BODY BURIED in the lake at SUBMERGED Willow Grove School - Saga of Eddie Irons

This week me and Larry Stephens dive the ruins of the Willow Grove School which lies at the bottom of Dale Hollow lake. Willow Grove was one of the towns that was inundated with water when the reservoir was impounded by the Corps of Engineers in 1942. #TheTownThatDrowned One of the most interesting aspects of the Willow Grove School is that Eddie Irons was poured in the front steps of the front porch of the school. Lake historian Darren Shell tells the story of young Eddie’s death and burial, then how he was accidently dug up more than once, and eventually poured into the steps of the school. The Corps of Engineers attempted to free Eddie from the front porch of the school prior to flooding the town of Willow Grove, but the dynamite on slightly damaged the concrete of his now watery tomb. As a result, Eddie Irons remains entombed in concrete of what remains of the school’s front porch. If you want to listen to the entire hour and a half interview of Darren Shell discussing the history of Dale Hollow Lake, it is Season 2, Episode 40 on Relics Radio and the link is: https://bit.ly/3hHTsC7 For a complete list of books by Darren Shell, and links to purchase them, you can go to https://amzn.to/2RE5T7c