Ridiculous Regulators
One of the worst episodes of deadly incompetence in southwest Virginia was enacted by a group of men who called themselves “Regulators.” They wore bandannas...
Back from the Dead
Ale Artrip miraculously returned home in 1929. His family was overwhelmed, but overjoyed. Artrip was very much alive and well, even though they’d mourned his...
Murdered by a Ghost
One of the strangest multiple murders in Appalachian history happened on October 24, 1932. The town of Huntington, West Virginia, was rocked by the extermination...
The Murderous History of Mr. Bray – Part 2
Normally, this site does not cover topics or events beyond the 1960s. This is out of respect for those alive today. The information in this...
The Murderous History of Mr. Bray- Part 1
Normally, this site does not cover topics or events beyond the 1960s. This is out of respect for those alive today. The information in this...
We’re Certain We Have Him…We Think
The mysterious case of Grat M. Walk kept the region in suspense from 1903 to 1910. It wasn’t just your standard murder. It was a...
An Everlasting Faint
Elva Zona Jane Heaster was born in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, around 1873. Records of her early life do not exist. She was the eldest...
From the Pulpit to the Prison
The police waited for Reverend Tipton to finish his sermon on November, in 1892. Attendees were stunned to learn the simple “mountain preacher,” was actually...
The Luttrell Murder Mystery
Sylvester Cecil Luttrell was a Southern Rail employee in 1906. He had no history of crime or violence, but a crime occurred in his living...
The Suicide that was Murder
Dr. Isaac "Cam" Anderson, brother of Bristol's Mayor Anderson, wedded a Gate City beauty named Mary Nelms in October of 1901. He moved to Gate...