Jeremy Kappell / Saturday, March 22, 2025 / Categories: Weather, Tri-State Stories LEGENDS of the Tri-Sate: Murphysboro Survivors PART I Murphysboro survivors of the "Great" Tri-State Tornado of 1925. Mrs. Pauline (Ashman) Gardiner, Mrs. Elsa (Rathert) Knop and Mrs. Vivian (Modglin) Parrish share their horrifying stories in 1990 with the Jackson County Historical Society in Murphysboro, IL on the 65th anniversary of the most infamous tornado in US history. Here are their stories... Rebroadcast with permission from JCHS. Jeremy Kappell Meteorologist, Writer, Journalist https://www.patreon.com/wxlive https://twitter.com/JeremyKappell https://www.youtube.com/user/jkappell1 https://www.facebook.com/JeremyKappellWX/ https://www.facebook.com/WxLIVEmedia https://www.instagram.com/jeremykappellwx/ https://rumble.com/user/jkappell https://gettr.com/user/jkappell https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremykappell/ https://t.me/jkappell Previous Article TRAILER: The LEGENDARY Tri-State Tornado Next Article LEGENDS of the Tri-State: Survivors PART II Print 38 Rate this article: 5.0