Case file · Haunting
Mamie Thurman and 22 Mine Road
Mamie Thurman's murdered body was found on 22 Mine Road near Holden, Logan County, in June 1932. The case was never satisfactorily solved, and her ghost is said to walk the road.
1932 CE · 37.83, -82.06 · status: legend
The account
A Black handyman, Clarence Stephenson, was convicted in a trial many locals considered a cover-up for prominent men. Drivers tell of a woman in a white dress, or of rocks thrown at cars.
The sceptical view
The murder is documented; the haunting is local legend.