Floyd Collins squeezed himself inside Kentucky's Sand Cave in hopes of exploring its caverns and turning it into a tourist ...

When Floyd Collins ventured into Sand Cave in Kentucky on Jan. 30, 1925, he was searching for the next big attraction. But he never made it out alive.

The death of a Kentucky cave explorer a century ago is being remembered as a catalyst for the formation of Mammoth Cave ...

Cave explorer Floyd Collins got trapped in Sand Cave in Kentucky 100 years ago and later died. The incident drew national attention and helped lead to the creation of Mammoth Cave National Park.

Floyd Collins got trapped in a Kentucky cave 100 years ago this week, an incident that led to the creation of Mammoth Cave National Park.

Ace Coffee Co. in Cave City served as the venue for the 100th anniversary of "Carnival Sunday," the day before Floyd Collins ...

Kentucky cave explorer Floyd Collins became a national sensation in 1925 when he became trapped inside a cave for 17 days. Collins' entrapment and death drew national media attention, with ...

CAVE CITY — When Floyd Collins was trapped inside Sand Cave a century ago, it’s unlikely anyone thought there would be a musical produced about his life. On Saturday though, cast members of SK ...

University Press of Kentucky plans to release a revised, third edition of 'Trapped! The Story of Floyd Collins' by the late historian Robert K. Murray and renowned cave explorer Roger W. Brucker, on ...

There’s a particular chill that creeps in when you learn that a musical is about a man trapped underground, left to contemplate life and death as rescue ...

In 1925, while chasing a dream of fame and fortune by turning a Kentucky cave into a tourist attraction, Floyd Collins himself became the attraction when he got trapped 200 feet underground.