"Floyd Collins," a Broadway musical based on the 1925 tragedy of a Kentucky man trapped in a cave, will open in New York in ...

The first person to brave the cavern, which was soon given the name Sand Cave, was 17-year-old Jewell Estes. Lithe but inexperienced underground, Estes never reached Collins—he froze at the last ...

While scoping out nearby Sand Cave on Jan. 30, 1925, the 37-year-old got stuck on his way out. As he twisted and squeezed through tight passageways, his foot bumped against a loose rock ...

Floyd Collins spent trapped inside a southcentral Kentucky cave, it’s unlikely he ever thought his story would live on a ...

COLLINS: He soon scoped out Sand Cave on January 30, 1925, but as another park guide, Jackie Wheet, explains, Collins would never leave. JACKIE WHEET: His foot actually kind of bumps against a ...

Half buried in sand for centuries, this isolated sliver of conglomerate rock is now recognized as one of the greatest repositories of Buddhist art in the world. The caves, however, are more than a ...

Floyd Collins, a musical with book and direction by Tina Landau and music and lyrics by Adam Guettel, is in previews now at the Vivian Beaumont Theater. Check here for a video of the cast answering ...

The Western Kentucky man's goal was to turn Sand Cave into a tourist attraction, but instead, Collins himself became a national sensation when he ends up trapped 200 feet underground.