Author: Matt Gilligan / Source: did you know?
Where did you grow up? Do you remember the local legends and folklore that horrified kids and were passed down through the ages? Don’t go near that house? Stay out of those woods?
Every state and every community has those delightfully scary stories, and here are 10 of the creepiest from different states.
1. Alabama
Some of the people who boarded the ship Eliza Battle in February 1858 had no idea that they would never get off the doomed vessel. On March 1, the ship, bound for Mobile and was loaded with cotton bales, caught fire, and 33 passengers and crew members died.
People say that sometimes you can see the burning Eliza Battle rise from the Tombigbee River, trying to make it all the way to its final destination.
2. Arkansas
During the battle of Poison Spring in April 1864, Union General Frederick Steele took over the home of a mailman named John Chidester to use as his headquarters. Chidester was thought to be a Confederate spy, and Union troops fired into the walls where they believed the man was hiding in a closet. Chidester fled to Texas, but the bullet holes can still be seen in the home.
Some believe that Chidester’s ghost still haunts the home, telling unwanted visitors to “Get Out!”
3. Indiana
The town of Tunnelton got its name from all the railroad tunnels that surround it. The one called “The Big Tunnel” in town is supposedly haunted by a man who was beheaded during the construction of the structure.
Another ghost known to roam the tunnel is Henry Dixon, a watchman who was murdered there in 1908.
His murder was never solved, and some believe that Dixon roams the eerie tunnel seeking justice.4. Iowa
Located in Cedar Rapids, Coe College is said to be haunted by a student named Helen Esther Roberts, who died during the 1918 flu pandemic. Roberts used to haunt Voorhees Hall, where she lived, and is thought to live in an old grandfather clock.
Students claim to have seen…
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