In 1897, in Greenbrier County, the death of Zona Heaster Shue seemed like a tragic accident until her mother claimed Zona’s ghost revealed she had been murdered by her husband, Erasmus Stribbling "Edward" Trout Shue. The astonishing testimony led to one of the most unusual trials in American history and the only known U.S. case in which a ghost story helped secure a conviction. The Greenbrier Ghost remains one of West Virginia’s most enduring legends. And ironically, the killer served his prison time in one of the most haunted prisons in the nation.
