Urban Legend

Wildwood Cemetery legends of Pennsylvania

Cemetery-centered ghost stories that recur in north-central Pennsylvania urban-legend collections.
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Toymaker of Torrance of California

Story of man turning children into dolls
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Richmond Vampire / Hollywood Cemetery of Virginia

The Richmond Vampire is a major Virginia urban legend centered on Hollywood Cemetery’s W.W. Pool mausoleum and later Church Hill Tunnel stories.
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Morgan’s Corner of Hawaii

Infamous haunted road with violent ghost encounters
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Middletown Mall headless man of Ohio

Story of a headless male apparition attached to the mall area in Butler County lore.
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Melon Heads of Ohio

Legend of pale, malformed, large-headed beings said to lurk in the woods, often linked to an apocryphal Dr. Crow origin story.
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Majestic Theatre / Bloody Alley of Ohio

Twin Chillicothe legends involving a haunted theater and a violent alley story preserved in local Local Lore and Legends.
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Kelly Road / Mystery Mile of Pennsylvania

One-mile stretch of road said to provoke anger, violence, dread, and other strange behavior in visitors.
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House on Ridge Avenue / Congelier House of Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh’s notorious cursed-house legend involving murder, fire, apparitions, and a reputation for evil.
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Hex House of Oklahoma

Tulsa legend built around the Carolann Smith witchcraft-and-imprisonment case, later reframed as a haunted-house attraction and urban legend.
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