Okay, this is totally OT. But I found on that site a story about a lil' girl that me and my ex bf in high school actually researched and covered for a school newspaper story. Okay, this is a really long post - but bare with me - good story!
The website said this: Greenup - There is a house where a little girl was supposedly murdered by her parents or housemaid around 1946. She was beaten regularly everyday until she finally died from the harsh, cruel things done to her. She was about 5 years old when she died. It is said that the house still has toys in the yard, and there are many pairs of children's shoes lined up against the wall, and there are tons of books on manners placed on the table along with dinner plates. There are footsteps that sound like someone is coming downstairs, and it feels like you are being watched. There is even an occasional loud banging upstairs.
Okay.... Her name was Mary Magdeline. *go figure*. Anyway, her parents *if thats what you want to call them* were actually her aunt and uncle. They did do horrible things do this lil' girl. The neighbors reported that they had caught the man dunking her head under water and beating her in the front lawn was common. The neighbor that finally gathered enough evidence together took it to the police, but with the war and it being in the boonies back then... the police just did a bunch of warning to the foster parents.
Finally, one day the neighbor was walking and saw Mary's body hanging from a tree. The aunt and uncle had gotten mad at this four year old girl and drunk so they hung her after beating her.
THere are actually pictures of her body hanging from the tree and the mourners of Greenup county coming to see her.
The house has been torn down - but too my knowledge there isn't anything in its place...its just kinda rundown weeds and such.
However, if you want to pay tribute to Mary - which actually, lots of Greenup-Ironton folks do. You can go to her gravesite. The gravesite was paid by the citizens of Greenup, and is in the shape of an angel. Lots of folks bring toys and such to her gravesite, when I went there were even letters.
The story is sooo sad - I guess it really just still touches people. Especially researching it and seeing the pictures and such.
One of the ghost stories however that is the creepiest - a truck driver was driving along the highway near her house stopped immediately as he said a child ran in front of his truck. He stopped and caught out and a lil' girl was saying "help me, dont' let him hurt me". The man reported that it was hard to hear b/c the girl obviously had no teeth * Mary's teeth was knocked out by the Uncle *. Then the lil' girl took off running. The man called the police and reported what had happened. The police found nothing.
Those stories are very common. And in case your wondering my ex and I could not find any news on Mary's Aunt and Uncle. Apparently, they were shipped off somewhere and thats where their story becomes unknown.
