West Virginia’s 1950s Book & Movie Adaptation Based on a Serial Killer
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The 1955 film, “The Night of the Hunter,” directed by Charles Laughton, was shot and set in West Virginia and was inspired by a 1953 novel by Davis Grubb. The movie is based on a book by a Moundsville native, which in turn was inspired by a serial killer in the area. … Read more