# Maine ghost lore keeps an unsolved 1898 murder in public memory

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/professor-of-ghost-stories-issues-eerie-warning-about-tale-of-maine-woman-decapitated-in-1898-this-is-not-in-the-past/
- Published: 2026-10-31T11:57:57+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-31T12:13:48+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16245941/Professor-ghost-stories-issues-eerie-warning-tale-woman-decapitated.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Horror, Paranormal, Weird & Viral, World

## Key points

- Sarah Ware’s 1898 murder remains unsolved.
- Her remains were kept as evidence for decades.
- A professor says local ghost stories keep the case present.

## Summary

Sarah MacDonald Ware, a mother of two living in Bucksport, Maine, disappeared in September 1898; her badly damaged body was found nearly two weeks later. Her murder was never solved, and University of Maine professor Marcus LiBrizzi argues that the ghost stories surrounding her show how folklore can keep painful histories and unresolved injustices present.

A man Ware had worked for, William Treworgy, was tried in 1902 and acquitted after a witness withdrew his account; no one was convicted. Theories about her death remain unproven, while reports of a faceless woman and other supernatural experiences circulated locally. Ware’s skull and other evidence were kept at a courthouse for decades before her remains were buried in 1998.

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