Five Classic Urban Legends You’ve Never Heard Of

Everyone has heard of The Flashing Headlights, The Clown Statue, The Hook, and Bloody Mary. But have you heard of any of these?

#1: The 1962 Halloween Massacre

The Urban Legend Story:

In 1962, There is an image of a party of people standing together.

The legend goes that the hooded figure in the image above was an unknown guest among the teenagers. That they somehow were able to block all exits ahead of beginning to stab multiple partygoers ahead of making his own escape.

He was never able to be found, but the hood was cast aside on a road a few blocks from the house was discovered the next morning.

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#2: Hells Gate Bridge in Alabama

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Today the bridge is so dilapidated that a ton of signs and fencing have been placed around it. You can't even go near it.

The story goes that in the 1950s teenagers used to cruise over the bridge without lights as a prank on their dates. However, one night a couple were driving over it but drove off the bridge and into the river.

The girl didn't survive, however before the bridge was closed to public traffic when people drove over the bridge you may be greeted with a wet print on your backseat of her ghost hitching a ride with you.

But even then, don't be tempted to look over your shoulder. Its said if you do, you'll see a portal to Hell itself open up and drive you mad.

Today the bridge is fully condemned and not for public use at all citing that it's not structurally sound. But avid fans of this location will still make the pilgrimage to it. Visiting it and hoping for signs of an afterlife.

If you're curious here's the Google Map Link to Hells Gate Bridge.

#3: The Cohoke Train Track Ghosts in Virginia

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In King Wiliam County, between Danville and West Point is a stretch of train tracks in Virginia that have been known to see a floating light.

Some say if you get too close to the light you can hear a train coming. Or that if you don't keep your wits about you, you may experience a hallucination of someone following you.

Listen to the Podcast Episode below describing someone's experience around the Cohoke Train Tracks.

#4: La Mala Hora

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"La Mala Hora" translated from Spanish to English is "The Evil Hour". This is easily identified as 3 am. This time of the morning is also known as the witching hour, or the Devils hour.

But when you are at a crossroads during La Mala Hora, there is a being that others can only describe as a "forming dark energy". But those who stare too long will be driven insane.

#5: Skinned Tom

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Skinned Tom tends to center in Tennessee around the 1930s. It's a cautionary tale about a boasting and swaggering ladies' man. Someone who was charming and excentric in how he could charm anyone he set his mind to.

It was one fateful day when Tom was bragging on his train ride to see his lover did he give away too many details. Because the man he was bragging to was the husband of the woman he was meant to see. The Husband held back at the train station and wanted to catch them red-handed.

So as Tom and the mans wife began to "get familiar", thats when he stepped in. He grabbed Tom by the collar and took him into the woods behind his home. The man was a skilled hunter and the wife wasn't sure what became of them both. It wasn't until hours later when Tom came back did she scream in horror. He was fully skinned alive and bleeding everywhere.

So the legend goes if you're "parking" with someone you probably shouldn't be with, skinned Tom will come up to you with a horrifying look to catch lovers unaware.

(Fun fact, a human body CAN live up to 3 hours after being skinned alive.)

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