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- Narrator: In 1785, several children in the township of Blair, Maryland, accused Elly Kedward of witchcraft. She was found guilty and banished in the middle of winter. It was assumed she died from exposure. The following year, all of her accusers and half the town's children had vanished. Fearing a curse, the entire township fled as soon as the weather broke and vowed never to utter the name Elly Kedward again.
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- Buck Buchanan: In my law enforcement career I've seen people that have actually decided to disappear on their own and reestablish a new identity. There was no reason in this case for them to do that and there's no indication that they did. There's never been any evidence found to show that they're... that they fell upon foul play, that they're no longer living, so it's something in between or, certainly in the very least, something very suspicious.