They Removed the Stones From the Old Fireplace — And Found a Secret Passage With 112 Marks

They removed the stones from an old farmhouse fireplace — and found a sealed passage descending into the earth. What they discovered inside would remain buried in county records for over a century. In the winter of 1887, a crew of masons in Harlan County, Kentucky, was hired to repair a crumbling fireplace. But when they pulled back the stones, they uncovered something that made them refuse to continue working — a narrow passage, sealed from the inside, with a wall covered in mysterious tally marks. #History #DarkHistory #TrueStory #Appalachia #Kentucky #HiddenPassage #AmericanHistory #Documentary #HistoricalMystery #AppalachianHistory #ForgottenHistory #Mystery #LocalHistory #DarkAmerica #Underground