The “Hex Murder” of Kalamazoo is known in local legend as the witchcraft murder, however, there is a hidden story involving ghosts, cults, and betrayal among friends. — A Welcome Invitation On the afternoon of Jul 18, 1929, 76-year-old Etta Fairchild donned her favorite dress and hat while cheerfully exclaiming that she was going to visit her friends, the Burgess’. She somehow made it to the Burgess home, about half a mile from the Merrill Home in which she was a…