mike_brant asked this question on 4/26/2000:

i am looking for all information on the 1928 murder case.please send anything that will help in my search.

Amandab gave this response on 4/27/2000:

1928: Pennsylvania Hex Murder

John Blymire, a powwow doctor -- or Pennsylvania Dutch witch -- was in a funk. For weeks, he had been suffering from illness and bad luck. When another powwow doctor told him he had come under the hex of witch doctor Nelson Remeyer, Blymire decided to act. He broke into Remeyer's home looking for a book of spells, but instead ran into Remeyer himself. Blymire and two of his accomplices murdered, mutilated, and then burned Remeyer's body. In the trial that followed, the country was shocked to learn of the existence of 20th-century witchcraft that could bring so much evil.

I found this info at: http://www.apbnews.com/crimesofthecentury/stories

I hope this helps

mike_brant asked this follow-up question on

4/27/2000: thank-you but i had that already.can you suggest anything else?possibly where i can resurch the case?

Amandab gave this response on 5/1/2000:

I have thoroughly search everywhat I can think, and there doesn't appear to be anything else on the case available.

sorry I couldn't be of more help. Let me know if you have any luck

Amandab gave this follow-up answer on 5/14/2000:

Hi again Mike,

I have been still looking for any details I can find on this crime. What I have found now is a book for you. It is Hex, by Arthur H. Lewis. Here is a review about it from Amazon.com

It recalls a grizzly murder and the subsequent trial that took place in the Pennsylvania Dutch country around Harrisburg. I believe the period was the 1920s. Three young men, raised in the local culture of superstition and dark rituals became convinced that their personal and family misfortunes were the result of a hex. Before long, they identified the perpetrater as a local farmer,whom they believed to be a witch. The ensuing turn of events was to shock America. The author writes a thorough examination of the prevailing rural culture and its medieval European roots. The charming farmland and hamlets of the time hide the more sinister traditions of the populace, who's greatest fear is exposure by the outside world of the 20th century. Though it's somewhat dated, I believe this book is a useful look into the dark side of the human psyche.

It is out of print, but if you wanted it, Amazon will look for it on your behalf!

I hope this helps too

Amanda

Amandab gave this follow-up answer on 5/14/2000:

By the way, the two men's names were:

Nelson D. Rehmeyer and

John H Blymyer, the spelling in the news item above was incorrect

Amanda

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