October 20, 2017
Elva Zona Heaster
Erasmus Shue
Kathryn Martinez
This was very interesting because nowadays if someone were to base evidence off a dream it would be thrown out of the courts. Now in this day in age forensic technology is far more advanced and these types of things are no longer needed. But if one were to state these kinds of things in court that would even raise a question to a person’s credibility or insanity.
15/09/2019
11:58 am
Eliezer Leal
This article was interesting to red, reading a ghost story usually is. Although personally I have not had any paranormal experience I am a superstitious person and I do believe that we can be visited by the spirits of people that have passed away, but to hear that a spirit helped solve her own murder is truly something. I could only imagine how difficult it was for Mary Jane to see her murdered daughter in her dreams asking for her murder to be brought to justice.
21/09/2019
11:58 am
Vanessa Quetzeri
It’s crazy to think that there was a time where people could get away with murder due to the lack of technology and resources at that time. I don’t know how much I believe that this ghost came to see Elva Zona Heaster’s mother because it could have just been based off her mother’s intuition, but regardless this article is very interesting.
23/09/2019
11:58 am
Cristianna Tovar
I found it strange that Erasmus Shue didn’t allow anyone to see his wife’s body up close at her funeral. Although there were some instances in which he acted a bit strange, I couldn’t believe that he was sent to prison after Heaster’s mother claimed that a ghostly figure had revealed to her that it was Shue who had killed her daughter. It makes me wonder how many people were sent to prison or executed based on someone saying that they had a vision of them being guilty.
27/10/2019
11:58 am
Cynthia Perez
Love paranormal stories especially ones like this where the “idea” of a ghost within a dream ended up helping a physical inhuman case. Something out of the ordinary helping humanity in small ways. I’m also one to believe that dreams are capable of anything and in this case maybe it proved the mother’s deep rooted intuition of Shue being guilty. I mean he showed many signs leading to that, I would think the dreams were there to justify what she had already knew and believed. Really interesting article, a very mysterious story and greatly written.
27/10/2019
11:58 am
Amelia Hew
Even though Erasmus’s action of refusing the doctors to examine his wife, Zona was highly suspicious, however I can’t believe that Erasmus was charged with murder of Zona after Zona’s mother claimed she saw a ghost that revealed Erasmus being the murderer of Zona. This even causes a public outrage and the crowd wanted him to be executed despite having no physical evidence stating that he was the one who murdered his own wife. Perhaps it is all Mary Jane’s idea to get rid of Erasmus after the death of her daughter? since she did not approve of their marriage in the first place.
31/10/2019
11:58 am
Kasandra Ramirez Ferrer
I had never heard of this story before, I found it quite interesting and odd. As I read the article I kept thinking how suspicious is the fact that Heaster’s body was found by the boy who was doing an errand Shue told him to that required him to go inside their house, it also surprises me how the police could have declared Heaster’s death due to natural causes and then change it to murderer. Despite my opinion on Shue’s guiltiness, I found ridiculous how he was sent to prison because of what Heaste’s mother said about a ghostly figure she saw and blamed Shue for it.
31/10/2019
11:58 am
Jose Chaman
It was clear from the beginning that Erasmus Shue was culprit. His behavior revealed that his was hiding something, but it is normal for people to have thought that it was the natural pain of mourning. This article does a great narrative job, and makes it way through the smoothly. What I found really hilarious was that after a month of the death of Jane, his mother claimed to have seen her ghost telling the name of the culprit, that, indeed, was Erasmus Shue. Very interesting interesting story.
10/02/2020
11:58 am
Jacob Galan
I think this is the 1st case I’ve seen where a ghost has played a critical role in a murder case. Even while reading the article, it was obvious that Erasmus Shue was behind it since the actions that he was doing were pretty odd. When convicted and at the trial it is nice to see how far we have come in the jury system because when found guilty that 1st thing that they were trying to decide is whether to execute him or not. Even though the crime wasn’t that gory that death was the 1st choice and now if a similar death were to happen like that, he would still probably face life in prison.
31/01/2022
11:58 am
Audrey Uribe
What a wild story! Crazy to imagine Mary Jane being so compelling that her dream was enough evidence to solve the murder case. Now in days with the forensic science we have, a dream would never hold up as evidence. I’m glad the investigation agreed to listen to her and believe her. I’m glad justice was served and peace was made. Fun article.
08/09/2019
11:58 am