CATAWBA MURDER HOLE - Marian McConnell stands deep in a cave near a deeper pit labeled "Hell" as she sings her tale of evil and mystery. In the depths of the Earth some 160 feet beyond sunlight, her ...

Clare Fieseler's and Jason Jaacks' reporting was supported by a grant from the Pulitzer Center and co-published with the Post and Courier. Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, ...