How the record is filed

Evidence class · 44 files

Internet rumor

Internet rumor

The earliest traceable life of the story is online — treated with extra suspicion, filed anyway. 44 dossiers carry it — 1.3% of the archive — spread across 25 jurisdictions, heaviest in New York (5), California (5) and Maryland (4). A dossier can carry several classes and appears on every shelf it earns.

44 dossiers25 jurisdictions1.3% of the archive

By jurisdiction:New York5 California5 Maryland4 Pennsylvania3 Ohio3

Stull Cemetery

Tiny churchyard branded a "gateway to hell" by internet folklore.

4 claims · 1 legend→

Abandoned Settlement

Dudleytown

Cornwall, Connecticut

"Village of the damned" whose curse legend exceeds its documented history.

Railroad Bridge

Pope Lick Trestle

Louisville, Kentucky

Trestle of the "Goatman" legend—where the real danger is the train.

Napa State Hospital

Napa, California

1875 asylum on the hill—still operating, still haunted per lore.

3 claims · 2 legends→

Area 51 (Groom Lake)

The classified test site around which American UFO conspiracy lore orbits.

Former Hospital

Camarillo State Hospital site

Camarillo, California

1936 psychiatric hospital—its bell tower became a CSU campus landmark.

3 claims · 1 legend→

Clinton Road

West Milford, New Jersey

America’s most "haunted" road—phantom trucks, Klan gatherings and a snowman that stalks cars.

3 claims · 1 legend→

Former Hospital

Linda Vista Community Hospital

Los Angeles, California

1905 railroad hospital abandoned in 1991, reborn as a horror-film set.

Former Hospital

DeJarnette Sanitarium

Staunton, Virginia

Staunton landmark with a published haunting reputation.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Old Alton Bridge (Goatman’s Bridge)

Iron bridge haunted by a lynched goatherd—or a goat-headed demon.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Former Hospital

Norwich State Hospital

Preston, Connecticut

Riverside asylum campus that became an urban-exploration legend before demolition.

Amityville Horror House

Amityville, New York

112 Ocean Avenue—site of the DeFeo murders and a contested haunting.

Zombie Road (Lawler Ford Road)

Wildwood, Missouri

Forest road famous for shadow-figure reports and "Zombie" legend.

Walter E. Fernald Developmental Center

Waltham, Massachusetts

The "School for the Feeble-Minded"—eugenics-era institution with a brutal documented record.

Bunny Man Bridge

Clifton, Virginia

The railway underpass where the "Bunny Man" is said to hang victims.

Hummel Park

Omaha, Nebraska

The Omaha park with the "morphing stairs" and the devil legends.

The Mystery Hole

Ansted, West Virginia

The 1973 roadside attraction where gravity "doesn’t work."

Nome

The Gold Rush town where the disappearances became a UFO legend.

Former Hospital

Philadelphia State Hospital at Byberry

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Notorious asylum complex demolished after decades of abuse documentation.

Former Institution

Willowbrook State School

Staten Island, New York

Site of Geraldo Rivera’s 1972 exposé and the "Cropsey" urban legend.

Former Hospital

Kings Park Psychiatric Center

Kings Park, New York

111-year state hospital campus slowly being demolished.

Former Institution

Letchworth Village

Thiells, New York

"Village for the feeble-minded" with a polio-vaccine trial history and ruin lore.

Camp Hero State Park

Montauk, New York

Radar base at the tip of Long Island wrapped in Montauk Project folklore.

Former Hospital

Glenn Dale Hospital

Glenn Dale, Maryland

Abandoned TB hospital that became the DC area’s premier trespass legend.

St. Mary’s College Ruins ("Hell House")

Ellicott City, Maryland

Seminary ruins whose satanic legend outgrew its documented history.

Burkittsville

Burkittsville, Maryland

Real village made infamous by The Blair Witch Project.

Former Hospital

Crownsville Hospital Center

Crownsville, Maryland

Maryland’s segregated Black asylum, abandoned since 2004.

Former Institution

Forest Haven

Washington, Washington, D.C.

Abandoned DC institution for the disabled, closed amid a death scandal.

Gore Orphanage site

Vermilion, Ohio

Orphanage-fire legend that outlived the institution itself.

Town Folklore Area

Boston Township ("Helltown")

Boston Township, Ohio

Township emptied by parkland acquisition and wrapped in apocalyptic legend.

Munger Road

Bartlett, Illinois

Railroad crossing where legend says a stalled school bus was pushed to safety.

Melon Heads

Woods-lurking "melon-headed" children—Ohio’s most durable cryptid legend.

Canóvanas chupacabra country

Canóvanas, Puerto Rico

The 1995 livestock-death wave that launched the chupacabra legend.

Former Amusement Park

Ghost Town Village site

Maggie Valley, North Carolina

The mountaintop Wild West park that rose and fell—and kept its ghosts.

Fresno Nightcrawler site

Fresno, California

The walking-pants cryptid caught on CCTV in 2007.

Dulce

Dulce, New Mexico

The alleged underground alien base beneath Archuleta Mesa.

Los Feliz murder house

Los Angeles, California

The 1959 mansion where Dr. Perelson killed his wife and himself—left untouched for decades.

Dixmont State Hospital

Kilbuck Township, Pennsylvania

The 1862 asylum on the hill overlooking the Ohio—demolished 2006.

Topeka State Hospital

The Kansas asylum whose scandal ended it—and whose cemetery is a memorial.

Seven Gates of Hell (Toad Road)

York, Pennsylvania

The York woods legend—seven gates, an asylum fire and a road that isn’t there.

Boy Scout Lane

Stevens Point, Wisconsin

The Stevens Point lane where a Scout troop is said to have vanished.

Mel’s Hole

Ellensburg, Washington

The "bottomless" hole of the Art Bell legend.

Refuge Bridge

Clanton, Alabama

Bridge in Clanton; research record.

Tuskegee National Forest

Tuskegee, Alabama

Forest in Alabama; research record.

The rest of the ladder

Documented legend 1,412 Local folklore 976 Reported experience 93 Investigation claim 265 Media reported 176 Anecdotal 736 Disputed 72 Unverified 22