Urban Legends

When it comes to urban legends, Illinois has its fair share, but these 10 bizarre ones really weird us out.

Why is everyone so afraid of clowns? If you live in Illinois, there's actually a very good reason or reasons. One is all too real while the other is the state's most notorious urban legend who's perpetrator was never caught.

The Hoosier state is home to many urban legends, but the tale of the hitchhiking ghost is quite eerie.

Louisville, Kentucky is known for many things like bourbon and horse racing, but located on a rather unassuming street within the city is what the locals call the Witches' tree.

We've been known to tell some true whoppers when it comes to fish stories involving the Mississippi River. One of the greatest of them all is the tale of the monster catfish that was so large it spit out a diver. Let's explore this legend and see how much truth lies down there.

Urban legends can be fun for those that tell the tales. But, what about when those stories begin affecting real families? Based on my research, that's exactly what happened to the Missouri family who were at the center of the Albino Farm near Springfield, Missouri.

What is now a post office in Illinois used to be a building with a horrific history. This address housed one of the most notorious serial killers in United States history who treated it as his own murder castle.

This is a Missouri legend that dates back over 200 years. It's a beast known as the Ozark Howler and the stories that locals tell vary but all point to something dark and loud hiding in the Missouri Ozarks.

This began as a simple search out of curiosity. It led me down a rabbit hole that resulted in the twisted tale of the many graves of a Missouri witch named Molly Crenshaw.

I first thought this was nothing more than a tall tale, but I've now found numerous reports to corroborate a claim by a fisherman that he encountered a giant spider in Missouri. Ew.