Our first story in this series, is so unique that it has its own historical marker. Just off of Interstate 64 at the Sam Black Church exit, there standing alongside highway 60 as the old two lane route winds its way through West Virginia, is a sign telling of the late Zona Heaster better known as the ghost of Greenbrier County.
This unlikely event of the paranormal is said to be the only known case in which testimony from the grave, helped convict a murderer.
Our story begins in 1896 when a young local girl, the 23 year old Zona, fell madly in love with a newcomer, Edward Shue, who became the town blacksmith. Edward had been married twice before and although his second wife had died mysteriously, Zona was smitten and ignored the warnings of her mother, who’d been overprotective since Zona had gave birth to another man’s out-of-wedlock baby the year before. Continue reading →