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Boot in the Brush: The Hidden Grave That Rewrote a Family's Past
Boot in the Brush: The Hidden Grave That Rewrote a Family's Past
Fear and unease arrive the moment a county surveyor's boot hits a hidden granite stone: a grave marker 18 inches wide, sunk beneath roots, naming a man who died in 1974 yet left no death certificate. Who buried a 23-year-old without notifying the county, and why did his guardian secure a legal strip of land days later - an action that kept the burial invisible for 45 years?
In this episode, we follow the discovery on Cooley Ridge Road, the family arrangements that led to an unrecorded burial, and the legal filings that cloaked…
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