In 1932, a black man was found hanging on Rattlesnake Mountain in Fauquier County.
Author Jim Hall takes an in-depth look at the events to expose a complex and disturbing chapter in Virgin.
But residents knew better, calling the tragedy a lynching--the Last one known in Virginia.
Some claimed Thompson killed himself--the final act of a desperate fugitive.
Officials identified the remains as Shedrick Thompson, wanted for the abduction and rape of a local white woman.
A mob set fire to his body.
In 1932, a black man was found hanging on Rattlesnake Mountain in Fauquier County