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Who wrote the classic West Virginia ghostlore book The Telltale Lilac Bush?
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Why is the 1904 murder of Jay Legg in Clay County remembered today?
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Where was the last public execution in West Virginia?
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When was capital punishment banned in West Virginia?
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In 1993, two members of this organization were murdered in Pocahontas County.
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This underworld society of Italian immigrants was known to extort other Italian immigrants in West Virginia in the early 20th century.
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What Charleston native attempted to assassinate President Gerald Ford in 1975?
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In 1914, thieves stole $7,000 in coal company payroll from a handcar in this county.
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What West Virginian covered the John F. Kennedy on site in Dallas in 1963?
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Which ONE of the following labor leaders IS buried in West Virginia?
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