The Curse of Reymeyer's Hollow

In 1928, under the advice of a woman named Nellie Noll aka The
River Witch of Marietta, John Blymire believed that he had been
cursed by Nelson Rehmeyer. Blymire and his accomplices broke into
Rehmeyer's home to find his spell book and break the curse. They
were unable to find the book, but did find Rehmeyer himself, whom
they killed and mutilated in hopes that this would lift the curse.
The three men then set fire to the house, hoping to remove remnants
of the curse, as well as to destroy evidence of their murder.
However, the house did not burn down as they had hoped. This led to
many people further believing that Rehmeyer was a witch and that
his power prevented the destruction of the house. The resulting
trial drew national media attention and became known as the
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