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Popham’s Pit

Thursday, June 10th, 2010

June 10, 1607 -  Sir John Popham died on this day.  He was one of the most powerful and feared men of his time.
As a child he was abducted by gypsies, and by the time he was a teenager he was surviving as a thief and highwayman.  Ironically he would grow up to be a [...]

Testimony of a Ghost

Saturday, January 23rd, 2010

January 23, 1897 – The body of Zona Heaster Shue was found on this day.  The murder trial that followed would include the testimony of a ghost.
Less than a year before her death, Zona had married a blacksmith named Erasmus Shue.  They lived in a farmhouse in Greenbrier, West Virginia.  It’s there at the foot [...]

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