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The Bell Murder and Keyser House Mausoleum

Route 684, west of Luray, Page County, Virginia

The site of the 1842 axe murder of farmer John Wesley Bell by his enslaved workers became the center of a macabre legend involving glass coffins and a haunted mausoleum west of Luray.

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The Legend of Shenandoah: Daughter of the Stars

Shenandoah Valley, Virginia

An ancient Native American legend tells of a vast mountain lake whose still waters mirrored the night sky so perfectly that the people named it Shenandoah, the Beautiful Daughter of the Stars.