EPISODE 8: The Mad Butcher of Fayette County
Seven men disappeared under different circumstances. They are all believed to be victims of the same killer. Focused around the area of Oak Hill, a serial killer dubbed the ‘Mad Butcher’ performed two confirmed grisly murders, chopping one man into thirteen pieces. The Butcher’s identity was never found, and as time passed the story became folklore of the region. Missing men who were never found became roped into the story, but are they really victims too? Historian and Mad Butcher case expert Scott Worley helps piece together what we do know about the killer in this episode.
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UNSOLVED: The Mad Butcher of Fayette County
KILLERSCRAWLSPACE: The Mad Butcher of Fayette County
Raleigh County Historian Scott Worley
EPISODE 7: Fame Cooper
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Fame’s older sister, Sunshine Hornick
Project Cold Case: Fame Cooper
UNSOLVED: The Death of Fame Cooper
EPISODE 6: Huntington Prom Night Murders
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Herald Dispatch Timeline of the Murders
UNSOLVED: Huntington Prom Night Murders
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EPISODE 5: Charlie Boone
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Retired Bluefield Police Lieutenant Tom Helton
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EPISODE 4: Dee Anne Keene
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Family of Dee Ann Keene speaks out following eighth anniversary of disappearance
Dee Ann Keene family still searching for answers
WVSP Missing Persons: Dee Ann Keene
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EPISODE 3: The Sodder Family
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The Children who Went Up in Smoke
The Mystery of the Sodder Children
West Virginia Unsolved Murders by George and Melody Bragg
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EPISODE 2: Julie Wheeler
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- Julie Wheeler sentenced to 54 months in prison for Conspiracy to Obstruct Justice and Health Care Fraud
- LATEST: Couple charged with faking death to re-schedule preliminary hearing
- Raleigh County Man sentenced for Conspiracy to Obstruct Justice
- Wheeler pleads guilty to conspiracy in faking wife’s death
- Raleigh County woman enters guilty plea to health care fraud
- Woman admits to faking her own death, sentenced to 12 months in prison
Crime in the Coalfields is sponsored by Notoriously Morbid and Rose & Quesenberry Funeral Chapels.
EPISODE 1: Oreanna Myers
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Fire investigation turns into murder-suicide
Following murder-suicide, questions brought up about CPS referral process
Greenbrier County Sheriff’s Department press conference
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