The Laurel Creek Axe Murders

Send us Fan MailOn September 21, 1909, six members of the Meadows family were murdered and had their log cabin set on fire. George and Lydia Meadows, as well as their children: Will, Noah, and Lafayette, and Lydia's mom, Elizabeth, were all hit in the head with an axe or hatchet. Sources: 1) https://blueridgetruecrime.substack.com/p/death-rides-a-fast-train-the-laurel?open=false#%C2%A7an-unsettling-development2) https://www.oocities.org/rmbaker66/jstsmrdr.html3) https://www.appalachianhistory.net/2019/09/laurel-creek-murders-part-2.html4) https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/237051360/william-howard-littleSupport the show