The Greenbrier Ghost and the Murder of Zona Shue
In 1897, the ghost of a young woman named Zona Shue appeared to her mother with a chilling accusation that her husband had murdered her. Zona had recently been buried, her death initially attributed to natural causes. But her mother was convinced that her daughter's spirit had revealed the truth, and she took her suspicions to the authorities. Before long, Zona's husband, Trout Shue, was standing trial for murder.
The case would become known as the Greenbrier Ghost, with a remarkable claim that a ghost's testimony helped convict a murderer, supposedly the only case of its kind in American history. But how much of this famous ghost story is actually true?
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