In 1928 a man named Nelxon Rehmeyer was viciously murdered that will always be remembered in York County, Pennsylvania. The traces of his death still haunt the house he once called home. |
After years of adversity and illness, Rehmeyer's neighbor, John Blymire, start to think that he was cursed and needed a supernatural solution. The local river witch in 1928, Nellie Noll, accused Rehmeyer, saying that it was he who was casting the dark hexes on Blymire.
Nellie told him that he must burn Rehmeyer's book of spells and bury a lock of his hair. The "book of spells" the river witch was mentioning to was The Long Lost Friend, this was written in 1870 by German John George Hohman. Also titled Pow-Wows, it contains all the collection of ancient German spells, rituals, and even recipes popular amongst the Dutch. This is just to add some information, the "Pennsylvania Dutch" culture is actually rooted in German heritage and language, not Dutch. Pennsylvanians did this to purposefully confusing people.
Blymire and two accomplise entered Rehmeyer's home, but they did not find the book. Desperate to lift the curse, Blymire went beating on Rehmeyer, tied him into a chair doused in kerosene and puts him in flame. After the murder Blymire claimed that even if Rehmeyer was on fire, his body never burned, proving to him and his accomplished that the man is indeed dealt in black witchcraft.
This is the spot where Nelson Rehmeyer died.
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