Regional legends, cultural folklore, high-strangeness events, and unexplained encounters that don't fit neatly into a single phenomenon — from Men in Black to moon lore.
I get a lot of questions on this, so here I go. Are there Ouija Board Dangers, or is it just a toy? I loved my Ouija board and found one in my Grandpa’s basement hidden behind his tool boxes at 14 years old.
In Episode 101, Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore the campus of Marlboro College in Vermont in search of the ghost of Emily Mather. They say Emily committed suicide after the man she loved took his own life because her parents forbade their romance. This story of star-crossed l...
Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore the woods around Camp Ker-Anna in Cumberland, Rhode Island, in search of Fingernail Freddy and Hot Shot Charlie; two reclusive men/monsters who are said to stalk the children of the summer camp should they get out of line.
In Episode 243, Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger investigate Gould Court in Gloucester, Massachusetts, where a poltergeist haunting made the news back in the early 1880s. Were the strange knocks and thumps just the house settling, or could they have been something more sinister? CALL ...
Name: Kate Mulhern Location: Florence, Italy Date: June 25, 1997 I assisted for a study abroad program every summer for six years through Seattle University where we took students to Florence, Italy.
In Episode 82, Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger take a drive up to Greenfield, Massachusetts, to explore Eunice Williams Covered Bridge. It was here on March 1, 1704, that Eunice Williams was executed with a tomahawk shortly after the Deerfield Massacre. That event has haunted the com...
In Episode 38 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger visit Lake Champlain on the Vermont/New York border in search of a lake monster whose legend dates back over 500 years to the time of the Abenaki and Iroquois people. The story of a 40-foot serpent shows up in many newspaper accounts as w...
In Episode 212, Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger stroll down Brick Kiln Lane in Pembroke, Massachusetts, searching for a tapping ghost who was seen and heard over the span of years back in the 1940s. This ghost has ties to the old shipyard, which has ties to the Boston Tea Party. This...
Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore the folk legend of Levi Beebe, the Weather Prophet of Beartown Mountain in Lee, Massachusetts, who predicted the devastating Blizzard of 1888 that claimed 400 lives in March of that year. How did he make this and his many other weather predicti...
Attention Alaska residents – Have you experienced a paranormal encounter? Do you believe you’re haunted by a ghost or have been in contact with a spirit from the beyond? Was there a shadowy figure in your new home? Or did everyone in your neighborhood fear the same part of town?
In 2012, I took the New England Legends audience to October Mountain in the Berkshires of Western Massachusetts. We were in search of the ghost of a little girl said to haunt an abandoned cemetery near the top.
Witness: Michael Sipes Jr. Location: Elkview, West Virginia Date of Encounter: December 6, 2014 First, I apologize for the length of this, but I typed it just as soon as I woke up, after having gone back to sleep after my experience, so the events were extremely fresh in my mind.
Name: Michael Todd Location: Arkansas Date: July 13, 2013 I have been a paranormal researcher and investigator for approximately 18 years. Throughout this time frame, I’ve seen, heard, and experienced incidents, and unexplained phenomenon many times.
Built by the J.P. Morgan family, Lenox’s Ventfort Hall is a Gilded Age mansion with ties to the legendary Massachusetts 54th regiment from the Civil War and was host to the people who shaped and molded this country at the turn of the century — the Vanderbilts and the Rockerfeller...
Witness: Emily Location: United Kingdom Date of Encounter: 2012 One night, I booked a hotel room on the first floor. I unpacked all of my stuff and put it away in the cupboard. I went to sleep but heard a noise coming from the next room. It was pretty loud.
Witness: Midwest/Minnesota Paranormal Society Location: Colfax County, Minnesota Date of Encounter: July 26, 2009 MMPS (Midwest/Minnesota Paranormal Society), which is our group, took this photo on the night of July 26, 2009. We were investigating a local legend called "Timber La...
The site of a ghost town which was lost at the turn of the century, mysterious Glastenbury Mountain is located just outside of Bennington, Vermont. The vast wilderness is host to many legends, among them tales of a “man-eating” rock and several Bigfoot sightings. The area is also...
The alien/ghosts/something scary thing happened back in 1994, sometime in October. My husband and I were staying at my in-law’s farm house right outside of Kingstree, South Carolina, while our daughter was in the NICU in Florence. We had been there almost 5 weeks and were enjoyin...
Looks like we’re going on vacation, and #nevercominghome! Blumhouse’s Fantasy Island opens today, pack your bags and join us! BLUMHOUSE’S FANTASY ISLAND is a Columbia film and will open nationwide on Friday, February 14th BLUMHOUSE’S FANTASY ISLAND has been rated PG-13 for violen...
The so called Trenton Hatchet Man makes his home at the Hickory Flat Cemetery. Urban legend says that if you try to enter cemetery after dark, a man dressed in old, dirty clothes will chase you away. He is supposedly the old caretaker of the cemetery who was killed by a maniac wi...
The twin train tunnels are just south of Cincinnati in Ryland Heights, Kentucky. It's located on Lambs Ferry road, in an area thats very dark (no street lights), and feels very desolate, though there are homes all up and down the road. According to local legend, a man ...
The Allendale Train Tunnel is located south of Cincinnati, in the woods behind the Allendale trailer park in Elsmere, Kentucky. Some years ago, legend says a man hung himself from a hook that is set above the tunnel entrance. Now, his ghost is said to walk the tunnel, or some say...
Lick Road is home to the legend of Amy, a 30 year old woman said to have been killed here by her boyfriend. Located just outside Cincinnati, it is one of the areas more popular "haunted" hot spots. Lick Road dead ends at the Richardson Forest Preserve, maintained by the Hamilton ...
The Story of the Hook man is one of the most popular urban legends in the country, just about everyone has heard one version of the tale or an other. But not everyone realizes we have our very own hook man right here in Ohio! Our hook man hangs out on Pond Run…
It's been a few years since I was at the site of the old Buffalo Ridge Observatory, or as urban legends says, the crematorium. Apparently, the park service has been doing some work back in the woods there. You can't tell much from this picture, but that big green patch is where t...
Let me start by saying that all the pictures at the end of this post were taken almost 10 years ago, and that there's really nothing to see there now. This site was pretty much buried a few years ago, probably to dissuade people from hanging out there. But, the stories about the ...
For generations, Short Creek in eastern Pulaski County, Kentucky has allegedly been the subject of a haunting. In this short film, Zach Bales, the Paranormal Roadtripper, introduces viewers to the legend of Short Creek and discusses his own haunting experiences there.
The Dent Schoolhouse, built in 1894, on Harrison Avenue in Dent, is one of Cincinnati's most popular haunted houses, drawing huge crowds every Halloween season. It is also believed, by some, to be haunted for real! Any online search you do about the place will give you the same b...
October 13, 2013 May 7, 2014 Rick Local Myths & Legends: ‘Superman’ George Reeves is Buried in Spring Grove Cemetery I’ve heard this since I was a kid…that George Reeves, star of the 1950’s ‘Superman’ TV show, is buried here in Cincinnati at Spring Grove Cemetery.
The story of the Loveland Frogmen began in May of 1955, just outside of Loveland, Ohio on a road that runs along the Miami river. This was where an unnamed business man claimed to see three bipedal reptilian looking creatures on the side of the road. The man pulled over and watch...
The Witches Tree, also called Witch Hill, is an urban legend from just south of Cincinnati in Alexandria, Kentucky. For the most part, this legend is dead, as the tree in question was cut down a few years ago. The story goes that three witches were hung from this tree.
North of Cincinnati, in Colerain Township, sits Buell Road, and an urban legend that promises death within 7 days to those foolish enough to tempt fate by summoning a phantom bicyclist. Yeah, kind of sounds like 'The Ring', only without the VHS tape (who even owns a VCR anymore?)...
Located at sixth and Main in Downtown Cincinnati, The Gwynn Building was built in the early 1900's (completed in 1914), and is one of only fifteen buildings in Hamilton County to be listed in the Department of Interiors National Historic register. It's a cool old building (cl...
On March 30, 1975, Easter Sunday, James Ruppert murdered 11 family members in his mother's house at 635 Minor Ave, Hamilton, Ohio, in what has come to be called the Easter Sunday Massacre. He is now serving two life sentences at the Allen Correctional Institution. Ruppert's early...
Located between Princeton & Millikin Roads in Liberty Township, the Screaming Bridge is the home of several mysterious tales. The bridge spans the mainline that has had many names since the 1870's -the Short Line, Big Four, New York Central, Conrail, Penn Central, and now, Norf...
The story of the Harbin Park water tower in Fairfield is one of those rare urban legends that is actually based on something that really happened. On the night of May 18, 1991, 18 year old Joshua Paul Trovillo was killed when he fell 100 feet from the ladder on the tower. Accor...
This house, located in Amelia, has been reputed for years to be haunted by the ghost of a little girl who was killed there. Known as 'The Dunham Road House', there's not a lot of information about it other than the basic back story. It's said that it was once the home of the ...
The Oxford Light…. the phantom motorcyclist…. the Oxford ghost light…. this urban legend is known by many names. It’s been around for a long time, some say as far back as the 40’s. It is said that if you drive out to where Oxford-Milford Rd. and Earhart Rd.
A community of evil, retired circus midget's in Cincinnati? It doesn't get much creepier than that! But, is it true? Well, no, but the so called village where they lived is sorta kinda real, or rather, it used to be. Urban legend says that, just north of Cincinnati, close to Mt...
The Stonelick Covered Bridge, located in Milford, Ohio, was built in 1878. Also known as the Perintown Covered Bridge, it is the county’s only remaining covered bridge, and is still in use today (though temporarily shut down due to damage).
Said by some to be the most haunted place in Ohio, Dead Mans Curve does seem to have a dark history. This allegedly haunted stretch of road is between Amelia and Bethel in the village of Bantam in Clermont County, where Route 222 meets route 125. Urban Legend says that this st...
The Devil’s Church. Some say it’s an old warehouse that’s now used by Satanists, others that it’s a house, and when you drive up to it, there is always candles burning in the windows, the number of which is equal to the number of people in your vehicle.
November 10, 2011 October 18, 2014 Rick Satan’s Hollow is one of the best known, but least seen, urban legends around here. It is a series of drainage tunnels located in Blue Ash, Ohio, where a group of Satanists supposedly used to meet in some type of altar room, and conduct the...
Lick Road is home to the legend of Amy, a 30 year old woman said to have been killed here by her boyfriend. Located just outside Cincinnati, it is one of the areas more popular "haunted" hot spots. Lick Road dead ends at the Richardson Forest Preserve, maintained by the Hamilton ...
