Opened in 1896, the Ohio State Reformatory is famous for its Gothic facade and ominous six-story cell block. But its greatest claim to fame is when it served as the filming location for The Shawshank Redemption, though the prison was shrouded in terror long before Red and Andy holed up there. The reformatory closed in 1990…
Without a doubt, the most famous haunted bed and breakfast in New England is the Lizzie Borden house in Fall River. For those unfamiliar with the story (or the macabre jump-rope rhyme), police accused Borden of brutally killing her father and stepmother with a hatchet in 1892; she was acquitted of the murders later that year. At…
“The Haunted Halls Of Waverly Hills Hospital” is a video made by Ryan Bergara and Shane Madej, uploaded onto YouTube on April 28, 2017. It is the fourth episode of the second season of BuzzFeed Unsolved: Supernatural, and the twenty-third episode overall. You can watch it here. Description See why this Sanatorium is one of the most haunted places in the…
Yellowstone National Park contains a 50-square mile “zone of death” where, legal scholars suggest, a person could commit murder without fear of prosecution. This zone is the part of the park that extends into Idaho. The reason for this free-pass-for-murder lies with the Sixth Amendment which guarantees a defendant the right to a trial by…
Rasputin, a self-proclaimed magician and cult leader, wormed his way into the palace of the Romanovs, Russia’s ruling family, around the turn of the last century. He did so by telling stories to the heir to the throne, a boy named Alexis. His stories kept Alexis calm and sedate. This was important to the royal…
This twentieth-century urban legend haunted residents of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The legend had it that a figure with a severely burned face lurked around an abandoned train tunnel at night and made electricity go haywire with his very presence. Curious teenagers would sneak out to the tunnel to try to catch a glimpse of him. Well,…
According to this creepy tale, “Cropsey” lurked beneath the abandoned Willowbrook State School for children. In some versions of the tale, Cropsey was an ax murderer; in others, he was a monstrous boogeyman. In both, he was a murderous creeper hunting for lost children. And, sadly, he was based on a real murderous creeper. His…
Name: Robert Jeffrey (“Jeff”) Pelley Date of Birth: December 10, 1971 Claim to Infamy: On Sunday morning, April 30, 1989, four members of his family were found shot to death in their home. More than seventeen years later, Jeff Pelley was found guilty of their murders. His only known motive was that he wanted to…
Name: Michael Dean Overstreet Known Aliases: (none) Date of Birth: November 18, 1966 Claim to Infamy: On September 7, 1997, Overstreet abducted, raped, and murdered 18-yr-old college student Kelly Eckart. Her partially-nude body was found four days later in a ravine at Camp Atterbury. Indiana Connection: A native of Boggstown, Kelly had just finished her…
Name: Herbert Richard “Herb” Baumeister Known Aliases: Brian Smart, Brian Stats Date of Birth: April 7, 1947 Claim to Infamy: Eleven bodies were found on Baumeister’s estate. He also suspected of being the I-70 Strangler. Indiana Connection: Herb was born and raised in Indiana, where he continued to live and hunt humans until shortly before…
