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Welcome back to Oddly True Crume , where we cover the wildest and weirdest true crime cases that sound too unbelievable to be… well… true. Episode Three takes us to Long Island, where a man named Robert Berger  attempted one of the most dramatic stunts in recent criminal history: faking his own death to avoid prison . The Setup: Who Was Robert Berger and What Was He Facing? At the time of his scheme, Berger had already been convicted of criminal possession of stolen property

Some true-crime stories rely on forensic evidence, witness testimony, or confessions. But in one of the strangest cases in American history , a murder was allegedly solved because the victim herself  returned from the grave to expose the truth. This is the chilling tale of Zona Heaster Shue , also known as The Greenbrier Ghost —the only case in U.S. history where a ghost’s testimony was accepted in court. A Marriage Full of Secrets In 1897, Elva “Zona” Heaster married a black

In this first installment of “Oddly True Crime” , we explore one of those haunting stories that blurs the line between sleep and reality — where a dream reportedly led to real-world tragedy. According to the tale, a man in Washington dreamed about a tragic scene: a dead jogger lying somewhere familiar. When he awoke, he went back to a walking trail and discovered — to his horror — an actual body exactly matching the image from his dream. The Alleged Incident The story dates t