The testimony of the ‘ghost’ sent the murderer to jail, read how the game of the mastermind of the perfect murder was exposed
Can the testimony of a ghost be used to convict a murderer? You may find it strange, but it has happened. Today we are going to tell you such a story of a murder in America, in which not only the police but even the court accepted that a soul has solved its mystery. Although the law does not recognize ghosts, but in this murder mystery, the testimony of a ghost has put the murderer behind bars. It is about the year 1897. In Greenbrier County, West Virginia, a man named Erasmus Stribbling Trout Shue was sentenced for the murder of his wife, Elva Zona Heaster Shue. Now you must be wondering how a ghost convicted? Let’s know about this murder mystery.
Joanna had fallen down the stairs. An unknown boy called for help, but Erasmus returned home before Dr. George Knapp arrived. After this he took Jonah to the room. Jonah was wearing a highneck gown then. Joanna was dead.
When Dr. George started examining Jonah, Erasmus started crying and crying. Seeing this, the doctors stopped midway and declared Jonah’s death as natural. After this preparations for Jona’s funeral started. When people came to pay tribute, Erasmus started behaving like crazy after seeing Jona’s dead body.
People felt that Erasmus could not bear the shock of Jona’s death. But Jonah’s mother Mary had her doubts. She wanted that the murderer of the daughter should be punished. And see the game of nature, that truth also came to the fore which Erasmus had hidden from the people.
According to Mary, one day the ghost of her daughter appeared before her and told her how her husband put her to death. The ghost of the daughter also told the reason for the murder. Said to have been killed by Erasmus by strangulation and a small cut on the neck after an argument over dinner. To prove this, the ghost had turned its head backwards.
After this, Jona’s mother got the case reopened. Then in the investigation it was found that the things that the ghost had said were true. There was a cut mark on Jona’s neck. At the same time, the doctors also confirmed the death by strangulation. After this Erasmus was sentenced to life imprisonment.
