Washington
Maltby Cemetery in Maltby, Washington is home to a dark urban legend regarding a set of stairs leading to an underground crypt. The myth goes like this: if you descend the thirteen steps into the crypt at night, you’ll be granted a brief vision of hell that will drive all but the most mentally stoic people mad.
West Virginia
Perhaps one of the best-known regional urban legends of the US, West Virginia’s Mothman is supposedly a massive moth-like cryptid that causes disaster. The Mothman was allegedly spotted before the 1967 collapse of the Silver Bridge between Point Pleasant and Gallipolis. Forty-six people died in the accident, which locals blamed on the Mothman.
Wisconsin
An ironic tale from Wisconsin holds that a woman named Kate Blood murdered her husband and children before taking her own life. You can visit her grave at Riverside Cemetery in Appleton, Wisconsin. Legend holds that it drips with blood on the night of the full moon. Notably, her headstone quickly proves that this legend is nothing but a ghost story, as Kate Blood’s husband outlived her!
Wyoming
Another well-known cryptid, the Jackalope, is the most famous urban legend from Wyoming. The story goes that a species of horned rabbits lives in Wyoming, though no biologist has ever found a living or deceased specimen. Still, some locals swear they’ve seen such a creature with their own eyes.
Would You Dare to Visit the 20 Most Haunted Cities in America?
From homes to hotels to ships to battlefields and even unlikely places, anywhere tragedy occurs, paranormal activity is often present. The US has a long history of this. Here are the 20 most haunted cities in America.
20. San Antonio, Texas
San Antonio is famous for being the site of the Battle of the Alamo during the Texas Revolution in 1836. Scholars now say the Mexican army suffered 600 casualties, while 189 Texas defenders were killed. Historians still debate the numbers. Nonetheless, many Alamo employees and visitors have reported seeing the ghosts of soldiers and hearing phantom battle cries.
