The murders at hanging rock is a book in which the author states that the events in picnic at hanging rock were fictional and then proposes a variety of explanations for the mystery of what happened in the fictional story this is an australian book and the only way i managed to get a copy was through an inter library loan. Dubbed the hanging rock murders in 1971 three men were mad because they got refused service at a bar went to a pizza joint and said theyd kill whoever came out next it was two 16 year olds deborah hawley and david doyle. Roanoke mayor sherman lea is a member of the parole board and wouldnt comment specifically on why parole was granted saying it went to a vote and he got a majority. 150 years later peace abides at hanging rock battlefield the nearest civil war action to roanoke took place a century and a half ago today. Hanging rock is an unincorporated community in roanoke county virginia united states located directly north of salem the community is named for a prominent rock outcrop the intersection of virginia state route 311 and virginia state route 419 is in hanging rock