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A Lee Enterprises, Incorporated newspaper. Majority shareholder: David Hoffmann, Hoffmann Media Group.

Paranormal team visits historic Madison mortuary

Lawson murders

Using a device that registers changes in electro-magnetic activity, Buster Williams, founder of Franklin County VA Paranormal, scans the embalming room of the Yelton Funeral Home where Lawson family members were autopsied and embalmed in 1929.

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MADISON — The casket price list catches his eye, and Buster Williams gives it a quick sweep with a gizmo he uses to measure electromagnetic waves.

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Susie C. Spear is a staff writer for RockinghamNow. She can be reached at 743-333-4101 and on Twitter @SusieSpear_RCN.

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