James Duncan was a violent alcoholic who physically beat his teenage stepson, dragged his fleeing wife back into the house, and held the entire screaming family hostage at gunpoint over an unlit stove and a cold bowl of soup. A quiet night in Layland, West Virginia, shattered into chaos when James Duncan returned home from a local bar. Known to the outside world as a family man, those behind closed doors knew the terrifying truth of his abusive, alcohol-fueled rages. When a confrontation over a cold bowl of soup escalated into a life-or-death hostage situation, three generations of a family found themselves staring down the barrel of a loaded rifle. What happened next shocked the tight-knit mountain community to its core. An act of pure survival quickly spiraled into a desperate, panicked cover-up involving backyard burials, a locked car, and a staged disappearance. But when intense guilt forced the family to change their plans, a horrifying discovery on the Greenbrier River bridge left seasoned investigators paralyzed with fear. Fearing the return of an elusive 1970s serial killer known as the Mad Butcher, detectives began peeling back the layers of a gruesome crime scene, only to find that the truth of who mutilated James Duncan was far more heartbreaking than anyone could have ever guessed. Make sure you subscribe to get your regular crime fix: youtube.com/c/RealCrime Real Crime On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0JLjqhHBRN8qMTGKikm97B?si=Fnshg5sfSxmljxiW7wJrZg Any queries, please contact us at: owned-enquiries@littledotstudios.com #truecrime #realcrime #crime
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