Missouri is filled with interesting and paranormal stories. This state may seem like a boring and land locked plain, but it has a rich and intriguing history. From haunted mansions to haunted roads. This area has a history with Indians, settlers, and immigrants. There are haunted houses all around us, even right here in Webster Groves. Missouri has had books written about it, and it has had TV shows featuring haunted houses as a top haunted place. There are many urban legends and old ghost stories that started in this very state. Missouri has a long and paranormal history.
The story of the haunted Lemp Mansion starts with Johann Adam Lemp when he started his own brewery. The beer he sold made the Lemp name famous in St. Louis. Adam died
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Louis. A 13 year old boy, named Robbie Doe, began to experience strange things such as his bed shaking, and his sheets being torn from his bed. At the time he lived in Maryland, but after seeing a priest and Robbie addressing the priest in an unknown language, his parents decided to visit relatives in St. Louis for a “vacation”. When Robbie’s mother started considering this, the word “LOUIS” was clawed onto his back. Once they got to St. Louis, Robbie and his mother visited a priest, who suggested using blessed candles and holy water; when Robbie was in the presence of the holy objects, things started flying around the room and a table flipped itself over. “The priest's diary went on to add that "the mother took the bottle of holy water and sprinkled all of the rooms." She then took the bottle and placed it on a shelf but it snapped into the air and flew onto the floor, although it did not break” (Troy Tayler 2006). During Robbie’s hospital stay, the priests there tries to baptize him, but when they asked if he renounced the devil and all his works, he went into a thrashing fit and had to be restrained. They went to see another priest, but this one was a Jesuit from St. Louis University; Archbishop Joseph E. Ritter was the priest to finally get permission to perform an …show more content…
This 2 mile stretch of a road is located in Wildwood and was constructed in the late 1860’s. The road that some call “Zombie Road”, was used by Glencoe Marble Company to to transport limestone deposits, but as time passed, the road came into disuse. It is said to be a long, twisty, and narrow road that is surrounded by thick forest that you can’t see past. “I was told that one of the strangest things about it was that it never looked the same or seemed the same length twice, even on the return trip from the dead end point where the stone company's property started” (Troy Tayler, 2008). There are many different stories about how this road is haunted, such as a old man that murders the kids that came to the old road, or a woman got run over by a train and still haunts the train tracks near the road. Some believe that a boy fell from the bluffs that surrounded the river, and that his body was never found. Though none of these stories may be true, many people believe that road is haunted by Cherokee spirits that once lived there. These stories make St. Louis the interesting and spooky city it is. With all its haunted houses and creepy stories, you can tell St. Louis has vibrant history full of tragedy and myths. Our city truly has a deep history that is full of interesting facts. Some of the details may be tweaked by being passed down by mouth for so long, but that what makes it fun to figure out what people
All houses are haunted; all persons are haunted; throngs of spirits follow us everywhere, we are never alone. Every county has they own haunted places some more known than others. I know this very personally because I live less than 100 yards from one of those haunted places, Marsh Road. I will take you on an adventure though Wisconsin’s past and present gulls and goblins that will sure give you a new look on Wisconsin. The haunted places in Wisconsin are worth learning about.
Over the recent break, I mentioned to a friend that I needed to write about a ghost-related urban legend. He offered to tell me about Glenn Dale Hospital, which is supposedly a famous ghost legend in Maryland. Since I am a lifelong Maryland resident and did not know about the hospital, I was eager to hear the story. The story was told in the living room of a house by a 19 year old white male native to southern Maryland. He is from a middle class family and his father and mother are a construction worker and a homemaker, respectively. He heard the story from another friend who claims to have visited Glenn Dale Hospital.
In April I sat down with a friend at my house and asked about any urban legends or ghost stories he had encountered. After a couple legends he had seen in movies, he mentioned a haunted bridge about ten minutes away from downtown. He is a twenty-one year-old White male; his father owns an appliance store and his mother helps out with the books. He first heard this story in the ninth grade from a couple of friends. Supposedly, they had heard from kids who had actually been to the bridge and heard strange things at night. The bridge is located off of Uniontown road, between a couple old farms. He has not encountered the bridge first hand but still remembers the story surrounding it:
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People will learn much more about why the Indians ended up there on the island, and the most haunted parts of the prison, stories, and many more about the haunted side of Alcatraz. The description of Alcatraz is sinister and quite mysterious. Many people describe it as a haunted attraction, but it is still extremely popular. Alcatraz is described as a “portal to another dimension, said to be “Filled with the energy of those who came to the “Rock” and never left” (The Ghosts Of Alcatraz). “Native Americans believed the island was to be inhabited by evil spirits.
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My first attempt at finding information was by typing in “Jamesport Manor Inn + ghosts” at the search engine Google. I found an article from The Suffolk Times, a local newspaper about the rebirth of the Jamesport Manor. It included a picture of the mansion with its owners, and there was a brief paragraph on the suspicion of ghosts roaming the area. “As for tales about ghosts and later use as a house of ill repute, Mr. Whines laughed and said, ‘I’m a trained historian, so I can’t tell you about that.
The particular story I collected takes place in Philadelphia, where ghost stories are plentiful. Philadelphia is an old city with a rich cultural heritage, and our founding fathers made history in the place that was once our nation’s capital (Eidmann). Many believe that their spirits and spirits of those from colonial times still lurk around. It is easy to feel like spirits are around when in a place where many people have lived and died before, and in a place that is filled with old buildings and landmarks. All of these factors make this city a perfect place for a ghost story.
Every movie has its own uniqueness. A movie can be misinterpreted if the viewer doesn’t take the time analyze it and its intentions. Both of the movies A Haunted House and Paranormal Activity are examples of this. While both of the movies could be misinterpreted, both of the movies did a good job with portraying different rhetorical situations that stood them apart from other films within their genres.
A 19-year old female from Harford County, Maryland, narrated the story of Black Aggie, the urban legend of an overnight stay in a cemetery. She grew up Christian, and still lives in one of the more rural areas of Maryland with her younger sister and parents, who own and work at an electrical contracting business. Accustomed to hearing many ghost stories and urban legends, she first heard the story of Black Aggie during a middle school slumber party. Late one Saturday night over pizza in our Hagerstown dorm, she was more than willing to share her favorite urban legend with me.
Movies like “Haunting in Connecticut” or “The Grudge” are fairly well-known and it is understood that they revolve around the concept of hauntings. Hollywood makes hauntings out to be nothing more than a vengeful spirit out for blood, however hauntings are so much more than that. In order to better understand the concept of a haunting and in turn to better understand the local legend of Gibbs Bridge, a firm grasp of exactly what traits a haunting encompasses is essential. The book Visions Apparitions Alien Visitors by Hilary Evans clearly states what the characteristics of haunting consists of in chapter 1.7. She says, “Hauntings are characterized by the place where they are seen which they appear to frequent.” (Evans, 98). Evans points out
a dull grey colour as if it had lost the will to live and stopped
Legends have been built around people, places, and things, for as long as mankind has existed; urban legends have been in existence. One of my personal favorites is “The Jersey Devil”, an urban legend that managed to survive for over two centuries. The story of course originated within New Jersey, but the specific area is still debated to this day. The most popular point of origin seems to be “Leeds Point”, New Jersey.
Stories of ghosts have been told since ancient times, which contain historical figures such as royalty, politicians, and writers. Because of these prehistoric tales, societies began to perform
A mystery or ghost story is a story that contains a ghost or a supernatural element. Like in ‘The Signalman’ ghosts often appear as prophets of things to come.