over there should volunteer to make his home a nice roadside museum. Rest in Peace Popcorn.
You don't use plastic in moonshining. Those milk jugs were for hauling water from the creek to the house. Many folks lived without indoor plumbing and when they did get "city water" in the house, they did not like the taste. So they continued hauling their drinking water from the creek, stream,branch or well. Thats why they kept the milk jugs, kept them clean and up high so theyd stay clean
I think n believe every one should let this man Rest n Peace !! I had the pleasure of knowing this legend . I also have live in Maggie Valley NC all my 86 yrs . And he would be madder then a Hornet if he knew people's are doing what there doing . MS Pam should receive 85 % of all money's that is being made off popcorns name . It's her RIGHT !!
I'll help make it happen if you'll pitch in too, cause that's all I've been thinkin about since go. She deserves any royalties, and no court would deny her right.
Yes a friend of my mother's more than likely a late friend mr. Charlie Switzer must have known mr. Popcorn because my mother acquired a quart of moonshine from her friend that was a long time ago probably 20 years I remember I was a younger man and was drinking now I am a recovered alcoholic but still reminisce about the old days and a legend
He was a truly a national treasure. A fiercely independent and unique man, a human being that should be doubly valued in today's society. He had already done his last batch and it should have been left at that. He was a connection with history in his life-style, and he is not only a tragic loss to his own country, but to all of humanity.
My friend in Tennessee claimed he could get it back in the day. I don't know whether it was true, but it was unusually fine liquor and I wouldn't be surprised to learn it was indeed Popcorn's.
There was honesty along with a bit of mischief and suffering in Popcorn's eyes - as well as lots of experience. RIP fella - I could listen to you for days, not just hours. A legend and a rebel. Never to be forgotten. Moonshine - spirit in the sky.
Popcorn was a real legend. Last of a dying breed. There wasn't anything fake or Hollywood about him. It's a shame they couldn't have let him alone and allow him to live out his life in peace. He wasn't hurting anyone and he was an old man. I would've loved to have meet him. R.I.P Popcorn..
The Carpetbagger I only met him once but my grandfather ram around with him when they were kids. Told me some crazy stories. I had plenty of his shine though.
I know the fellow that built the Lowes in Waynesville. He was a camp director for a Church camp my old Church ran. Used to help out on the 100 acre camp every other weekend a few years back.
Mason jars is what I'm drinking my whiskey from right now, I've been drinking it like that for 30 years in Ontario Canada. Edit: I checked it on Google and just a little tidbit of , the Mason jar was ininformationvented by John 1858 in y Jersey USA
Popcorn Sutton said several times He was the last of the "Moonshiners". Popcorn said that not to be boastful, but to draw the attention away from the hundreds of other moonshiners throughout the mountains, river bottoms and swamps of this once great nation. There was once a time that if a family didn't make corn liquor they would starve before spring. Corn by the bushel was .10 cents or corn liquor by the quart jar was $5.00 if it was worth drinking. Besides homemade medicine made from corn liquor is ten times better that what we buy from the drug store or Walmart.
+cwf081166 ~ you think he wanted to draw attention AWAY from the other moonshiners? opposite of how you have drawn attention TO them by posting this? derp
+Ida Knownbetta You should pay more attention to your avatar instead of other people comments. Did I post or release any names, cities, communities, streets, roads, rivers, creeks, counties, states or any thing else that would put anyone in danger with law enforcement? NO! Ida Knownbetta, but YOU DON'T! Probably never will
Ida Knownbetta Honey was used to soothe the throat. Lemon for the Vitamin C. Peppermint for the nasal passages. Not that hard candy like Life Savers, but those soft peppermint sticks like Red Bird or Bob's that melts as soon as it touchs the the mouth. I always making a quart of that ever September. Now days some state governments make their own corn whiskey to sell, but that stuff never has the proof that home made stuff has. Last fall I thought about using that new Tim Smith's recipe from the TV, but I can buy Georgia Moon for half the price. Some people claim they have used turpentine in their recipe/medicine, but I would never try that. Might as well try to make a tea out of pine combs and rich pine knots.
I am from Toronto, Ontario, Canada! Two of the most beautiful states ever are North and South Carolina! No questions about it. Going through the Smoky Mountains was an amazing experience. I can't believe how amazing and treacherous the mountains are. I love this story! Thanks for sharing!
Living in south Carolina honestly sucks majorly because if you lived here you've basically already done everything that it has to offer. well, For the area I live in anyway.
licksnkicks You gotta worry about more than just the Terrain and Snakes in The Mtns of NC.My family runs rich with Bootleggers and Shine makers,from Rutherford Co, NC and Cocke Co,TN.But nowadays these shut ins and Hollars are Cooking up a lot different stuff,and them folks are plum crazy.They cook a lot of Meth nowadays.
Popcorn was a legend while alive and still is today. He inspired many men to experience the true art of making great likker. I was one of those men. Many were better than I but I don't believe many enjoyed doing it any more than I did. It was fun while it lasted. Every life chapter has an ending, at least mine didn't end in feds and death, and for that I'm thankful. Everyone loved what I made, I always said there was love in every jar, and at least 2 fights . lol. Ice cold from the freezer or straight from the jar at an event was just as tasteful. I miss those days , I'm older, wiser, and retired but I still like to taste others "product" . I've handed sheriffs and distillers a jar on occasion, and been called good. That never mattered. Watching the look on thier face when they took a taste, and seeing the smile of appreciation by the elders who taught me was worth it all. I would do it again. I hope someday that the grandkids will ask me if I'm still here to teach them. I will. See ya later 🍿 popcorn. He was the best.
Doubt that's his "homeplace". He was born in Maggie Valley. He died at his home in Tennessee. I don't know how long he lived there but quite a while. From what I have heard he is buried on his property there, not in NC. He died in his Ford Fairmont, not a truck. My brother met him once in Maggie Valley at one of those little stores on the tourist route thru there. I believe at one time he may have owned a sort of antique store himself. My brother said he was a nice fellow. Wish I could have tasted some of his shine. They say it was the best.
Jim Turner I was visiting Maggie Valley and went to ghost town in the sky . my girlfriend and I spent the night there and as we were leaving town we stopped In a little dinner there and ate some breakfast I saw popcorn there that morning in the early 90's eating breakfast as well didn't even know until some time later I was in the presence of a legend....
Fideua one, Popcorn Sutton... (Marvin Sutton) lived in Parrotsville,Tn. Cocke County. 5 miles North of Newport,Tn. I knew Popcorn. He died in his car in Parrotsville Tn. He lived in Parrotsville for 7 years. He's buried on his land in Parrotsville, Tn. He made the very best moonshine. Old Popcorn was a very nice man.
He helped me change a tire on my jeep because i had no jack ....lol I bummed a smoke from him and offered money for the help and he said he was happy to have been able to help and declined the 20$...
Welll when he went he dident have no ducking 13 mil he was trying to sell any and evey thing he could cause he know what was next I'm from Cosby and he was a last of a dieing breed
If anyone feels anything stated in this video is inaccurate, I'd be very happy to have a discussion. However, hateful posts and name calling will be ignored
+The Carpetbagger thanks for your videos. not sure that was a house, but still interesting. if you make it to knoxville there is a painting done of him in an old alley downtown. he was pretty famous and now they sell so called legal moonshine everywhere because of him.
I was privaliged to get some of his apple mash in the 90's when I lived in Parrotsville Tn for almost 20 years. It was the smoothest I have ever had well over 100 proof... And the man loved to tell jokes and stories and had great humor.. on a bad day he was a one liner...
I grew up near that area and seeing this video of the woods and how green all the grass and overgrowth is,makes me miss home! The southwestern desert region, where I live now is pretty in its own right, but very bare in comparison. The way that old shed is built right on top of the slope is no accident. When finished, you always had the option of another room below, with the basic parts already in place. All you had to do was close it in. Those old milk jugs hanging there, and what they are is very common and easily recognized to an old country boy like me, from that area! They're for setting up floating "trot lines". The jugs obviously for floats, but also served as storage for extra bait after checking & resetting, but also for identifying its owner, to avoid confusion, as most other folks used the same type jugs also. I think it's actually required by game mgmt to.
I am pretty sick of people telling me how mad the owners are, if you own this property e-mail me and we will chat jacobthecarpetbagger@gmail.com. If you do not own this property spare me your virtual chest puffing
+The Carpetbagger ~ hey man if they didn't want visitors they would not put up a sign on the road, lol, right. i thought you did a nice job, was not disrespectful or overly invasive. and you took me some place i can't get to so TY! jes ignore the haters.
The Carpetbagger sweetie I truly think that people make that shit up about the owners. Don't sweat it. It frightens me to think that someone is claiming to live like that.
The Carpetbagger I really thought that was amazing footage you shared with us Its sad to see that the place is just abandoned now. I always thought they would have turned it into a tourist attraction or something but it just ended up being abandoned. Its sad seeing everything a man worked hard for his whole life just end up decaying by mother nature.
It seems impossible for all of the old timers from when I was a little boy to not be anywhere on this planet and to go to their old home places and remember seeing and hearing them all talking about the old days just hurts my heart that it really is gone and I'll never wakeup to the sound of their voices before daylight talking about what their gonna have to do that day and saying I'll have another egg and a little coffee hmm, Homesick tonight! Thanks for your time.
The sign could have said "Taint." T'ain't many folks knows this, but "T'ain't" IS an actual expression spoken by country folks. I'm born raised in the 0zark Mountains and "T'ain't" means "They Ain't." Now you know. RIP Popcorn.
I watched an interview before he died and I don't know how I couldn't see he was gonna kill himself... had his casket and a tombstone already he was ready to go
We should all be more like Ol Popcorn and stand up against tyranny. There's no reason why a man can't make whiskey without paying the govt. to let him do it. It's all about money.
He said his last documentary, when I’m gone I don’t want no one messin with my wife, my cabin, or my cats. But I’m glad to see the property. Souvenir from popcorn‘s property would definitely be awesome to have though. Awesome video.
Legends like Popcorn will never disappear because of You Tube and other platforms that are out there, thanks for the clip on your site, thanks an keep doing what you're doing, thanks
Marvin Popcorn Sutton was a great old man. I can still see him standing with a shovel in his hand. Education he never had but he worked wonders when the times got bad.
My mother had a house in Waynesville around the bend from Maggie Valley. We would go to the "Maggie Valley Restaurant" AKA Carvers all the time. It an institution in the Valley since 1952. I was lucky enough to meet Popcorn. They had Postcards with Popcorns Story and Picture. One day i picked it up looked at it. Looked a guy in the corner eating pie. Back and forth.Then it hit me it was Popcorn ! I was a teenager.I walked over and asked if the guy on the Postcard was him ? In a Sort of honorary way he said " Why you the Feds" And we both giggled. He told me a dirty joke. I had to leave. My mother had already paid the bill and was heading to the car. He was Cool as you would imagine him to be. I feel lucky to have had some of his time. This was 1990 or 91. R.I.P Marvin "Popcorn" Sutton. Good Vibes 👣
My grandpa Buck, Floyd, was a Cherokee mountainman from Tennessee. He use to make shine. I always wonder if he knew Popcorn. It was the answer to all ailments. My aunt's were given it as a baby for teething... I loved this.
@@christopherfreeman1340 p.s bussiness is spelled business its so OBVIOUS your over exaggerating your spelling to look more illiterate no wonder people think we in breed
erica my wife me and charlie chill visited this home place site. we enjoyed our time there. we did watch this video and it made our trip so much easier to do the vlog. great job pal. mick
I worked in the General Sessions office when Popcorn died. There were many officials who didn't like what happened to Popcorn. Many of us were very saddened by his passing and his sentence that was given. He still is much loved in these part of the woods.
I'm sure your a decent guy. You be careful running around the South with your name here. "Carpet baggers " are equal to the federal government to us. Popcorn was a hellava man.
umm you are confused what the term carpet bagger means it is a derogatory term used to describe southern people when they came up north to find work . due to them making luggage after the civil war from pieces of cut up carpet.
Oh please drop the false southern bravado.. You're no different than anyone from the north. Time to drop this ridiculous civil war mentality that you think makes you look cool down south.
From the looks of that old cabin, I don't think Popcorn lived there for quit sometime. It takes more than 10 years for a building like that to disintegrate to that level of disrepair. It looks more like Shed than a home.
I liked the video cause my family knew popcorn. he made a huge impression on me when I was a little girl. he told me to stay chubby cause chubby women are stronger and better in bed. I was 6 years old but my mom explained later what he meant. my mom and dad would occasional get moonshine from him which I was lucky enough to taste. I have had a lot of moonshine since but nothing compares. my mom would put a cut up peach in some of the shine and if us kids were sick let us have a tiny bite. I remember that place as it was and those dogs were mean as hell. I remember he smelt like kerosene and he let me touch his beard. thanks for posting this brought back memories for me.
It's too bad that comments like that are most always misconstrued these days. All meant in the most innocent of ways and yet sick people ALWAYS wants to put a perverse spin to it. I feel bad for people like that.
I've been to Maggie valley Ghost town in the sky rode the chair left to get up the mountain I was 15 long time back my granddaddy live up that way he made moon shine to God rest there souls
Popcorn Sutton is a legend! I loved Moonshiners and its so wrong why the government was always arresting the Moonshiners as they had families to support and it wasn't making illegal drugs or abusing children it was just keeping an old tradition passing down through generations.I hope Moonshining keeps going and I would love to sample some someday!.I'm an Aussie and my father in law tried Moonshine on a trip when himself & my mother in law traveled all over the U.S.A once and said it was really good.
+Cleetis Baconwhistle so, videoing an abandoned cabin is the same as defiling a corpse? If the didn't want people looking at the home why would there be a sign, maybe think before typing
They have Popcorn Sutton Moonshine in our Liquor Store. In fact, I'm sipping on it right now...lol A company bought the rights off of his wife. There was a brochure that came with it telling the legend. I think it said they run it through a part of his old still during the distilling process? They claim, "The only thing different, is that we pay the taxes."
Me and my paw were friends of his. Pictures of him holding me as a youngin... paw missed him deeply, as do I. Uncle marvin is in a better place away from them atf bastards. Much love from Clyde North carolacky
It's great to see popcorns old Stomping grounds. Oved seeing ol popcorn dance. He was a great moonshiner. One we will never forget a true legend. Rip popcorn Sutton.
I'm sorry, but that building looks like an old barn or storage building because of the double doors in the front and there were no windows as you walked around it. I am from and live in Tennessee and there are a lot of these old home places that have been left behind because of progress.
There was a Mason jar that sat on the piano in the saloon at Ghost Town in the sky as a tribute to Popcorn. Hemphill will always be a second home to me. My grandfather and Popcorn were cousins. Popcorn will ALWAYS be a legend.
I was one of the lucky ones that he became my friend I got to see him in may of. every year,and I fell in love with him,he had a kind heart,just a dirty talker,but that was popcorn Sutton ,rip my friend,
I knew Popcorn Sutton very well. I talked to him many times. He alays told me he would never let them lock him away. I never saw him without a beer or licker as he called it LOL. He was a very entertaining person to be around. I have a somethings I got from him and when I pass by them I aways think of Popcorn Sutton.
Mr. Sutton was a distant relative of mine, never knew him. However, I was brought up not to "run down" the dead. You can repeat the legends but don't pretend you knew how he felt or thought. And by the way, many of our families prefer the term mountain folk/mountain people over the word hillbilly!
Jacob..what is the first peace of music at the start of the video...I looked at your music page and it not there...do you remember name of song...thanks
Being that I live in Morganton, NC my folks and I have met him a few times. My dad was a judge before he past and my dad did his best to help Popcorn "behind the scene". I'm still bitter that the FEDS wouldn't just leave him alone. But now that Popcorn is dead the world is a safer place right ATF?
Popcorn is a Legend. Great Video! Yes! That interview was awesome. Johnny asked him. Is this casket used. Popcorn said if it was used it would be in the F' ing ground. I laughed forever. LOL!
LOL i love how your naming everything as his. Your in Appalacha. Cannin jars are everywhere cause folks can round them parts. Dont mean they were ever shine jars. You best stay out of them hills. Folks dont take kindly to strangers pokin around, especially with a camera
My family is good NC mountain folk. 'Would welcome most strangers for some good country fixins' and a glass of tea. More than likely the food was canned in mason jars, the sweet tea would be in a mason jar, and food would be served on a paper plate. We are hospitable, but strangers wonderin' 'round "them parts" are "liable" to end up with double barrels in your face if you don't ask first. Owners of the land may have shown him around.
Now that's a real shame ol popcorn place should be a local monument and be well kept by everyone in the area. It be a true honour and tribute to the legend.
Great video man. Popcorn Sutton was not only well known in that area but around the WORLD as the REAL moonshine master. I'm liking your videos. Cheer's!!
I would start a few very small batches of sugar wash, and leave them overnight inside the house. If they start to ferment, and depending on smell and length of fermentation, you very well could wind up with a sample of Popcorn's yeast. It would be something to preserve for history
Hi my name is Steve I'm from Bessemer City North Carolina I go to a lot of places that you go to love seeing these places on video it makes me laugh by heart feel good I wish you and had them would come to Charlotte and go to Carowinds I would love to meet up with you guys and hang out at the park I appreciate all the work that you guys put in your videos thank you again and God bless
THE LOCALS SHOULD FIX POPCORN,S PLACE UP AS TOURISTS TRAP. 1000,S OF TOURISTS A YEAR MAYBE BLUE GRASS CONCERTS WITH LOCALS AND CELEBS . LOTS OF MONEY TO BE MADE FOR SOMEONE WHO COULD ORGANIZE .
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They couldn’t just leave an old mountain man alone
You mean hill Billy.
Iffen this were Popcorns old place, who was growin' the Corn.?
yea but they can let blm and antifa burn loot and rob and attack police and the spineless democrat mayors can tell the president they dont need help they having a block party we dont need the police
I know, he knew what he was doing just leave the poor man alone just wanted to keep the shiners blood going
They should of raided bigfoot s moonshine hideout and left popcorn alone
I am from Sweden and Popcorn was even famous here. Sad to see his home wrecked like that. Some people over there should volunteer to make his home a nice roadside museum. Rest in Peace Popcorn.
That would be cool.
@Donnell Okafor Should volunteer
The home where he was "born as a child"? Is there another way? 😵💫
did the house fall apart from neglect?
You don't use plastic in moonshining. Those milk jugs were for hauling water from the creek to the house. Many folks lived without indoor plumbing and when they did get "city water" in the house, they did not like the taste. So they continued hauling their drinking water from the creek, stream,branch or well. Thats why they kept the milk jugs, kept them clean and up high so theyd stay clean
yes the kid is just a kid... not much of a book reader or researcher i'll bet. but hey the topic will get hits.
Branch?
They should've just left that man alone he was harming no one 😢
@westbender 820 if im not wrong thousands of gallons when the atf raided his house?
..so what ^
@@realbasherverse 800 gallons he was caught with
@@chemskiesukvol.2covid19isbs god damn
@@realbasherverse so does a liquor store
I think n believe every one should let this man Rest n Peace !! I had the pleasure of knowing this legend . I also have live in Maggie Valley NC all my 86 yrs . And he would be madder then a Hornet if he knew people's are doing what there doing . MS Pam should receive 85 % of all money's that is being made off popcorns name . It's her RIGHT !!
I'll help make it happen if you'll pitch in too, cause that's all I've been thinkin about since go. She deserves any royalties, and no court would deny her right.
Fr I just saw they are making shit in his name and that shit is disgusting they started the company the year he died
Yes a friend of my mother's more than likely a late friend mr. Charlie Switzer must have known mr. Popcorn because my mother acquired a quart of moonshine from her friend that was a long time ago probably 20 years I remember I was a younger man and was drinking now I am a recovered alcoholic but still reminisce about the old days and a legend
People are leeches. Anything for a quick buck. It don't matter who the exploit. RIP To A Legend.
Bullcrap popcorn would have loved it
He was a truly a national treasure.
A fiercely independent and unique man, a human being that should be doubly valued in today's society.
He had already done his last batch and it should have been left at that.
He was a connection with history in his life-style, and he is not only a tragic loss to his own country, but to all of humanity.
A DAMN GOOD MAN DEAD BECAUSE OF THE CROOKED ASS GREEDY GOVERNMENT! RIP POPCORN WE LOVE YOU!
Unfortunately he was dying anyway. He was diagnosed with cancer.
Those who were lucky enough to have Sutton’s ‘shine, I envy you.
It was a great thing lived across the mountain from him it was sad to see him arrested like he was
I think about that every time I watch Moonshiners!
Samantha this hit diff😩🤘🏿
I've had some fo giving him mud for his furnise
My friend in Tennessee claimed he could get it back in the day. I don't know whether it was true, but it was unusually fine liquor and I wouldn't be surprised to learn it was indeed Popcorn's.
There was honesty along with a bit of mischief and suffering in Popcorn's eyes - as well as lots of experience. RIP fella - I could listen to you for days, not just hours. A legend and a rebel. Never to be forgotten. Moonshine - spirit in the sky.
Popcorn was a real legend. Last of a dying breed. There wasn't anything fake or Hollywood about him. It's a shame they couldn't have let him alone and allow him to live out his life in peace. He wasn't hurting anyone and he was an old man. I would've loved to have meet him. R.I.P Popcorn..
I grew up in Waynesville. I can remember going to Walmart and seeing popcorn's truck. You always knew when he was in town lol
+Joshua Harris Vlogs sadly I never got to meet him
The Carpetbagger I only met him once but my grandfather ram around with him when they were kids. Told me some crazy stories. I had plenty of his shine though.
I know the fellow that built the Lowes in Waynesville. He was a camp director for a Church camp my old Church ran. Used to help out on the 100 acre camp every other weekend a few years back.
If he was in town he was a buyin necessarys. Lol. Yup
Nothing secret about mason jars in the south.drank tea out of one soon as I fell off the tit.
Hahahahaha
Yes!!😆
Mason jars is what I'm drinking my whiskey from right now, I've been drinking it like that for 30 years in Ontario Canada.
Edit: I checked it on Google and just a little tidbit of , the Mason jar was ininformationvented by John 1858 in y Jersey USA
Same here brother
Popcorn Sutton said several times He was the last of the "Moonshiners".
Popcorn said that not to be boastful, but to draw the attention away from the hundreds of other moonshiners throughout the mountains, river bottoms and swamps of this once great nation.
There was once a time that if a family didn't make corn liquor they would starve before spring.
Corn by the bushel was .10 cents or corn liquor by the quart jar was $5.00 if it was worth drinking.
Besides homemade medicine made from corn liquor is ten times better that what we buy from the drug store or Walmart.
+cwf081166 ~ you think he wanted to draw attention AWAY from the other moonshiners? opposite of how you have drawn attention TO them by posting this? derp
+Ida Knownbetta ~ agree on the medicine. grandmother always had a mason jar of it by the bed. honey lemon and liquor. she called it "recipe".
+Ida Knownbetta You should pay more attention to your avatar instead of other people comments.
Did I post or release any names, cities, communities, streets, roads, rivers, creeks, counties, states or any thing else that would put anyone in danger with law enforcement?
NO!
Ida Knownbetta, but YOU DON'T! Probably never will
***** ~ i simply thought it ironic, and therefore amusing. chill.
Ida Knownbetta Honey was used to soothe the throat. Lemon for the Vitamin C.
Peppermint for the nasal passages.
Not that hard candy like Life Savers, but those soft peppermint sticks like Red Bird or Bob's that melts as soon as it touchs the the mouth.
I always making a quart of that ever September.
Now days some state governments make their own corn whiskey to sell, but that stuff never has the proof that home made stuff has.
Last fall I thought about using that new Tim Smith's recipe from the TV, but I can buy Georgia Moon for half the price.
Some people claim they have used turpentine in their recipe/medicine, but I would never try that.
Might as well try to make a tea out of pine combs and rich pine knots.
I am from Toronto, Ontario, Canada! Two of the most beautiful states ever are North and South Carolina! No questions about it. Going through the Smoky Mountains was an amazing experience. I can't believe how amazing and treacherous the mountains are. I love this story! Thanks for sharing!
Living in south Carolina honestly sucks majorly because if you lived here you've basically already done everything that it has to offer. well, For the area I live in anyway.
licksnkicks You gotta worry about more than just the Terrain and Snakes in The Mtns of NC.My family runs rich with Bootleggers and Shine makers,from Rutherford Co, NC and Cocke Co,TN.But nowadays these shut ins and Hollars are Cooking up a lot different stuff,and them folks are plum crazy.They cook a lot of Meth nowadays.
I live right next to the Carolinas in Tennessee and youre right. The mountains are so beautiful especially in the summer
you forgot the ozarks !
licksnkicks smokey mountains are in Tennessee not South Carolina..
Popcorn was a legend while alive and still is today. He inspired many men to experience the true art of making great likker. I was one of those men. Many were better than I but I don't believe many enjoyed doing it any more than I did. It was fun while it lasted. Every life chapter has an ending, at least mine didn't end in feds and death, and for that I'm thankful. Everyone loved what I made, I always said there was love in every jar, and at least 2 fights . lol. Ice cold from the freezer or straight from the jar at an event was just as tasteful. I miss those days , I'm older, wiser, and retired but I still like to taste others "product" . I've handed sheriffs and distillers a jar on occasion, and been called good. That never mattered. Watching the look on thier face when they took a taste, and seeing the smile of appreciation by the elders who taught me was worth it all. I would do it again. I hope someday that the grandkids will ask me if I'm still here to teach them. I will. See ya later 🍿 popcorn. He was the best.
Randall Tufts Who are you kidding, douche? Go back to trolling monkey videos.
Doubt that's his "homeplace". He was born in Maggie Valley. He died at his home in Tennessee. I don't know how long he lived there but quite a while. From what I have heard he is buried on his property there, not in NC. He died in his Ford Fairmont, not a truck. My brother met him once in Maggie Valley at one of those little stores on the tourist route thru there. I believe at one time he may have owned a sort of antique store himself. My brother said he was a nice fellow. Wish I could have tasted some of his shine. They say it was the best.
Jim Turner I was visiting Maggie Valley and went to ghost town in the sky . my girlfriend and I spent the night there and as we were leaving town we stopped In a little dinner there and ate some breakfast I saw popcorn there that morning in the early 90's eating breakfast as well didn't even know until some time later I was in the presence of a legend....
Geeze I once owned a ford Fairmont! & I got relatives that live in Maggie Valley. What a coincidence... tee hee hee.
He was at his birthplace. He was in Maggie Valley. Ghost Town In The Sky is in Maggie Valley.
Fideua one, Popcorn Sutton... (Marvin Sutton) lived in Parrotsville,Tn. Cocke County. 5 miles North of Newport,Tn. I knew Popcorn. He died in his car in Parrotsville Tn. He lived in Parrotsville for 7 years. He's buried on his land in Parrotsville, Tn. He made the very best moonshine. Old Popcorn was a very nice man.
Can 100% vouch for the fact that his moonshine was the best Stuff I've gotten a cabinet is uncut and straight from the still. And it's smooth as glass
He helped me change a tire on my jeep because i had no jack ....lol I bummed a smoke from him and offered money for the help and he said he was happy to have been able to help and declined the 20$...
He was worth 13 million dollars... Think he gives a shit about $20???
Welll when he went he dident have no ducking 13 mil he was trying to sell any and evey thing he could cause he know what was next I'm from Cosby and he was a last of a dieing breed
@@nzzs203 the hell he was
I wish I could have met him bud I lived in eastern KY and heard of him many of times
If anyone feels anything stated in this video is inaccurate, I'd be very happy to have a discussion. However, hateful posts and name calling will be ignored
+The Carpetbagger thanks for your videos. not sure that was a house, but still interesting. if you make it to knoxville there is a painting done of him in an old alley downtown. he was pretty famous and now they sell so called legal moonshine everywhere because of him.
That's the house he was born in not the house he lived in when he died
+Janis Darlene and surely his family doesn't get a dime... the better you are....
+Janis Darlene do you know where the mural is?
+Sam MacKinnon I know, his house of death is in the Johnny Knoxville video
Rest In Peace Popcorn you have earned it 👍
I was privaliged to get some of his apple mash in the 90's when I lived in Parrotsville Tn for almost 20 years. It was the smoothest I have ever had well over 100 proof... And the man loved to tell jokes and stories and had great humor.. on a bad day he was a one liner...
I grew up near that area and seeing this video of the woods and how green all the grass and overgrowth is,makes me miss home! The southwestern desert region, where I live now is pretty in its own right, but very bare in comparison. The way that old shed is built right on top of the slope is no accident. When finished, you always had the option of another room below, with the basic parts already in place. All you had to do was close it in. Those old milk jugs hanging there, and what they are is very common and easily recognized to an old country boy like me, from that area! They're for setting up floating "trot lines".
The jugs obviously for floats, but also served as storage for extra bait after checking & resetting, but also for identifying its owner, to avoid confusion, as most other folks used the same type jugs also. I think it's actually required by game mgmt to.
I am pretty sick of people telling me how mad the owners are, if you own this property e-mail me and we will chat jacobthecarpetbagger@gmail.com. If you do not own this property spare me your virtual chest puffing
+The Carpetbagger ~ hey man if they didn't want visitors they would not put up a sign on the road, lol, right. i thought you did a nice job, was not disrespectful or overly invasive. and you took me some place i can't get to so TY! jes ignore the haters.
Fuck off dude.. stop trespassing you no-necked piece of shit!
You talk too much,you should make it short and sweet,half the Vido,was you talking to much....
The Carpetbagger sweetie I truly think that people make that shit up about the owners. Don't sweat it. It frightens me to think that someone is claiming to live like that.
The Carpetbagger I really thought that was amazing footage you shared with us Its sad to see that the place is just abandoned now. I always thought they would have turned it into a tourist attraction or something but it just ended up being abandoned. Its sad seeing everything a man worked hard for his whole life just end up decaying by mother nature.
MAY HE REST IN PEACE! SUCH A LEGEND! WE LOVE YOU MARVIN!❤❤❤
Starting a Carpetbagger Southern Culture binge now!
It seems impossible for all of the old timers from when I was a little boy to not be anywhere on this planet and to go to their old home places and remember seeing and hearing them all talking about the old days just hurts my heart that it really is gone and I'll never wakeup to the sound of their voices before daylight talking about what their gonna have to do that day and saying I'll have another egg and a little coffee hmm, Homesick tonight!
Thanks for your time.
What an absolute legend rest in peace
In the words of Col. William Ludlow
“Screw the Government!”
Screw em!!!
Love that movie. Screw em...
The sign could have said "Taint." T'ain't many folks knows this, but "T'ain't" IS an actual expression spoken by country folks. I'm born raised in the 0zark Mountains and "T'ain't" means "They Ain't." Now you know.
RIP Popcorn.
Definitely says " I ain't"
Thanks for this. Being a Brit I’m not familiar with Popcorn but learning about this legend daily. Wow what a man. Sadly gone. RIP Popcorn
Sad way to die. But a helluva tomb stone. Thanks for the venture
D.I.Y. AUTO SCHOOL foot stone
I watched an interview before he died and I don't know how I couldn't see he was gonna kill himself... had his casket and a tombstone already he was ready to go
We will all miss you old time I didn't get to know pop corn but he was one hellof a man iloved him
I want some of that shine
@@MileytheJeepV2 he knew he was going to die. I believe he also had cancer. He went out on his terms
We should all be more like Ol Popcorn and stand up against tyranny. There's no reason why a man can't make whiskey without paying the govt. to let him do it. It's all about money.
+Bama Woodsman ever heard of the whiskey rebellion? look it up...
+Bama Woodsman ~ yep. money. power. control. sheer domination of the people. popcorn says FUCK YOU!!! lol
A true American, and be proud of him
Greg Miller you assume he hasn't heard about it because of his comment??
And now it's marijuana!
He said his last documentary, when I’m gone I don’t want no one messin with my wife, my cabin, or my cats. But I’m glad to see the property. Souvenir from popcorn‘s property would definitely be awesome to have though. Awesome video.
LEGENDS NEVER DIE!
Legends like Popcorn will never disappear because of You Tube and other platforms that are out there, thanks for the clip on your site, thanks an keep doing what you're doing, thanks
He is buried on private property in Tennessee. I’ve seen his grave it’s a very powerful place. His wife i a true sweetheart
I'm related to Popcorn Sutton! I believe hes either a great-great grandpa or a great-great uncle, on my mom's side. This was a cool video, thank you!
Marvin Popcorn Sutton was a great old man. I can still see him standing with a shovel in his hand. Education he never had but he worked wonders when the times got bad.
I know this video is old but thank you for posting. Very cool to see! Don’t listen to all these people sending hate your way
I wish our government would leave good people alone. RIP Popcorn!
i live on hemphill...popcorn was my great uncle...cousin to my grandfather
+JordanRathboneOfficial awesome!
JordanRathboneOfficial well that wouldn't make him your great uncle then.He'd be your 3rd cousin if he was your grandpas 1st cousin.
JordanRathboneOfficial how did he die ?
Didn't Popcorn have a residence in Parrotsville, TN?
@John Smith 😂😂😂
My mother had a house in Waynesville around the bend from Maggie Valley. We would go to the "Maggie Valley Restaurant" AKA Carvers all the time. It an institution in the Valley since 1952. I was lucky enough to meet Popcorn. They had Postcards with Popcorns Story and Picture. One day i picked it up looked at it. Looked a guy in the corner eating pie. Back and forth.Then it hit me it was Popcorn ! I was a teenager.I walked over and asked if the guy on the Postcard was him ? In a Sort of honorary way he said " Why you the Feds" And we both giggled. He told me a dirty joke. I had to leave. My mother had already paid the bill and was heading to the car. He was Cool as you would imagine him to be. I feel lucky to have had some of his time. This was 1990 or 91. R.I.P Marvin "Popcorn" Sutton. Good Vibes 👣
yes he was buried on his land in the mountains in Tennessee somewhere.
My grandpa Buck, Floyd, was a Cherokee mountainman from Tennessee. He use to make shine. I always wonder if he knew Popcorn. It was the answer to all ailments. My aunt's were given it as a baby for teething... I loved this.
It makes me sick how much hate you're getting. People today are so toxic man its crazy. Keep doing your thing man. I like your videos!
Why was he getting hate
answer up!us Mountain Folk want him stop botherin' folks living and dead. It is none of Carpetbaggers bussieness what peoples past deads are or were.
@@christopherfreeman1340 and YOU don't speak for all of us mountain folk either so shhhh. This is history and it needs to be told!
@@christopherfreeman1340 p.s bussiness is spelled business its so OBVIOUS your over exaggerating your spelling to look more illiterate no wonder people think we in breed
@@christopherfreeman1340 you ain't a mountain man, lol.. just a troll.
erica my wife me and charlie chill visited this home place site. we enjoyed our time there. we did watch this video and it made our trip so much easier to do the vlog. great job pal. mick
i reckon you didn't get caught by the locals pilfering in popcorns stuff cause you ain't dead...
Why yes, good people - but be respectful & careful.
Greg Miller hahahaha aint it 😂😂😂
That’s what I was about too comment
true that visit his place and talk shit.well I given you a thumbs down egg, making bullshit up for views. as Popcorn would say FUCK YOU
Right on. And why isn't anybody cleaning that shit up to protect the the great Legend
That's so SAD! ,popcorns memory lives on thanx to you guys,✌💚
I worked in the General Sessions office when Popcorn died. There were many officials who didn't like what happened to Popcorn. Many of us were very saddened by his passing and his sentence that was given. He still is much loved in these part of the woods.
I'm sure your a decent guy.
You be careful running around the South with your name here.
"Carpet baggers " are equal to the federal government to us.
Popcorn was a hellava man.
I totally agree with you. Be Real careful !!
umm you are confused what the term carpet bagger means it is a derogatory term used to describe southern people when they came up north to find work . due to them making luggage after the civil war from pieces of cut up carpet.
Carpetbagger - Yankees who came to the south to benefit from reconstruction. So it is not something you would wanna be known as down here
Oh please drop the false southern bravado.. You're no different than anyone from the north. Time to drop this ridiculous civil war mentality that you think makes you look cool down south.
you are an idiot if you think we are similar. civil war mentality? pleaseeeeee.
From the looks of that old cabin, I don't think Popcorn lived there for quit sometime. It takes more than 10 years for a building like that to disintegrate to that level of disrepair. It looks more like Shed than a home.
That was his childhood/ young adulthood home
I liked the video cause my family knew popcorn. he made a huge impression on me when I was a little girl. he told me to stay chubby cause chubby women are stronger and better in bed. I was 6 years old but my mom explained later what he meant. my mom and dad would occasional get moonshine from him which I was lucky enough to taste. I have had a lot of moonshine since but nothing compares. my mom would put a cut up peach in some of the shine and if us kids were sick let us have a tiny bite. I remember that place as it was and those dogs were mean as hell. I remember he smelt like kerosene and he let me touch his beard. thanks for posting this brought back memories for me.
daniel bean
Get a life u degenerate.
Sister Discordia awww thats sweet, (i totally get it).
how sweet to tell a 6 year old girl to stay fat because she'll be good in bed one day... Popcorn you're such a hero..
It's too bad that comments like that are most always misconstrued these days. All meant in the most innocent of ways and yet sick people ALWAYS wants to put a perverse spin to it. I feel bad for people like that.
@@desijrichert You must not have a daughter bud.
I've been to Maggie valley Ghost town in the sky rode the chair left to get up the mountain I was 15 long time back my granddaddy live up that way he made moon shine to God rest there souls
My 3x great grandfather is the same as popcorns great grandfather. His name was James Sutton.So much history there.
Thank you! I've seen Popcorn on television programs, and he was always so interesting and funny. This was a great video.
+Kathy Stidham He's was a hoot!
Thanks!
Papa
Thank you!
The man the myth the legend RIP popcorn sutton
Popcorn Sutton is a legend! I loved Moonshiners and its so wrong why the government was always arresting the Moonshiners as they had families to support and it wasn't making illegal drugs or abusing children it was just keeping an old tradition passing down through generations.I hope Moonshining keeps going and I would love to sample some someday!.I'm an Aussie and my father in law tried Moonshine on a trip when himself & my mother in law traveled all over the U.S.A once and said it was really good.
Buried at his home in parrotsville,Tn
What's the address?
don't know i googled it :)
+Cleetis Baconwhistle so, videoing an abandoned cabin is the same as defiling a corpse? If the didn't want people looking at the home why would there be a sign, maybe think before typing
+Cleetis Baconwhistle he's dead
+Cleetis Baconwhistle whatever
+The Carpetbagger it's sad that the place isn't cared for by the county or his family. thank you for showing us the place before it was gone.
They have Popcorn Sutton Moonshine in our Liquor Store. In fact, I'm sipping on it right now...lol A company bought the rights off of his wife. There was a brochure that came with it telling the legend. I think it said they run it through a part of his old still during the distilling process? They claim, "The only thing different, is that we pay the taxes."
That moonshine is NOTHING like Popcorns. But, I imagine that's as close as you'll ever get.
@@roxannemoser Sadly, I have nothing to compare with. Hopefully, you have had the honor of drinking the genuine product.
I have just discovered you Carpetbagger, and this is the first video I chose to watch. Excellent! Loving it.
+Smoky Mountain Starlight I appreciate it
It says “I ain’t got false teeth”
Taint lol
Taint
I knew Popcorn Sutton. He lived 5 miles below me in Parrotsville, Tn. In Cocke County. 5 miles north of Newport, Tn.
Me and my paw were friends of his. Pictures of him holding me as a youngin... paw missed him deeply, as do I. Uncle marvin is in a better place away from them atf bastards. Much love from Clyde North carolacky
@@skullythegermanicleprechau7394 yes Marvin is in a better place. We are partially neighbors, I live in Gastonia, NC. now.
@@skullythegermanicleprechau7394 I subscribed to your channel.
the board says I ain't got false teeth
...then the teeth in his jar be real?!
Jamie Ives true
That's what I thought. Lol
And he grabbed and pulled back poison ivy to read it.
Matthew Allgor hahahahaha yeah he did 😂
It's great to see popcorns old
Stomping grounds. Oved seeing ol popcorn dance.
He was a great moonshiner.
One we will never forget a true legend. Rip popcorn Sutton.
I'm sorry, but that building looks like an old barn or storage building because of the double doors in the front and there were no windows as you walked around it. I am from and live in Tennessee and there are a lot of these old home places that have been left behind because of progress.
Darlin', nobody ever needs to apologize to a carpetbagger for a DAMN thing :)
There was a Mason jar that sat on the piano in the saloon at Ghost Town in the sky as a tribute to Popcorn. Hemphill will always be a second home to me. My grandfather and Popcorn were cousins. Popcorn will ALWAYS be a legend.
The camera work on this video almost made me dizzy.. need to slow down your panning.
I was one of the lucky ones that he became my friend I got to see him in may of. every year,and I fell in love with him,he had a kind heart,just a dirty talker,but that was popcorn Sutton ,rip my friend,
4:02
The carpetbagger reads: Tant got false teeth
Actually says: I ain't got false teeth
Haha😂😂
It says taint
Popcorn Sutton lived free died free live on forever in our memories thanks for sharing
Awwwwww. That's a shame because that is more than likely all that he knew and his livelihood....Watching the Video now.
Thanks for the video Carpetbagger. RIP Popcorn Sutton.
Hope you left everything alone or where it was !
Hey Ken I think his history should be kept alive. We need generations of shiners.😊
I knew Popcorn Sutton very well. I talked to him many times. He alays told me he would never let them lock him away. I never saw him without a beer or licker as he called it LOL. He was a very entertaining person to be around. I have a somethings I got from him and when I pass by them I aways think of Popcorn Sutton.
Appreciate this lil video. My wife and I seen him one time leaving a diner in Maggie Valley. It's our stop over on the way to Myrtle Beach.
should make a museum out the place.
Popcorn and aunt letha use to run likker together, and I knew him very well, and he would not like people messing around his home place
Mr. Sutton was a distant relative of mine, never knew him. However, I was brought up not to "run down" the dead. You can repeat the legends but don't pretend you knew how he felt or thought. And by the way, many of our families prefer the term mountain folk/mountain people over the word hillbilly!
asked at a package store in Oltewah tn. if they had any popcorn sutton products, no haven't had any for 1 1/2 years
let the man rest in peace, he had a harder life than you PROMISSE
Jacob..what is the first peace of music at the start of the video...I looked at your music page and it not there...do you remember name of song...thanks
Being that I live in Morganton, NC my folks and I have met him a few times. My dad was a judge before he past and my dad did his best to help Popcorn "behind the scene". I'm still bitter that the FEDS wouldn't just leave him alone. But now that Popcorn is dead the world is a safer place right ATF?
Very sad that he had to lose his life to remain free...over a small moonshine operation that never hurt anybody.Makes me mad....
Aww, so cute, censoring his tombstone message.
Popcorn is a Legend. Great Video! Yes! That interview was awesome. Johnny asked him. Is this casket used. Popcorn said if it was used it would be in the F' ing ground. I laughed forever. LOL!
LOL i love how your naming everything as his. Your in Appalacha. Cannin jars are everywhere cause folks can round them parts. Dont mean they were ever shine jars. You best stay out of them hills. Folks dont take kindly to strangers pokin around, especially with a camera
+Darren Currie what does a president have to do with walking through appalacha
My family is good NC mountain folk. 'Would welcome most strangers for some good country fixins' and a glass of tea. More than likely the food was canned in mason jars, the sweet tea would be in a mason jar, and food would be served on a paper plate. We are hospitable, but strangers wonderin' 'round "them parts" are "liable" to end up with double barrels in your face if you don't ask first. Owners of the land may have shown him around.
There's a lot of worst things in the hills that can get ya....like chiggers n Rattle Snakes.
Can of deet will take care of chiggers & don't step on the rattlers.
is it the same as on appalacian outlaws with the 'sangers are ppl really like that over gensang too ? or is that acted ?
Now that's a real shame ol popcorn place should be a local monument and be well kept by everyone in the area. It be a true honour and tribute to the legend.
AWESOME, such a sad ending to a LEGEND
Great video man. Popcorn Sutton was not only well known in that area but around the WORLD as the REAL moonshine master. I'm liking your videos. Cheer's!!
Awww, goddammit man! I've watched his last likker run a few days ago. I am very sorry that the old timer had passed, especially in such a sad way.
I would start a few very small batches of sugar wash, and leave them overnight inside the house. If they start to ferment, and depending on smell and length of fermentation, you very well could wind up with a sample of Popcorn's yeast. It would be something to preserve for history
A "secret" stash of mason jars sitting out in the open?? really?
+Bama Woodsman >>snicker...
Jane Marie them revenuers be comin'...
Hi my name is Steve I'm from Bessemer City North Carolina I go to a lot of places that you go to love seeing these places on video it makes me laugh by heart feel good I wish you and had them would come to Charlotte and go to Carowinds I would love to meet up with you guys and hang out at the park I appreciate all the work that you guys put in your videos thank you again and God bless
He was a god guy born as a legend died as a legend
the Johny Knoxville and popcorn sutton Interview, yah I found that so amazing.
It's a hoot
THE LOCALS SHOULD FIX POPCORN,S PLACE UP AS TOURISTS TRAP. 1000,S OF TOURISTS A YEAR MAYBE BLUE GRASS CONCERTS WITH LOCALS AND CELEBS . LOTS OF MONEY TO BE MADE FOR SOMEONE WHO COULD ORGANIZE .
Thanks for this video. Since learning of "POPCORN" from it I have embarked on a journey to read and see all about him. What a character...
Popcorn was a true legend and I wish that I could just set up a still and just make me one run of moonshine just in remembrance of him!!
Me and your mind on the same page I got fam recipes just can't find or get the still made bro
NC s my neck of the woods born and raised in NC been here all my life and love it here