EP-16 The Greenbrier Ghost/The Murder of Zona Heaster Shue - a podcast by Haley Stern

It’s the late 1800s and love is in the air for Elva Zona Heaster and blacksmith Erasmus Stribbling Tout Shue. After dating for a few months, they got married and started their lives together. Things did not remain all sunshine and rainbows when Zona was found dead in their home and cause of death was said to be heart failure. 

Right away Zona’s mother thought there was more to her daughter’s death and she prayed every night that Zona would return and tell her the true story of her death. 

Eventually one night her prayers came true and over a course of 4 visits, Zona had shared with her mother that she was killed by her husband in a fit of rage. 

Does her husband get convicted on the account of a dream or is he allowed to walk free?

This is a very famous case as it is the first time anything like this has happened in an American courtroom.

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