Watched a ghost story on DSTV travel last night.
Elva Zona Heaster, the murder victim, was born in Greenbrier County sometime around 1873
The story goes that 3 months after they got married the bride fell down the stairs and died. The husband was so overwhelmed with grief that he did not want to leave his departed wife alone for a single moment; the coroner could not even perform a proper autopsy. He even dressed her in her best outfit (unusual for that was the task of the women of the church) and put a beautiful scarf round her neck.
Not long after her death her ghost appeared to her mother showing her that she was strangled by her abusive and cruel husband and had marks around her neck to prove it. This happened three times after which mother went to the police and insisted on having her daughter’s body exhumed and a proper autopsy be performed.
So indeed she was strangled, her windpipe broken and to cut a long story short husband was found guilty and sent to prison.
Fact or Fiction? Well I do not believe in ghosts and think the mother suspected the husband of murder but had to convince the public prosecutor in some way. It still makes for a nice story though.
Aug 18, 2014 @ 08:06:21
Ek kan nie sê ek glo of glo nie in hulle nie, maar ek is DOODBANG vir spoke!
Ek voel verward oor dit, want wat die Bybel en Wetenskap en verskillende mense sê stem nooit ooreen nie. Ek skryf my rillings en “uneasy feeling” soms toe aan energie wat agter gelaat is deur sekere mense, al leef hulle. Dis al hoe ek dit kan verduidelik?!
Aug 18, 2014 @ 16:07:46
Nee wat daar is nie spoke nie skat. wees gerus!
Ons verbeelding doen die tricks
🙂
Aug 19, 2014 @ 05:23:49
Ek vermoed jy is reg!
Aug 19, 2014 @ 05:24:46
Lol
xxx
Aug 18, 2014 @ 11:55:45
I’m not sure what to think but it does remind me of something I read in a book called Ancient Mysteries. A woman named Dorothy Eady claimed to be a re-incarnated Egyptian priestess.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Eady
interesting story.
Aug 18, 2014 @ 16:05:39
Yes interesting stories for around the fire to scare the kids? Fact is stranger than fiction though and that is the frightening part.
Take care!
Aug 18, 2014 @ 13:14:21
Makes for nice reading but I think the mother had reasons to suspect the husband and insisted on an autopsy and that was maybe the only way she could get the police to act
Aug 18, 2014 @ 16:03:58
I agree there are really no ghosts around here (I hope) but superstition lives on!
🙂
Aug 18, 2014 @ 14:27:29
Freaky
Daar kry hy op die end sy loontjie
Aug 18, 2014 @ 15:59:26
En toe kom hulle agter sy vorige 2 vrouens is ook sommer dood!
Dis net jy en GJ en Net ek wat soms my blogs lees, ek dink nie die ou Litnetts gaan dit maak nie – sad spookstorie!
Aug 19, 2014 @ 07:31:23
Jinne so hy is ou moordenaar
Ag as die ander ou litnetters nie opdaag of dit maak nie….tuff
Ons blog voort hier
Aug 19, 2014 @ 07:45:09
Exactly
🙂
Aug 18, 2014 @ 15:12:58
Ek is nou nie ‘n spookondersteuner nie maar soms met lang skaduwees kan mens nogal onrustig raak
Aug 18, 2014 @ 16:01:00
Waar is jou Sondagkopies?
Ek dink nie Litnetters gaan dit maak nie, dis net jy en net ek en Zeppie wat hier kom lees al follow hulle my sodanig.
Almal spoke?
Aug 18, 2014 @ 17:27:15
Jong dit was vir almal sleg … n hele klomp blog nie meer nie Alles voel vir my ook vreeslik in isolasie My blus is ook maar redelik uit
Aug 18, 2014 @ 21:51:56
Ja die meeste mense wat my lees is maar ‘ou vriende’ wat ek op die blogs ontmoet het hier. maar soos jy sê my blus is uit.
Aug 19, 2014 @ 06:38:40
Ek dink net dat daar Litnetters is wat nie weet van hierdie blog nie bv. Lewies, Latino. Monica en nog ‘n paar. Onthou jy was laas iemand anders… hehehehe … dit klink sleg! 🙂
Aug 19, 2014 @ 07:12:22
Maar hullle follow my dan?
🙂
Weird. Nee ek hoor van Monica!
Aug 19, 2014 @ 12:23:36
Hulle gebruik nie hulle leser nie… dink ek!
Aug 19, 2014 @ 12:51:13
Dit pla my nie, maar as hulle nie lees nie sal hulle nie gelees word nie en sodoende verdwyn. Ek is tevrede, meer as, met die paar wat hier inloer. In elk geval blog ek nie gereeld nie.
Aug 18, 2014 @ 16:42:42
Hmmm? But you never know, right? If it was good enough for Saul of Tarsus… 🙂
The only case of convicted by ghost!
Aug 18, 2014 @ 21:50:11
🙂
Saw a cartoon today – Man says I just bought some homeopathic remedy for my gullibility!
Aug 18, 2014 @ 21:52:28
Wonderful! I shall remember that and recite it at breakfast tomorrow.
Aug 18, 2014 @ 22:03:39
So by the way you should read this
http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/a-balanced-look-at-gluten-sensitivity/#more
Aug 18, 2014 @ 20:07:06
Waar ‘n rokie is, is ‘n vuurtjie 😉
Aug 18, 2014 @ 21:36:31
Ja al moet ‘n spoook die brand stig
🙂
Aug 19, 2014 @ 00:58:41
YIKES!!!!
And, what a jerk!
Aug 19, 2014 @ 05:43:11
And his first 2 wives also died under mysterious circumstances… I am thinking of that Petersen guy – the writer. It seems to become easier after you kill one wife
🙂
Aug 20, 2014 @ 00:10:00
:-0
Aug 19, 2014 @ 02:20:39
Great story. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wX04pYhuf3o
Aug 19, 2014 @ 05:41:51
Thanks!
🙂
Aug 19, 2014 @ 15:41:43
I agree with you there. Good for the mother! He got what he deserved. 😀
Aug 20, 2014 @ 05:46:23
And for the record he had 2 wives that died previously under mysterious circumstances
😦
Aug 20, 2014 @ 05:50:07
Yes, read that. Seems they didn’t have such clever moms. 😆
Aug 21, 2014 @ 09:35:19
I don`t believe in ghosts really but I have seen some strange things at times. I do think that all matter like building materials must absorb certain electrical vibes from things that happen close by. When we went to Rochester Castle in the UK my wife had to cut the visit short as she said the place had very bad violent vibes. Latter we saw a program on the TV and it showed the violence and it was shown in the state I saw it in when I was 12, it has since been renovated and has all four towers.
Aug 21, 2014 @ 10:18:21
Hard to explain these weird feelings…. i will not even attempt. But some places are so somber that one can feel some evil?
Aug 22, 2014 @ 15:20:47
I have thought about it and can explain your wife’s violent vibes. But it is rather a scientific /psychological explanation and I guess you won’t really be interested!
Take care there are no ghosts.
Aug 22, 2014 @ 04:26:54
Yap , Even I tell no ones believe 🙂
Aug 22, 2014 @ 05:17:42
Lol!
😀
Mar 14, 2015 @ 18:09:39
Eeeekkkk ghosts scare me (as do spiders) so I will try to avoid both…
Mar 14, 2015 @ 20:14:10
Yes that’s wise, don’t cross paths 😊