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The Laurel Creek Murders

Stories of Appalachia
Stories of Appalachia
Episode • Dec 10, 2016 • 7m
In the little town of Hurley, Virginia, in 1909, a widow sold the timber rights to her 150 acres of land for a tidy sum, making her a target for anyone wanting to take that money for himself. On September 21, she and her daughter’s family were murdered in cold blood in the daughter’s house […]