MADISON — Built in 1908, one of this 2,200-resident hamlet's most storied historical buildings is once again the talk of the town, and now the world, courtesy of the Netflix series, "28 Days Haunted."
Richard Miller, who owns Madison Dry Goods, spent years accumulating items for a museum above his store. In this photo, Gary “Tex” Carter works on cleaning the windows of the museum in 2003.
This 2008 photo shows the family grave where eight members of the Charlie Lawson family are buried near Germanton. On Christmas Day in 1929, farmer Charlie Lawson murdered his wife and six of his seven children before taking his own life.
Madison Dry Goods owners Richard and Kathy Miller have staged the rooms of the former Yelton Funeral Parlor as they might have looked in 1929 when the Lawson family members were embalmed. Their second-floor museum is open to the public and features many mementos of the era, including information and photos chronicling the ghastly crime. Susie C. Spear, Rockinghamnow
The original elevator that served Penn Hardware Store and Yelton Funeral Parlor in historic downtown Madison is still in working order, according to Richard Miller, owner of the building’s Madison Dry Goods Inc. and curator of the upstairs museum. Bodies of the Lawson family members were transported via this elevator on Christmas night 1929.
Richard Miller, who owns Madison Dry Goods, spent years accumulating items for a museum above his store. In this photo, Gary “Tex” Carter works on cleaning the windows of the museum in 2003.
This 2008 photo shows the family grave where eight members of the Charlie Lawson family are buried near Germanton. On Christmas Day in 1929, farmer Charlie Lawson murdered his wife and six of his seven children before taking his own life.
Madison Dry Goods owners Richard and Kathy Miller have staged the rooms of the former Yelton Funeral Parlor as they might have looked in 1929 when the Lawson family members were embalmed. Their second-floor museum is open to the public and features many mementos of the era, including information and photos chronicling the ghastly crime. Susie C. Spear, Rockinghamnow
The original elevator that served Penn Hardware Store and Yelton Funeral Parlor in historic downtown Madison is still in working order, according to Richard Miller, owner of the building’s Madison Dry Goods Inc. and curator of the upstairs museum. Bodies of the Lawson family members were transported via this elevator on Christmas night 1929.
