Photo Story: The Legend of Corpsewood Manor

The Legend of Corpsewood Manor

Deep in the Georgia woods there sits a crumbling brick ruin with a body count and a legend attached to it. This is Corpsewood Manor. In 1977, a doctor and his partner bought a secluded mansion in the Chattahoochee National Forest. First, what they built became a rumor mill. Then it became a crime scene.

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