In the quiet stretch of Rockbridge County, Virginia, a grim discovery was made in the early morning hours of March 20, 1909. The body of Thomas Edward Drawbond, a 51-year-old man, was found mutilated on the Norfolk and Western railroad tracks in an area known as the Cedar Ridge Cut, south of Vesuvius. It was a scene that initially suggested a tragic accident, but the truth would soon reveal a far more sinister story.
Thomas Drawbond was a respected night watchman for the railroad, a posit
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