On this episode, we're stepping into the misty, rolling hills of Greenbrier County, West Virginia, aplace where the past refuses to stay silent. Elva Zona Heaster—known to all as Zona—met a grim and sudden end. Her death wasn’t just a tragedy; it sparked a chain of events so haunting, so extraordinary, that it’s etched itself into American history.

On this episode, we’re stepping into the fog-shrouded hills of rural Pennsylvania, to a place called Hex Hollow. It’s 1928, and what unfolds here isn’t just a crime—it’s a descent into the abyss of fear, superstition, and the supernatural forces some swear still haunt the hollow today.

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When I hear the words ‘ghost’ and ‘Christmas,’ I automatically think about my favorite Christmas story, A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens, and Scrooge’s nightmare evening of beingvisited by the ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future. But did you know other Christmas ghost stories aren’t so full of hope and the spirit of the season? You may not since hauntings are far from most people’s minds during Christmas.

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