In the summer of 2005, Melanie Metheny’s family had a cookout. For Catherine Moles, it's a vivid memory of her niece, Melanie, then 20, doting on her three-year-old son, Ryan. Catherine remembers Melanie as "very, very watchful," and "very protective." The cookout was just a small glimpse into Melanie's world: her kids were everything to her. But little did Catherine know that the cookout would be one of the last times that she saw Melanie.
On July 19, 2006, just a year later, Melanie Metheny, at 21 years old, vanished.

Sources:

1) https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/cold-case-spotlight/melanie-metheny-missing-person-west-virginia-rcna216494
2) https://www.wvsp.gov/missing-persons/Pages/MissingPerson_Detail.aspx?personid=3
3) https://www.kanawhasheriff.us/Documents/MelanieMetheny.pdf
4) https://melaniemetheny.wordpress.com/
5)https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/7wgihm/where_is_melanie_metheny_unresolved_disappearance/
6) https://www.melanieshope.org/?page_id=16

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On September 21, 1909, six members of the Meadows family were murdered and had their log cabin set on fire. George and Lydia Meadows, as well as their children: Will, Noah, and Lafayette, and Lydia's mom, Elizabeth, were all hit in the head with an axe or hatchet.

Sources:

1) https://blueridgetruecrime.substack.com/p/death-rides-a-fast-train-the-laurel?open=false#%C2%A7an-unsettling-development
2) https://www.oocities.org/rmbaker66/jstsmrdr.html
3) https://www.appalachianhistory.net/2019/09/laurel-creek-murders-part-2.html
4) https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/237051360/william-howard-little

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Listen to Kate talk about how truly witless this man was!

Sources:

1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Wozniak_(murderer)
2) https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/16/theater/inspired-by-true-events-true-crime-play.html
3) https://abcnews.go.com/US/community-theater-actors-final-performance-chilling-confession-double/story?id=63181588
4) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine_(musical)

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