local legend

Waggener House / Gargoyle House of Kansas

Atchison haunt itineraries identify the Waggener or ‘Gargoyle House’ as one of the city’s recurring paranormal landmarks.
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Theorosa’s Bridge of Kansas

Kansas cry-baby / mother-ghost legend with multiple origin stories and a long reputation for eerie sounds and encounters.
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Shisler House of Kansas

Atchison haunted-house itineraries recount a girl who died of rheumatic fever and is said to remain at the Shisler House.
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Pennsylvania Hermit / Indian Echo Caverns of Pennsylvania

Caverns associated in Local Lore and Legends with the reclusive Pennsylvania Hermit, William ‘Amos’ Wilson.
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Mill Race Monster of Indiana

Local monster legend associated with Columbus’s Mill Race area; treated in Indiana tourism and local lore roundups.
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Lake Waha woman of Idaho

Story of a Native woman apparition wandering the lake shore and vanishing into the water, sometimes said to create a whirlpool.
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Ghostly Trainman of Ohio

Trainman apparition legend tied to the Clermont County rail line near Miamiville.
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Egypt Valley Creature of Ohio

Belmont County lore about a strange creature in or around Egypt Valley.
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Dogman of Defiance of Ohio

Werewolf-like cryptid reportedly seen or encountered by a rail worker in Defiance, later folded into Ohio dogman lore.
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Burnett’s Mound of Kansas

Topeka legend says disturbing the sacred mound invited the devastating 1966 tornado.
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