Megan Moats had a picture-perfect childhood in Scarbro, West Virginia—cheerleading, books, and a loving family. But at 13, everything shifted when she found out her bedroom had been the site of a brutal double homicide back in 1961. The victims were Dr. Wingrove and Mrs. Broyles, and the mystery surrounding their deaths stuck with Megan well into adulthood. Now, alongside her mom in the studio, Megan shares how she uncovered new, disturbing details about the case—live, during the episode. No...
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Megan Moats had a picture-perfect childhood in Scarbro, West Virginia—cheerleading, books, and a loving family. But at 13, everything shifted when she found out her bedroom had been the site of a brutal double homicide back in 1961. The victims were Dr. Wingrove and Mrs. Broyles, and the mystery surrounding their deaths stuck with Megan well into adulthood. Now, alongside her mom in the studio, Megan shares how she uncovered new, disturbing details about the case—live, during the episode. No...
The Palace of Gold: West Virginia’s Hare Krishna Utopia Turned Hell
Creepalachia
40 minutes
1 month ago
The Palace of Gold: West Virginia’s Hare Krishna Utopia Turned Hell
This week, I’m diving into one of the most bizarre, beautiful, and ultimately broken places in West Virginia: The Palace of Gold. Perched above the hills near Moundsville, what began as a spiritual sanctuary for Hare Krishna devotees became a national headline factory in the 1980s—complete with FBI raids, murder plots, fraud, racketeering, and one of the most surreal downfalls in religious history. I’ll walk you through: -How a WV hilltop became a marble-and-gold mecca built by hand -The ri...
Creepalachia
Megan Moats had a picture-perfect childhood in Scarbro, West Virginia—cheerleading, books, and a loving family. But at 13, everything shifted when she found out her bedroom had been the site of a brutal double homicide back in 1961. The victims were Dr. Wingrove and Mrs. Broyles, and the mystery surrounding their deaths stuck with Megan well into adulthood. Now, alongside her mom in the studio, Megan shares how she uncovered new, disturbing details about the case—live, during the episode. No...
