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Hillbilly Horror Stories Paranormal Podcast

Hillbilly Deadtime Stories Ep 61 Lieutenant James Sutton, Jr

Hillbilly Horror Stories Paranormal Podcast

Jerry Paulley

Religion & Spirituality, Science, Natural Sciences, History

4.73.7K Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2022

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Introduction voice over by Leebo Jakes from Lexington Paranormal Research Society 
Narrated by Jerry Paulley 
Written by Jerry Paulley
Closing song: Kid Riot

Transcript

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0:00.0

It's not unusual to hear a story in which a loved one pays a visit to his or her family

0:27.9

members after their passing. Sometimes though that spirit is trying to inform their family

0:33.9

that maybe there was some foul play involved with their death. There have been a few high-profile

0:40.3

cases showcasing this. The most famous of which would be the Green Brieher Ghost and Green

0:46.0

Brieher West Virginia. In that instance, Zona Hester Schoo died at the hands of her husband

0:52.0

in 1897, but it was made to look like an accident. There was no proper examination of the

0:58.2

body and Zona was buried. Eventually she came to her mother in a series of dreams explaining

1:05.5

how she was killed. Her body was eventually exhumed and her husband ultimately arrested

1:11.4

for the crime. This was the first case of a Ghost's confession being used in a conviction

1:17.6

in the courtroom. In this episode, you will learn of a similar situation just 10 years

1:23.0

later after the death of Marine Lieutenant James Sutton Jr.

1:52.5

One of the most well-known hauntings in Annapolis, Maryland is that of a young Marine by the

1:56.8

name of James Sutton Jr. He died at the Naval Academy in 1907 under mysterious circumstances.

2:06.0

His parents who lived across the country in Portland, Oregon looked forward to his letters

2:10.3

each week. There was something strange about the letter that his mother Rosa opened on

2:15.6

October 11th. It was written with the same jovial style as his other letters, but his

2:21.7

mother had a sense of dread while reading it. This was not an unusual occurrence for Rosa.

2:28.0

She had been able to sense things starting in her early teens. As she read the letter,

2:33.0

her hand started to tremble. The next evening, she had a sharp pain and a feeling of deep

2:38.0

despair. She decided to read the letter again to see if there was something that she was

2:43.0

missing. She had a vision that her son would be coming home unexpectedly. She even prepared

2:49.1

a bed for him. Unfortunately, this would not be the case.

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