Hanging the Macon County Witch is a true story.
Truth is stranger than fiction an.
This story has several weird twists and turns, including Lize trading her own head to a local doctor for ginger cakes and hard cider.
This bizarre story follows a slave woman named Lize - who claims to be a Witch by the way - from the time Wilson Meador purchased her, until the Macon County Sheriff hanged her.
The Hanging outlined in this book really took place in Lafayette, Tennessee in the late spring of 1845.
Hanging the Macon County Witch is a true story