In 1991, investigative journalist Danny Casolaro was found dead in a West Virginia hotel room while pursuing a conspiracy he called The Octopus. Ruled a suicide, his death left missing notes and questions that remain unanswered decades later.

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Danny Casolaro - Wikipedia
True Story of ‘American Conspiracy: The Octopus Murders’
Danny Casolaro And The Story Of 'The Octopus Murders'
The Death of Danny Casolaro, and the File That Did Not Come Back - Thar Tribune

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What started out as a normal night out in Charleston, West Virginia. Left one woman dead on the edge of a river. This is the case of Lynn Priestley.

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Lynn Parker Priestley (1955-1990) - Find a Grave Memorial
Cold Case Files: 30 year old Charleston murder case still haunts the city
WV - WV - Lynn Priestly, 34, Charleston, 21 March 1990 | Websleuths

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The case we have for you today is one of the craziest missing children's cases to come from the Mountain State. It's about a five-year-old boy who went into the woods with his cousins and sadly was never seen again.

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The strange disappearance of J.R. Shoemaker from Kirby in Virginia — StrangeOutdoors.com
Victor Dewight Shoemaker Jr. – The Charley Project
The Disappearance of Victor Shoemaker Jr. • Morbidology
A CHILD VANISHES, AND STILL, NO ANSWERS
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