The Greenbriar Ghost

“Law in the United States is peppered with weird cases and strange laws. For example, did you know that in the state of Texas, it is illegal to take more than three sips of beer while standing? Did you also know there is one case that reads like a movie script from a ghost story – the victim’s ghost testified and managed to convict a killer,” reports DeadCentral.com.

“Greenbriar, West Virginia – In the courtroom, a man sits accused of murder. The victim’s mother takes the stand and proclaims his guilt. Her only evidence can neither sit on a table nor can it take the stand. She’s speaking for the deceased. In fact, her daughter’s ghost told her he did it. The man protests, but to no avail. The ghost is proven right, and he spends the rest of his natural life in jail,” reports DeadCentral.com.

The victim’s mother, claims her daughter’s ghost told her she was “killed over a meal which had no meat. He’d broken her neck, she claimed, and turned her head backward to prove her point. Mary took her story to the prosecutor, who ordered an exhumation,” reports DeadCentral.com. The defendant, Erasmus, protested but was quoted as saying, “They will not be able to prove I did it.” “The autopsy revealed the victim died of a broken neck and a crushed windpipe.”

The defendant was sentenced to life in prison, where he died, March 13, 1900, in the famous Moundsville.

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