The wife of Edward Shue is known as The Greenbrier Ghost, her death in 1897 was presumed natural until her spirit appeared to her mother to describe how she was killed by her husband Edward. Autopsy on the exhumed body verified the apparition's account. Edward, found guilty of murder, was sentenced to the state prison. Only known case in which testimony from a ghost helped convict a murderer.
The wife of Edward Shue is known as The Greenbrier Ghost, her death in 1897 was presumed natural until her spirit appeared to her mother to describe how she was killed by her husband Edward. Autopsy on the exhumed body verified the apparition's account. Edward, found guilty of murder, was sentenced to the state prison. Only known case in which testimony from a ghost helped convict a murderer.
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Erasmus Stribbling “Edward” Shue
1880 United States Federal Census
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Erasmus Stribbling “Edward” Shue
1870 United States Federal Census
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Erasmus Stribbling “Edward” Shue
West Virginia, U.S., Marriages Index, 1785-1971
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Erasmus Stribbling “Edward” Shue
Biography and Genealogy Master Index
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Erasmus Stribbling “Edward” Shue
Washington, U.S., Marriage Records, 1854-2013
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