Episode Details

They believed Nelson Rehmeyer had cursed them. Their solution was murder.

In November 1928, the Hex Hollow murder turned a quiet corner of York County, Pennsylvania, into the center of a sensational true-crime story. Rehmeyer, a farmer and practitioner of Pennsylvania Dutch powwow—a traditional form of folk healing—became the target of John Blymire’s conviction that he had been hexed.

Blymire and his accomplices, John Curry and Wilbert Hess, sought Rehmeyer’s copy of The Long Lost Friend or a lock of his hair, believing these could help break the alleged curse. Their quest ended in a fatal attack and an attempt to burn the evidence.

In this episode of Hitched 2 Homicide, Kris and Rob explore Nelson Rehmeyer’s murder, the beliefs behind the crime, and the trials that brought national attention to Pennsylvania’s powwow tradition. We examine how a healing practice became entangled with accusations of witchcraft—and how one man paid for those accusations with his life.

Listen to the story behind Hex Hollow, where the fear of a curse became a reason to kill.

Timestamps:

00:00-05:19 Welcome
05:19-08:20 the Rehmeyer Family
08:20-17:43 Pennsylvania Dutch Powwow Explained
17:43-21:12 Who Was Nelson Rehmeyer?
21:12-30:37 Accomplices and planning John Blymire, John Curry, Wilbert Hess, and the Plan
30:37-37:30 The Murder of Nelson Rehmeyer
37:30-40:56 The Crime Scene and Investigation
40:56-51:27 The Hex Murder Trials and Verdicts
51:27-53:24 The Legacy of Hex Hollow
53:24-59:50 Bless Your Heart

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