
Small Town Mysteries
3 lifelong friends who like to dish on true crime and the kind of drama that only small towns can provide 💀
Small Town Mysteries
The Laurel Creek Axe Murders
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Kate, Christine, and Rachael
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Episode 159
On 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-development
2) https://www.oocities.org/rmbaker66/jstsmrdr.html
3) https://www.appalachianhistory.net/2019/09/laurel-creek-murders-part-2.html
4) https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/237051360/william-howard-little