5 Disturbing Unsolved Mysteries In West Virginia That Will Leave You Baffled

Irene Wilson was 52 in 1963 when she was brutally stabbed over 50 times and killed in her home at Broomstick in Calhoun County, according to the Hur Herald. Though some suspected her husband, no one has ever been charged in her death. Her husband died a few months after his wife. Irene, who is described as a well-liked Christian lady, was killed one night as her husband was at work as a nightwatchman. When he called Irene and got no response, he became worried and called a neighbor to check on her. The neighbor sent two teenager girls, who discovered the gruesome murder. Here's another instance where the woman was in a supposedly safe place, her own home, and still met a horrible fate.

On Christmas Eve in 1945, the Sodder home in Fayetteville burned down. Four children survived the blaze but five children went missing and no trace of their remains was ever found. Their parents believed the fire to be a cover for their abduction, even though the local coroner declared them all dead. A billboard was erected nearby to seek tips on where the children might be. Investigators were also hired to seek them out. There have been no suspects in their disappearance but some have speculated that an illegal child-selling agency took them, according to Unsolved Mysteries Wiki. The last surviving Sodder child, who was 69 in 2012, said she doesn't believe her siblings perished in the fire but that something else was at work.

Gorman, a 62-year-old businessman, was shot execution style while he got in his car at the Steak & Ale restaurant in Charleston, say the media reports. Police believed a car had been waiting there for him for more than an hour. When he came out of the restaurant he and the person in the car argued and then he was shot. Four witnesses reportedly spoke with police but police believed there were others who declined to come forward, according to WestVirginianews.blogspot.com. It shows how much our world has changed that in the 1980s a murder like this in the middle of the street could go unsolved. Now there would be cameras everywhere that would be utilized to identify the shooter.

His brother said that Danny had been receiving harassing phone calls, some of which were threatening. They also argued that he was squeamish about blood and that if he were to have committed suicide, he would not have done it by slitting his wrists. Some believe Danny was killed by a clandestine government agency, but no evidence of murder was ever found. It's hard not to be a little suspicious that perhaps a journalist who dug a little too deep was silenced.