History & local legend
The clock above the Fayette County Courthouse in Uniontown is the focus of a local curse legend. The story says a condemned man was executed five minutes before his allotted time. Before he died, he cursed the courthouse clock to run five minutes slow, preserving the minutes he believed had been taken from him.
Folklore collector Beth Santore recorded the story on Grave Addiction after a contributor named Jessica sent it in during 2004. A second contributor, Scott, added a different account in 2008. He said that when he lived nearby, he had seen light coming through the slats beneath the clock at about two in the morning and had gone around the block to look more closely.
