The stories associated with the old roadway nicknamed Zombie Road in Missouri are many. Located outside of St. Louis, the original name of the road was Lawler Ford Road and it was constructed in the late 1860s. It was originally built to gain access to the Meramec River and the railroad tracks located alongside. It started to be referred to as Zombie Road as early as the 1950s.
The Zombie Road
Zombie Road was built in the second half of the 19th century as a way to access the Meramec River and the railroad tracks running alongside it. Indeed, the road served a practical purpose in its early days, providing easier access to the river and the railroad used for transportation and commerce.
The trail sits on top of an old Native American burial ground and winds through two miles of dense woods. The trail was also used as a path for soldiers in the Civil War and was the site of railroad accidents and various mysterious disappearances. All of this has created the legends surrounding the trail today. One of the most compelling legends tells of a figure that appears around the railroad tracks. This figure is rumored to be the soul of someone struck and killed by a train. In fact, there was someone who was actually struck and killed by a train in that spot.
You can tell a lot about a location because of its name. Surely, the infamous Zombie Road in Missouri isn't based on anything real, right? The truth is how this road got its name might really be based on truth with just a hint of legend.
Zombie Road is located near Wildwood just outside of St. Louis. As we've shared previously, there are many who swear they will never travel down Missouri's Zombie Road ever again. That's due to the numerous paranormal investigators who claim this is the easily the most haunted road in Missouri if not America altogether.
Here's where it gets interesting. Numerous sites like Roads to Travel agree that Zombie Road was built just prior to the Civil War in 1860. Many claim to have seen and heard "ghosts" of Native Americans and Civil War soldiers along this road.
The amazing answer is yes. Specifically, the story of someone hit by a train really happened to Della Hamilton McCullough. Only In Your State confirms this was a judge in 1876 who was struck and killed by a train with the resulting injuries so gruesome the remains were like a zombie. That is when the legend of the ghost of someone being hit by a train lurking in the woods began.
Was this judge tragically killed by a train responsible for the many deaths that have been reported along Zombie Road over the past century? There's no way to know for sure. The only thing we do know is there was real tragedy that was the origin for this infamous road in Missouri.
You can tell a lot about a location because of its name. Surely, the infamous Zombie Road in Missouri isn't based on anything real, right? The truth is how this road got its name might really be based on truth with just a hint of legend.\nRead More
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Route 66, or U.S. Highway 66, is one of the most famous roadways in the United States. According to the National Park Service, Route 66 runs from Chicago to LA, the road was established in 1926. While not the oldest or longest, it provided a shorter way to get to the West Coast at any time of year.
Route 66 represented the freedom of the automobile and connected small towns with larger cities. The road was frequently used in the 1930s by people moving west and appeared in popular songs, films, and books. Route 66 was decommissioned in 1985 and no longer exists in full. As its popularity declined over the years, some of the towns along it became ghost towns. Some of them supposedly contain actual ghosts as well.
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