This week on hometown ghost stories.

In a quiet Appalachian town in 1897, a young woman named Zona was found dead under mysterious circumstances.

Her husband's strange behavior and a rushed burial left lingering doubts in the quiet mountain town. Zona's mother, haunted by visions of her

daughter's ghost, became convinced her death was no accident. What followed was one of the

strangest murder investigations in American history, led by a ghost. Hometown Ghost Hometown Ghost Stories contains serious and often distressing events and is not intended for all audiences.

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The cabin was silent, except for the faint crackling of dying embers in the fireplace.

Mary Jane Hester sat up in bed, her breath shallow, and her heart hammering in her chest.

The air had changed.

It was thicker, heavier, and much, much colder than it should be.

For four nights now, something had been waking her.

A presence.

A weight in the room that made her skin stiffen and her stomach tighten.

Tonight, though, it was stronger, much stronger.

She turned towards the doorway, and there, just beyond the dying fire's glow, stood a figure.

Zona.

Her daughter stood there, wearing a black dress, not the white burial gown that she had been laid to rest in.

The shadows clung to her, the fabric absorbing the dim light. not the white burial gown that she had been laid to rest in.

The shadows clung to her, the fabric absorbing the dim light, making her seem like an extension

of the darkness itself.

But Mary Jane knew it was her.

Zona's face was pale, her features sharp in the flickering firelight.

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