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Marble Hall Beyond Murder

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The Marble Hall Murder

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Old Hell’s Cabin
Accidents, Mishaps, and Disasters Crimes and Criminals Folklore and Ghost Stories Histories of Appalachian Peoples Myths and Legends

Old Hell’s Cabin

Old Hell's cabin was located in Pocahontas, Virginia. This town sits in Tazewell County. There's an area around Pocahontas called Sinking Creek and once, a...

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Battling the Clip Wizard, or Mad Shearer
Accidents, Mishaps, and Disasters Folklore and Ghost Stories Histories of Appalachian Peoples Myths and Legends

Battling the Clip Wizard, or Mad Shearer

The Clip Wizard was a legend out of Middleway, West Virginia. The Middleway area has been known by a variety of names: Smithfield, Wizard Clip,...

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Gate City’s Train Tragedy of 1940
Accidents, Mishaps, and Disasters History

Gate City’s Train Tragedy of 1940

A mysterious collision occurred in Gate City, Virginia, on January 27, 1940. The victims’ families were never given reason as to why the tragedy happened,...

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Abingdon’s Femme Fatalle
Accidents, Mishaps, and Disasters Crimes and Criminals Shady Ladies

Abingdon’s Femme Fatalle

The Baker trial of 1891 held the region spellbound with shameless love, infidelity, and ultimately murder. The prosecution’s star witness was the mistress herself, and...

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Marble Hall Beyond Murder
Forgotten Structures and Buildings History Accidents, Mishaps, and Disasters

Marble Hall Beyond Murder

Murder was not the end of Marble Hall. Eventually even the Blackley family moved on and other families took shelter within its ornate walls. The...

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The Marble Hall Murder
Accidents, Mishaps, and Disasters Crimes and Criminals History

The Marble Hall Murder

As with many uncommon houses, Marble Hall inevitably gained an uncommon history. A wealthy farmer named John Brown purchased the home after Rice's debtors sold...

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The Ghosts of Marble Hall
Accidents, Mishaps, and Disasters Forgotten Structures and Buildings History

The Ghosts of Marble Hall

There is a site off Highway 11-W, just a few miles outside of Rogersville, Tennessee, that has been virtually forgotten. The obscurity, however, does not...

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The Starving Time in Jamestown
Accidents, Mishaps, and Disasters Colonial History History

The Starving Time in Jamestown

Smith was not the only one to suffer after he left Virginia. Jamestown became a veritable ghost town. Life became so hopeless that 30 men...

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Killer Politics
Accidents, Mishaps, and Disasters Crimes and Criminals History

Killer Politics

November 3 of 1903, was Election Day in Scott County, Virginia. The battle started before the polls even opened. The men in attendance waged some...

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Accidents, Mishaps, and Disasters Crimes and Criminals History

E. C. Denton is Pardoned

E. C. Denton was convicted of stealing a mule in Pickens County, South Carolina. The conviction happened in March of 1878. He was sentenced to...

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