SOLVEDListenRaleigh County, West Virginia · 2019
Natalie Cochran, a Raleigh County, West Virginia pharmacist, was convicted of first-degree murder for poisoning her husband, Michael Brandon Cochran, with insulin in February 2019, and separately convicted of running a $2.5 million Ponzi scheme.
Credit: Unknown authorPublic domainSourceSOLVEDListenHarpers Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia) · 1859
From October 16–18, 1859, abolitionist John Brown led a group of 22 men in an attempt to seize the federal armory at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, hoping to spark a slave uprising. The raid failed after a standoff and an assault by U.S. Marines under Robert E. Lee; ten raiders were killed, seven were later tried and executed, and five escaped.
SOLVEDListenMatewan, West Virginia · 1920
On May 19, 1920, a shootout in Matewan, West Virginia, between coal miners and their allies and Baldwin–Felts Detective Agency agents left ten men dead, including detective agency founders' relatives, Matewan's mayor, and two miners, marking a pivotal moment in the West Virginia coal wars.
SOLVEDListenGrant Town, West Virginia, United States · 2000
Arthur "J.R." Warren Jr., a 26-year-old gay man from Grant Town, West Virginia, was beaten and then run over by a car in the early hours of July 4, 2000. Two teenagers pleaded guilty to his murder; a third was tried as a juvenile as an accessory after the fact.
The files run from 1859 to 2019. The 1850s hold the most, with 1 file. The oldest is John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry, from 1859.
They are spread across 5 cities and towns, no more than one file in any of them. By type, the largest groups are murder and homicide cases (4), disappearance cases (1) and poisoning cases (1).
1 file of the 5 has coverage attached: 1 video, podcast or documentary.
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Alleged 1967 photograph of Louis Sodder — Credit: Unknown; edited slightly by Daniel Case prior to upload herePublic domainSource
Railroad map of Harpers Ferry in 1859 — Credit: Unknown authorPublic domainSource5. By status: 1 unsolved and 4 solved. The count covers published files only and changes as new files clear review.
John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry, from 1859. Open the file
Murder of Michael Brandon Cochran, with 1 video, podcast or documentary linked from its file. Open the file
It rebuilds hourly from the published files; the newest file change here is dated Jul 18, 2026. A status changes only when the record behind it does.
