Today’s tale comes from Pikeville, Kentucky and centers around the heartbreaking life of Octavia Hatcher, and includes one of many people’s biggest fears - being buried alive. After you listen, make sure you head over to any of our social media pages and leave us a comment sharing your thoughts about this case to be entered into a drawing to win a free Haunted Hollers T-Shirt! We will hold a drawing and announce the winner during our next episode.

Works Cited

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https://www.theclio.com/tour/898/5. Accessed 1 Dec. 2021.

Forsyth, Jessica. “The Story of Octavia Hatcher.” AppalachianHistory.net, 3 Apr. 2012, https://www.appalachianhistory.net/2012/04/the-story-of-octavia-hatcher.html. Accessed 1 Dec. 2021.

“Octavia Hatcher: Buried Alive?” Roadside America, https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/23884. Accessed 1 Dec. 2021.

“Octavia Smith.” Hatcher Families Genealogy Association,

https://hatcherfamilyassn.com/getperson.php?personID=I42229&tree=WmTheIm. Accessed 1 Dec. 2021.

Rubio, J’aime. “Pikeville’s Hatcher Family History.” Stories Of The Forgotten: Infamous, Famous & Unremembered. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016, pp. 66-81.

Rubio, J'aime. The True Story Of Octavia Hatcher - History vs. Myth, Dreaming Casually (Investigative Blog) by J'aime Rubio. January 13th 2015.  https://dreamingcasuallypoetry.blogspot.com/2015/01/the-true-story-of-octavia-hatcher.html. Accessed 1 Dec. 2021.