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This episode covers the brutal triple murder in Pocahontas, Virginia, and the subsequent investigation involving drugs and betrayal.

In 1989, a brutal triple murder rocked the small coal town of Pocahontas, Virginia. What followed was a years-long investigation involving drugs, betrayal, federal indictments, and courtroom battles. This is the story of the Pocahontas Triple Murder. Sources - Murder in the Mountains: Triple murder in Pocahontas — 1989 investigation unearths drugs, sex, family feuds and double-crossings in small Virginia town | News | bdtonline.com Former Town Mayor, a Drug Dealer, Is Held in Family's Killing - The New York Times Ex-Mayor Arrested in Va. Shotgun Deaths MSM links - PATERON - Mountain State Mysteries | Podcast | Patreon WEBSITE - Home | Mountainstatemysteri ( mountainstatemysteriespodcast.com ) INSTAGRAM - Mountain State Mysteries - A West Virginia True Crime Podcast (@mountainstatemysteries) • Instagram photos and videos FACEBOOK - Facebook TIKTOK - Mountain State Mysteries (@mountainstatemysteries) | TikTok Youtube - (2) Mountain State Mysteries - YouTube MUSIC - Intro Music - The Company HARMONICS - Hampus Naeseliu

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