Scary Urban Legends Stories in 50 US States
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Scary Urban Legends Stories in the 50 US States

Henry Ton
17 min readSep 13, 2020

We did on a collection of 50 US States Urban Legends, from Alabama to Wyoming for our TikTok series. Here is the entire series in our YouTube Channel:

Here are the Urban Legend Details all 50 States and our dialogue script for each state video:

Alabama: Hell’s Gate Bridge

Alabama Scary Urban Legend: Hell’s Gate Bridge

https://www.tiktok.com/@henry_and_emma/video/6849782803165416710

Emma: Hells Gate Bridge located in Oxford, AL said to be haunted by 2 couples that drowned there.

Henry: One night in 1950, the couple drove their car over the bridge, and both drowned.

Emma: Legend is if you cross over the bridge, and stop your car, and turn off the lights, the couple will appear behind you and leave a wet spot. Since 2005, the bridge has been closed for cars, and not recommended to walk over it.

Alabama: Kushtaka

Alabama Scary Urban Legend: Kushtaka

https://www.tiktok.com/@henry_and_emma/video/6850135690345237765

Emma: Alaska has its own Bermuda Triangle called Alaskan Triangle where people & planes go missing each year.

Henry: Legend is there’s a creature to blame for these missing people. It’s called the Kushtaka which is a shape-shifter that looks Half-Man & Half-Otter.

Emma: The Kushtaka lures their victims in by making fake cries of a baby & screaming of a woman.

Henry: Once they have their victims, they steal their human spirits & drown them in the rivers.

Arizona: Slaughter House Canyon

Arizona Scary Urban Legend: Slaughter House Canyon

https://www.tiktok.com/@henry_and_emma/video/6850579470370245893

Emma: During the 1800s, there was a family that lived inside a canyon outside of Kingman, AZ.

Henry: The father would leave the canyon to get food. One day, the father left and never returned. The mom & the children slowly starved and went psychotic.

Emma: Going crazy listening to her starving children, the mom put on her wedding dress, killed all the children & threw them into the river, and killed herself.

Henry: Legend is at night, you can hear the screaming of the mother and the cries of the children.

Arkansas: Wild Man

Arkansas Scary Urban Legend: Wild Man

https://www.tiktok.com/@henry_and_emma/video/6850854367696932101

Emma: In 1834, a creature that looked like BigFoot spotted in the creeks. They called him the “Wild Man”.

Henry: in 1972, in Fouke, AR, there was an encounter with this aggressive monster. True Events based in the movie “Legend of Boggy Creek”

Emma: Since then, there have been many sightings, and at night, you can hear the eerie roar in the creeks.

California: Char-Man

California Scary Urban Legend: Char-Man

https://www.tiktok.com/@henry_and_emma/video/6850950660926475525

Emma: In the woods surrounding Ojai, California, there are sightings of a Burnt Man called “Char-Man”.

Henry: Legend is in 1948, a father & son was horribly burnt in a house fire.

Emma: After the fire, the son became mentally unstable, hung his dad, and ran into the woods.

Henry: Ever since then, there have been sightings of the Char-Man around those woods.

Colorado: Phantom Jogger

Colorado Scary Urban Legend: Phantom Jogger

https://www.tiktok.com/@henry_and_emma/video/6850950660926475525

Emma: On Riverdale Road, it is said to be haunted by the “Phantom Jogger”

Henry: The jogger was hit by a driver on the road and left for dead.

Emma: Legend is if you park your car on the road, you can hear the jogger’s footsteps come closer, closer, and closer.

Connecticut: Wicked Witch of Monroe

Connecticut Scary Urban Legend: Wicked Witch of Monroe

https://www.tiktok.com/@henry_and_emma/video/6851325289130216710

Emma: In the town of Monroe, Connecticut, there once lived a woman being called the “Wicked Witch of Monroe”.

Henry: The woman’s name was Hanna Cranna, and she was accused of being a witch after her husband mysteriously fell off a cliff & died.

Emma: She was also accused of casting spells on people she didn’t like.

Henry: After her death, her house mysteriously caught on fire which further sealed her reputation of witchcraft.

Delaware: Ghost Samuel Chew

https://www.tiktok.com/@henry_and_emma/video/6851637398133165318

Emma: In Dover, Delaware, it is haunted by a ghost of the Chief Justice of the Court, Samuel Chew.

Henry: People have reported seeing his ghost outside of the courthouse.

Emma: The ghost would pull on Men’s clothing and give females a cold feeling.

Florida: Spook Hill

Florida Scary Urban Legend: Spook Hill

https://www.tiktok.com/@henry_and_emma/video/6851697044843695365

Emma: In Lake Wales, Florida, there is a place called Spook Hill. It is said to be haunted.

Henry: Legend is there was a huge battle between an Indian chief and a HUGE alligator at the bottom of Spook Hill, and both died. They are the reasons why it’s haunted.

Emma: People say they experience strange things while driving on Spook Hill.

Georgia: Lake Lanier

Georgia Scary Urban Legend: Lake Lanier

https://www.tiktok.com/@henry_and_emma/video/6852000618807135494

Emma: Lake Lanier is said to be haunted by the secrets that lie beneath it.

Henry: In 1946, towns, including all the buildings & cemeteries, were covered up in order to create Lake Lanier.

Emma: The lake has an eerie feeling about it. There has been an unusual amount of accidents & deaths.

Hawaii: Night Marchers

Hawaii Scary Urban Legend: Night Marchers

https://www.tiktok.com/@henry_and_emma/video/6852092831096425733

Emma: On the island of Hawaii, there are Phantoms of ancient warriors called the “Night Marchers”

Henry: They are spotted marching down mountainsides at sunset, firing torches while chatting.

Emma: Legend is if you see them, lay on the ground, hide, and don’t look into their eyes.

Idaho: Water Babies

Idaho Scary Urban Legend: Water Babies

https://www.tiktok.com/@henry_and_emma/video/6852453196728651013

Emma: Massacre Rocks State Park said to be haunted by “Water Babies” that were drowned there.

Henry: In the 1500s, there Shoshone Tribe went through a severe famine where they did not have enough food.

Emma: Mothers were forced to drown their babies rather than see them starve.

Henry: Legend is you can hear the crying of the babies when you are sitting next to the river.

Illinois: Phantom Lady of Kenney Hill Road

Illinois Scary Urban Legend: Phantom Lady of Kenney Hill Road

https://www.tiktok.com/@henry_and_emma/video/6852811009934036230

Emma: On Kennedy Hill Road, there have been sightings of a ghost lady that has been walking down the street.

Henry: In 1981, a lady died in a car crash there. They called her the Phantom Lady of Kennedy Hill Road.

Emma: Many reports came in that year about the Phantom Lady.

Indiana: 100 Steps Cemetery

Indiana Scary Urban Legend: 100 Steps Cemetery

https://www.tiktok.com/@henry_and_emma/video/6853187892689292549

Emma: 100 Steps Cemetery is said to be haunted by the ghost of the Undertaker.

Henry: Legend is at night when you climb up to the top of the concrete steps, you must keep count of all your steps.

Emma: Once you are on top of the steps, the ghost of the Undertaker will appear and show the vision of your death.

Henry: After that, count the steps going down the stairs. If the count is the same as going up as going down the stairs, then the vision of your death is false.

Iowa: Black Angel Statue

Iowa Scary Urban Legend: Black Angel Statue

https://www.tiktok.com/@henry_and_emma/video/6853557525413891333

Emma: In Oakland Cemetery, there is a statue of a Black Angel, said to be cursed.

Henry: One legend is a pregnant woman should never walk underneath the Black Angel Statue or she will lose her child.

Emma: Another legend is if you kiss the statue, you will be dead in 6 months.

Kansas: Devil Chair

Kansas Scary Urban Legend: Devil Chair

https://www.tiktok.com/@henry_and_emma/video/6853935575926361349

Emma: There’s a cemetery in Alma, Kansas, where’s there is a chair called the “Devil Chair”

Henry: The story goes in the 1800s, and old farmer refused to sell his land to the town for the cemetery. So someone pushed him into the water well and left him for dead.

Emma: The well sharted to have a bad smell. So the people boarded it up and put a statue of a chair on top of it. And that’s the “Devil Chair”

Henry: Legend is whoever mistakenly sits on the chair, will likely never be seen again.

Kentucky: Goatman

Kentucky Scary Urban Legend: Goatman

https://www.tiktok.com/@henry_and_emma/video/6854681180537654533

Emma: There is a creature called the Goatman of Pope Lick Creek.

Henry: The Goatman hides under the bridge over Pope Lick Creek. He has an appearance of dark fur, pale skin, goat legs, and goat horns.

Emma: Legend is the Goatman lures people to the train tracks to get hit by oncoming trains.

Louisiana: The Grunch

Louisiana Scary Urban Legend: The Grunch

https://www.tiktok.com/@henry_and_emma/video/6855053876358434054

Emma: There’s a dirt road in East New Orleans called the Grunch Road that dead-ends into the woods.

Henry: In these woods, there is a group of creatures, half-man, half-monster, called “The Grunch”

Emma: Legend is if you driving on the road and see an injured goat, don’t get out of the car.

Henry: The Grunch uses these injured goats to lure people out of their cars to drain their blood and then eat them.

Maine: Tomb of Johnathon Buck

Maine Scary Urban Legend: Tomb of Johnathon Buck

https://www.tiktok.com/@henry_and_emma/video/6855420067086077189

Emma: In Bucksport, Maine, the Tomb of Colonel Johnathon Buck has a mysterious stain on it that cannot be removed.

Henry: The story goes Colonel Buck sentenced a woman to be burned for Witchcraft. While the woman was being burnt, her leg rolled out of the fire. The witch is said to curse his tomb to always have her leg shape on his tomb.

Emma: After many attempts trying to remove the leg-shaped statin, for some reason, it always returns.

Maryland: Chessie

Maryland Scary Urban Legend: Chessie

https://www.tiktok.com/@henry_and_emma/video/6855769172274629894

Emma: In Chesapeake Bay, there is a snake-like creature called “Chessie”.

Henry: Since 1930, there have been many sightings of a huge snake swimming in the bay.

Emma: The snake is believed to be 30 feet long & thick as a telephone pole.

Massachusetts: Haunted Hoosac Tunnel

Massachusetts Scary Urban Legend: Haunted Hoosac Tunnel

https://www.tiktok.com/@henry_and_emma/video/6856192731937574149

Emma: The Hoosac Tunnel is said to be haunted. By miners that died there.

Henry: The tunnel took 24 years to build and about 200 men died building it. So it was nicknamed “The Bloody Pit”

Emma: In 1867, 13 Miners were trapped in the tunnel & died.

Henry: Legend is those miners haunted the tunnels and appearing as ghost and making Eerie moans.

Michigan: Girl on Strasburg Road

Michigan Scary Urban Legend: Girl on Strasburg Road

https://www.tiktok.com/@henry_and_emma/video/6857634930474650885

Emma: There is a Girl that haunts Strasburg Road where she was killed.

Henry: Since 1940, there have been sightings of this little girl knocking on windows looking for her killers.

Emma: So the road was nicknamed “Knock Knock Road”

Minnesota: Vargas Trail Hairy Man

Minnesota Scary Urban Legend: Vargas Trail Hairy Man

https://www.tiktok.com/@henry_and_emma/video/6858040279048441093

Emma: Vargas Trail said to have a Hairy Man that lives in the nearby woods.

Henry: The man is said to be 8 foot tall, straggly hair, musty smell, and barefooted.

Emma: He was blamed for the weird deaths of animals near that area.

Mississippi: Deer Island Pirates

Mississippi Scary Urban Legend: Deer Island Pirates

https://www.tiktok.com/@henry_and_emma/video/6858382214573378821

Emma: On Deer Island, it is said to be haunted by a pirate guarding his buried treasure.

Henry: A pirate ship sailed into Biloxi Bay, went to Deer Island, buried the treasure, and you will not imagine what happened next.

Emma: Legend is the Crew killed one of their own to guard the buried treasure.

Missouri: MoMo Monster

Missouri Scary Urban Legend: MoMo Monster

https://www.tiktok.com/@henry_and_emma/video/6859877955686993157

Emma: In the swamps of SE Missouri, there is a monster that lives there.

Henry: The monster which resembles Big Foot is called “MoMo”. He is described as having bad body odor, a pumpkin-shaped head, and been claimed to eat pets.

Emma: In 1968, MoMo tried to abduct a 4-year-old child, but when he was spotted, he ran into the woods.

Montana: Sacrifice Cliff

Montana Scary Urban Legend: Sacrifice Cliff

https://www.tiktok.com/@henry_and_emma/video/6860226686722542854

Emma: In Billings, Montana, there is a cliff called “Sacrifice Cliff”.

Henry: Legend is 2 Indians from the Crow Tribe who rode back on their horses to their village and found everyone dead from a bad outbreak of smallpox.

Emma: Heartbroken, the Indians blind-folded their horses and rode off the cliff to their death.

Nebraska: Centennial Hall Haunting

Nebraska Scary Urban Legend: Centennial Hall Haunting

https://www.tiktok.com/@henry_and_emma/video/6860597337316756741

Emma: In the town of Valentine, Nebraska, Centennial Hall was the oldest high school building, and it is still standing.

Henry: In 1944, a girl was killed by a poisonous clarinet reed in the music room in Centennial Hall. And she is believed to be the one that haunts the music room.

Emma: Visitors would hear voices and music from the music room, but no one was in there.

Nevada: Bowers Mansion

Nevada Scary Urban Legend: Bowers Mansion

https://www.tiktok.com/@henry_and_emma/video/6860983192770317573

Emma: In Washoe City, Nevada, the Bowers Mansion is said to be Haunted.

Henry: The millionaire Sandy & Allison Bowers took their wealth and build this huge mansion called the Bowers Mansion. After Sandy’s death, it is said that his ghost haunts the mansion.

Emma: Vistors reported seeing mysterious figures in the mansion.

New Hampshire: Alton Town Hall

New Hampshire Scary Urban Legend: Alton Town Hall

https://www.tiktok.com/@henry_and_emma/video/6861732108734434566

Emma: Alton Town Hall is said to be Haunted by unknown spirits.

Henry: Alton Town Hall was constructed in 1894, ever since then, there have been many reports of weird occurrences that have occurred there.

Emma: People have reported hearing footsteps and furniture moving.

New Jersey: The Jersey Devil

New Jersey Scary Urban Legend: The Jersey Devil

https://www.tiktok.com/@henry_and_emma/video/6862463066865536262

Emma: In the Pines Woods, New Jersey, there is a creature called “The Jersey Devil”

Henry: Legend is when Deborah Leeds was pregnant with her 13th Child, she offered the baby to the Devil.

Emma: After giving birth, the newborn child killed its mother and all their siblings.

Henry: The Jersey Devil has been described looking like a kangaroo, face of a horse, head like a dog, bat-like wings, horns, and a tail. Sightings have been persistent to this day, terrorizing livestock, and humans.

New Mexico: Luna Mansion

New Mexico Scary Urban Legend: Luna Mansion

https://www.tiktok.com/@henry_and_emma/video/6863587057277668613

Emma: The Luna Mansion in Albuquerque is said to be haunted by its past residents.

Henry: In 1880, the Luna Mansion was built by Santa Fe Railroad Co. in return for having Rail Rights of Way through the Luna Family property in New Mexico.

Emma: The most well-known ghost is Josefita. She can be seen on top of the stairs.

New York: Abandon Letchworth Village

New York Scary Urban Legend: Abandon Letchworth Village

https://www.tiktok.com/@henry_and_emma/video/6863915454960880901

Emma: Letchworth Village is said to be haunted by its past dead patients.

Henry: Letchworth Village is a former mental hospital that has been abandoned and left to rot over the years.

Emma: Legend is visitors reported seeing the former dead patients.

North Carolina: Cape Hatteras Light House

North Carolina Scary Urban Legend: Cape Hatteras Light House

https://www.tiktok.com/@henry_and_emma/video/6864244549305289990

Emma: Cape Hattera Lighthouse is said to be haunted.

Henry: In 1812, there was a tragic shipwreck in the cape of Hattera. One of the victims was a woman named “Theodosia Burr”.

Emma: She is believed to be the ghost that haunts the lighthouse.

North Dakota: Fort Abraham Lincoln

North Dakota Scary Urban Legend: Fort Abraham Lincoln

https://www.tiktok.com/@henry_and_emma/video/6864710164268829958

Emma: Fort Abraham Lincoln is said to be haunted by the colonel who built it.

Henry: In 1872, during the Civil War, Colonel George Armstrong Custer started building the Fort Abraham Lincoln.

Emma: Colonel Custer died just 4 years after the fort was built.

Henry: Vistors to the fort have claimed to see the ghost of Colonel Cluster and his wife.

Ohio: Werewolf

Ohio Scary Urban Legend: Werewolf

https://www.tiktok.com/@henry_and_emma/video/6865059343025425670

Emma: Werewolf has been terrorizing people of the Town of Defiance, Ohio.

Henry: In the summer of 1972, near the town’s train tracks, there have been many sightings of this werewolf.

Emma: People have claimed the werewolf tries to get inside their house by rattling their doorknobs.

Henry: The werewolf was said to be huge, hairy, and dressed in rags.

Oklahoma: Shaman’s Portal

Oklahoma Scary Urban Legend: Shaman’s Portal

https://www.tiktok.com/@henry_and_emma/video/6865423461313973509

Emma: Beaver Dunes Park is also called “Shaman’s Portal” for the mysterious things that happen there.

Henry: The park is built on top of ancient Indian Burial Grounds. It is also nicked named “The Oklahoma Bermuda Triangle”.

Emma: Legend is a UFO that was spotted crashing there, and people have gone missing from there.

Oregon: Bandage Man

Oregon Scary Urban Legend: Bandage Man

https://www.tiktok.com/@henry_and_emma/video/6865787634459970822

Emma: On the highway near Cannon Beach, there is a mummy that is called “The Bandage Man”.

Henry: The mummy is said to be a ghost of the local logger who died in a sawmill accident.

Emma: Legend is he would knock on your door and try to get in, and he will leave a bad smell.

Pennsylvania: Bus with No Ending

Pennsylvania Scary Urban Legend: Bus with No Ending

https://www.tiktok.com/@henry_and_emma/video/6866154637699894533

Emma: In Philly, there is a bus that doesn’t have an ending stop.

Henry: Legend is the bus only pick up passengers at the lowest moment in their life who just needs to get away from their problems.

Emma: Once the passengers are ready to face the world, then they can get off the bus.

Henry: Passengers have claimed they never knew how long they were on the bus. Could be hours, weeks, or even years.

Rhode Island: Devil’s Foot Road

Rhode Island Scary Urban Legend: Devil’s Foot Road

https://www.tiktok.com/@henry_and_emma/video/6866539931280477445

Emma: On Devil’s Foot Road, there is a rock with a human footprint & the devil’s hoof on it.

Henry: Legend is a Native American woman murdered a white man, and she tried to flee from the scene.

Emma: Another man stopped her, and she cried for the devil.

Henry: The man admitted the was the devil, and to prove it to her, he stomped his foot on the rock. So now the rock has an imprint of a human foot and the devil’s hoof.

South Carolina: Julia Legare Tomb

South Carolina Scary Urban Legend: Julia Legare Tomb

https://www.tiktok.com/@henry_and_emma/video/6866924957104868613

Emma: In the 1800s, Julia Legare got really sick and was mistakenly pronounced dead.

Henry: Julia was buried in the family’s mausoleum. A year later, another family member died. When they opened up the tomb, Julia’s remains were outside of her coffin.

Emma: Legend is Julia was in a coma. When she woke up, she tried to escape the tomb, but sadly died.

Henry: Visitor to the Mausoleum would hear eerie sounds believed to be Julia trying to escape from the tomb.

South Dakota: Walking Sam

South Dakota Scary Urban Legend: Walking Sam

https://www.tiktok.com/@henry_and_emma/video/6867272895673011461

Emma: On Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota, there is a man called “Walking Sam”.

Henry: Legend is he tries to convince teenagers to take their own life. From 2014–2015, there were 103 suicide attempts in Pine Ridge.

Emma: People have claimed “Walking Sam” is 7 feet tall and looks like Slender Man.

Tennessee: Pine Haven School

Tennessee Scary Urban Legend: Pine Haven School

https://www.tiktok.com/@henry_and_emma/video/6867626751267310854

Emma: In Jamestown, Tennessee, the abandoned Pine Haven School is said to be haunted.

Henry: Legend is a boy who was being bulled by a group of kids. The boy was shoved against a mirror, shattered the mirrors, and died. To avoid being charged for murder, the kids buried his body under the school’s floorboards.

Emma: Vistors have claimed to see a reflection of a boy in the mirror.

Texas: Candy Lady

Texas Scary Urban Legend: Candy Lady

https://www.tiktok.com/@henry_and_emma/video/6867700183161982213

Emma: In the 1900s, children in a small town have been going missing.

Henry: Residents blamed the missing children on “The Candy Lady”. She leaves candy on the children’s window sills with a note attached promising them more candy and then trying to lure them away.

Emma: A farmer found the body of a boy that has rotten teeth and pocket stuff with candy.

Henry: Whether it was true or not, the case remained unsolved. The residents still blame the Candy Lady for the Missing Children.

Utah: Escalante Petrified Forest State Park

Utah Scary Urban Legend: Escalante Petrified Forest State Park

https://www.tiktok.com/@henry_and_emma/video/6867980539962412294

Emma: Don’t stell any petrified wood from Escalante Petrified Forest State Park.

Henry: Legend is petrified wood is cursed to those who steal it from the park with bad luck, sickness, and even fatal accidents.

Emma: The thieves would send the wood back to the park and beg for the curse to be reversed.

Vermont: Hibernating Old People

Vermont Scary Urban Legend: Hibernating Old People

https://www.tiktok.com/@henry_and_emma/video/6868035556618538245

Emma: In the 1800s, there was a diary that was written about the legend of the hibernating old people.

Henry: Outside of Montpelier, there was a really poor family that couldn’t feed the oldest member of the family. So they buried them alive and let them freeze to death.

Emma: Legend is when spring comes around, the frozen old people will thaw out and come back alive.

Virginia: The Bunny Man

Virginia Scary Urban Legend: The Bunny Man

https://www.tiktok.com/@henry_and_emma/video/6868370250753248517

Emma: In Clifton, Virginia, there is an insane asylum with a patient called “The Bunny Man”

Henry: While transporting the patients to another facility, the bus crashed and one of the patients escaped. He survived in the woods by eating bunnies. Hence the reason we called him “The Bunny Man”

Emma: People have claimed he would chase them from the woods with a hatch.

Washington: Big Foot

Washington Scary Urban Legend: Big Foot

https://www.tiktok.com/@henry_and_emma/video/6869056201691368710

Emma: In the woods, there is a big ape-like creature called “Big Foot”.

Henry: Bigfoot gets his name from the huge footprint he leaves in the woods in the Pacific Northwest.

Emma: Bigfoot would be spotted many times by hikers and loggers.

West Virginia: The Mothman

West Virginia Scary Urban Legend: The Mothman

https://www.tiktok.com/@henry_and_emma/video/6868733394767891718

Emma: In Point Pleasant, there is a flying creature called “The Mothman”

Henry: The Mothman has been described as having wings like a moth and red eyes, flying around the Silver Bridge.

Emma: Legend is he was a government experiment gone wrong, and he escaped.

Wisconsin: Boy Scout Lane

Wisconsin Scary Urban Legend: Boy Scout Lane

https://www.tiktok.com/@henry_and_emma/video/6869139530394389766

Emma: In Stevens Point, there is a haunted road called “Boy Scout Lane”

Henry: Legend is a bus full of boy scouts crashed & everyone died. They are believed to be the ghost that haunts the road.

Emma: Visitors have claimed to see the ghost of the boy scouts in the trees.

Wyoming: Ship of Death

Wyoming Scary Urban Legend: Ship of Death

https://www.tiktok.com/@henry_and_emma/video/6869438080798051590

Emma: On the Platt River, there is a ghost ship that appears out of the eerie mist.

Henry: The ghost ship is called “The Ship of Death”. Legend is whoever you see laying on the deck of the ship will die in real life.

Emma: In 1862, a trapper saw the ghost ship and on the deck was his wife. Later that day, his wife died.

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