The Buried Secrets of My Hometown

What is the scariest story you know that is true? In the 1930s near my hometown,

a man killed his wife, his MIL and his three step-children, dismembered their

bodies and hid them in the root cellar. My great-uncle and his father (my great-grandpa) were out hunting

when their dog ran off barking. Uncle followed the dog and found a burlap bag.

He opened it and found the head of one of the children. When he told us the story,

he said he looked up, and the man was standing right in front of him,

another burlap bag in his hands. His dad arrived, scared the guy away and they reported

the head to the local cops, who found the rest of the victims, and arrested the