The Curse of Hex Hollow: Unveiling the Dark Secrets of the Gruesome Murders

Welcome to The Oddity Shop, Where the Bizarre is Always on Sale! This week in the Shop Kara tells us a tale of witchcraft, Fold Magic, Curses, Hexes, Potatoes.....AND MURDER.

Stop by the shop and check out the strange tale. Hear as Kara explains a specific type of Magic called Pow-Wowing and how a Potato Farmer used it to help his community, until others meet with a local river witch who tells them the farmer had cursed them! They decide to break the curse and have trouble listening to rules.... And it leads to a gruesome outcome.

Reference Shout Outs: 

• the-line-up.com

• ozy.com

• www.americanhauntingsink.com

• https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pow-wow_(folk_magic)

• http://esoteric.msu.edu/VolumeIV/Powwow.htm

• https://www.pagermanpowwow.com/apps/blog/show/42784486-november-28th-nelson-rehmeyer-day

• https://yorkblog.com/yorktownsquare/post-88/

• https://www.wgal.com/article/tales-of-witchcraft-spells-murder-surround-rehmeyer-s-hollow/6239526#:~:text=Along%20with%20the%20help%20of,left%20to%20charge%20the%20men.

• https://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/ny-metro-justice-story-rehmeyer-20181121-story.html

• https://apnews.com/article/25375gec25d1e4fb8af95eb349d9cf75f 

• https://www.themariettatraveler.com/2019/08/27/the-river-witch-of-marietta-and-the-curse-of-hex-hollow/

• Tubi doc called Hex Hallow

  https://unchartedlancaster.com/2022/11/23/the-river-witch-curse-of-hex-hollow/

Each Week at the Oddity Shop, Your Curators Kara and Zach will bring you stories from Cryptids to Conspiracies, Cults to Curiosities, Myths to Mysteries, and so much more!