Houma, Louisiana, July, 1985 Tara Stillman shouldered her black Guess purse, closed the door to her brown Pinto, and bent down to the side mirror to check her make up. She stood up, tucked her straight blonde hair behind her ears, and walked around the front of the car. Tara was a junior at Ellender Memorial, and she scored a baby-sitting job with the Miller’s this past … [Read more...] about The Rougarou: A Fictional Story About Louisiana Folklore
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Urban Legend – The Demon Dog of Valle Crucis, North Carolina
My day job is working as a pest control technician for an awesome company here in Blowing Rock, North Carolina. Come to find out, I have a haunted site on my route. (Yeah, I know. What are the odds that the horror author gets the route with a haunted place?) I have included pictures in this article that I took the last time I was in this area. This local legend of a demon … [Read more...] about Urban Legend – The Demon Dog of Valle Crucis, North Carolina
Urban Legends: The Legendary Shanghai Tunnels of Portland, Oregon
The city of Portland, Oregon is known in modern times as America’s most “livable cities,” but it wasn’t all too long ago that the seedy underbelly cause it to be one of the most dangerous port cities on the west coast—possibly even the entire world. During the second half of the nineteenth century, the ports of Portland saw all of the criminal traffic that filtered through from … [Read more...] about Urban Legends: The Legendary Shanghai Tunnels of Portland, Oregon
Urban Legends: Scary Mary at the Golden North Hotel in Skagway, Alaska
As the forty-ninth state of the United States, Alaska is often described by locals as being thirty years behind the contiguous United States—with the days of pioneers and people flocking to take advantage of the gold rush set so recently in the past, it’s not too far-fetched to see how life might be a little slower in the Last Frontier. This also means that the ghost stories … [Read more...] about Urban Legends: Scary Mary at the Golden North Hotel in Skagway, Alaska
Urban Legends: The Haunting of Geiser Grand Hotel in Baker City, Oregon
https://puzzleboxhorror.com/encyclopedia-of-supernatural-horror/geiser-grand-hotel/ When the Geiser Grand Hotel opened in 1889, it was originally known as the Queen City of the Mines--perhaps just as a nod to the Gold Rush that flurried on its doorstep. At the time of its conception, it boasted state-of-the-art technology, the third elevator built west of the Mississippi … [Read more...] about Urban Legends: The Haunting of Geiser Grand Hotel in Baker City, Oregon