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Dreamland Park at Coney Island was destroyed in 1911 when a burst light bulb and a bucket of tar set the Hell’s Gate ride ablaze. The fire spread quickly as the park was made mostly of the thin lathe frames, plaster of Paris, and hemp fiber. All of it was destroyed.

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and a wickeder, wickeder, wickeder witch that never, never was

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The Washington Post, May 19, 1912

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Clown Motel

This motel is located in the middle of nowhere in Tonopah Nevada. It was named “America’s Scariest Motel” due to its clown theme and proximity to the Old Tonopah Cemetery (cemetery for miners who died of a plague).

It typically caters to bikers, truckers, and other long haul travelers who find themselves off the beaten path, the Clown Motel is the final port of call before yet another stretch of unbroken Nevada desert. 

The entire motel is covered in various clown themed stuffed animals, porcelain statues, wall hangings, and more. The motel is still in business (probably because there is no competition for miles) and if you’re looking for a creepy getaway you might wanna check this out.

I found their TripAdvisor if anyone was interested.

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The Blair Witch Project (1999) Directed by Daniel Myrick & Eduardo Sánchez

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The Demon of (3406) Brownsville Road

In ‘88 Bob Cranmer and his wife Lesa bought a house on 3406 Brownsville Road (pictured above) just outside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Bob had always dreamed of owning this house and found it interesting that it became available the same week he started looking for his dream home. The owners seemed very anxious to sell and accepted his first low-ball offer without any hesitation.

Shortly after the move, Bob discovered a small metal box buried in the front yard containing Catholic religious items. He called the previous owner who had assured him that “the house was fine,” only then to hear him say “just put it back where you found it.”

It didn’t take long for things to get creepy. It started off with Bob coming downstairs in the morning and finding lights on and the radio playing. There was a pull chain light in a closet that would always have its chain wrapped around the bulb, and never remain with the chain dangling. Crucifixes and crosses throughout the home were sometimes bent, broken in half, or thrown onto the floor, etc. Things escalated as time went on. Various family members would wake up with bite marks and scratches. Bob’s youngest son refused to sleep in his own bed and felt the safest in his room’s closet.

At one point a priest was called in to perform a blessing. As the priest started to enter the house, the young son stood in the way of the priest, not allowing him to enter the home, making an “X” with his body in the doorway.

Over the years the Cranmer family became increasingly dysfunctional and eventually Lesa and two of the children would experience mental issues which required hospitalization. Finally, Bob called demonologist Adam Blai to the home. Blai was immediately drawn to a small closet by the staircase and insisted that they cut open one of the walls. Blai and the Cranmers found items belonging to each homeowner since the house was built in the early 1900s, including Legos belonging to Bob’s son. Upon further investigating the contents inside the walls, they found a rough sketch of the home’s original owners from 1909. Blai helped cleanse the house and eventually (in 2006) the Cranmer family was free of the evil plaguing their home.

BOOK- by Bob Cranmer

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The Mothman Museum

Located in Point Pleasant, West Virginia

The museum is a collection of props, memorabilia, eye witness account documents and historical press clippings revolving around Mothman and his sightings. Every year in September they also host the Mothman Festival which celebrates all things Mothman. A great place to visit and its pretty cheap too ($4 for adults and $1 for kids 10 and under).

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Scariest Urban Legends In Each State

HERE is the link for those of you who want to read a text version of the list.

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The mask of serial killer Dennis Rader (Bind Torture Kill or The B.T.K Strangler).  

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“Hey. Don’t join cults.” Example red flags.

Don’t think “hey, I’m smart, I won’t get sucked into a cult. :/” Smart people get sucked into cults all the time. Learning how to recognize manipulative speech and behavior isn’t about being smart. Since I am always worrying about novices wandering into cults because they’re interested in witchcraft or the occult, here are some pretty obvious warning signs of a group having uncomfortably cult-like tendencies:

There is a clearly defined leader, who is resistant to criticism from inside or outside their group

There are continuing financial demands from members that are unsustainable or unreasonable, and usually is controlled by a single leader

The “there is a specific leader” that is venerated just for being the leader thing is a big warning on its own.

Love bombing. It often doesn’t come with any explicit understanding that a group’s love for you is only extended to fully committed members of the group; it’s not that you are liked, specifically, but that they like what you represent. A new or potential recruit. Huge hugs and big smiles and immediate acceptance on day one, for a complete stranger, doesn’t make emotional sense.

The group or the leader works to separate you from your external friends and family members outside the group. There might be a “they can never understand what we do” or “they are trying to get you to leave us” manipulation. Big red flag. That’s an attempt to make you cut out your own exit strategies.

Abuse cannot be tolerated in a group. That includes emotional, mental, physical, or sexual abuse. Read up on kinds of abuse. Sometimes you have to call the whistle on abuse happening to yourself in your life.

“We’re the only right thing. There are no other right things in the world. If you leave, bad things will happen. Outside people are bad. You have to stay with us to stay safe. You have to listen to us and the leader.” RED FLAG.

Hazing. If the entrance to a group is based on putting you in a physically or emotionally humiliating or painful position, making you do something you don’t agree with, asking you something unpleasant or awful, hey, consider this: fuck that?

Excessive mystery. Sure, a secret society is not going to tell you everything, but they should at least be able to tell you the name of the leaders, who to contact, what groups they split off of, any training they had as an initiate in other groups, if they are initiated in anything else, the general idea of what they do, etc. You should also be able to ask them if they demand anything sky-clad or if they drink alcohol, for instance, and if there is a minimum age for entry.

There should be a minimum age for entry. It should be the legal age of adulthood. Full stop.

They demand that you forgo or stop your medical treatments, including psychiatric medication. It’s one thing to provide evidence as to their own opinion on the efficacy of modern medicine. It’s another to peer pressure you out of cancer treatments or treatments for chronic illness.

Any leader claiming they are the true herald of your god or the only one who can speak to them the “right way”. Even initiatory traditions will be able to recommend other ordained priests and initiated religious leaders in their tradition who are reputable diviners.

Research existing cults. Listen to cult survivors. They often have a great perspective on the manipulation they underwent in order to get sucked into a foreign mindset to their own.

When in doubt: is this something a Scient*logist would do to recruit me? Is this something a scientol*gist would do to keep me in a cult? Exploit my faith? Take my money? Follow me around? Is this something really cool, or do I just like the idea that I get to join a really cool secret society? Will this put my safety or wellbeing at risk? Will I lose my career, friends, family, or health by continuing in this group? A cult could be anything– a self help group, coven, discord server, groupchat, online class, anything. There is no limit as to the format. My reading recommendation for navigating this kind of situation in witchcraft is Traditional Wicca by Thorn Mooney. Even if you are not Wiccan, it’s still a great primer on how to look for a functioning coven that matches your safety and personal spiritual needs. It’s a thorough read on the subject matter of looking for a spiritual group to join.

Be safe. Be smart. Be cautious. And most of all, remember– when it comes to your spiritual experience, you should be in charge of it. No one else. You are the witch.

Blessings!

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Found 85 miles off shore and 3200 feet deep at the Gulf of Mexico.

I hope thats where it stays

SOURCE

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