Welcome to episode 49 - West Virginia First up we discuss some weird state facts. (10:30) Then, in Weird News, James discusses the history of the Iron Maiden. (15:00) Finally, in this week's main topic, we discuss the massacre of the Clay family and the hauntings of the Little Shawnee Amusement Park that was built on the site decades later. (25:20)

Research:

https://jaimerubiowriter.blogspot.com/2018/03/clover-bottom-massacre-1783-west.html

https://www.wycoreport.com/news/massacre-of-clay-children-remains-an-infamous-episode/article_194e587c-de39-5a53-99eb-600d6829000f.html

https://the-line-up.com/lake-shawnee-amusement-park

https://visitmercercounty.com/lakeshawnee/

https://visitwv.com/lake-shawnee-amusement-park/

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/abandoned-west-virginia-amusement-park-bloody-history-article-1.1497567

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Shawnee_Amusement_Park

https://web.archive.org/web/20190619045900/https://www.register-herald.com/news/life/the-haunted-history-of-lake-shawnee/article_08935a42-a55a-536a-94a8-11893a806589.html

https://www.discoveryplus.com/video/most-terrifying-places-in-america/miss-mollys-and-lake-shawnee

https://www.discoveryplus.com/video/ghost-lab/theme-park-of-death

Music:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niAWe09-JW8&t=3s&ab_channel=DarrenCurtisMusic

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