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In 1758 tensions were at an all time high between the Native Americans and the white settlers from the east. While nearly all of the modern day stories about Helltown Ohio are false, the area does have a dark history dating all the way back to the 1750s. This is similar to what natives would describe the Wendigo as. It’s likely this might be one of the oldest legends about the area since it’s origin predates Helltown itself. The Wendigo is a man eating creature that lurks near the Great Lakes and Nova Scotia area. Native American Folklore also surrounds another mythical beast that roams the Helltown hillsides. Due to it being a Superfund site you can actually read all the details about the contamination online. Soon it was declared a Superfund site and was completely cleaned up by 2015.

Rangers would get sick and suffer from chemical burns when in the area and it was discovered that heavy metals and toxic chemicals were seeping into the ground. This landfill was bought by the park to use themselves. Just off West Hines Hill road was the Krejci Dump. Interestingly enough there was chemical contamination in the Helltown area. Those chemicals then somehow created mutants which run around at night with glowing heads. The legend goes that the government was using Helltown to dump toxic chemicals. The truth in the matter is that a family camped in the bus while they finished building their home. Rumors started that this was the hideout of a local serial killer and that he could be found around the bus smoking cigarettes. There once was an old rusting school bus abandoned in the woods of Helltown. This is partially true, but in reality it’s just a very steep section of Stanford Road. While driving through a dark road in Helltown you will suddenly feel as if you’re dropping off a cliff. Sometimes tiny hand prints would be found on your car windows and on the hood. Rumors circulated that if you parked on the bridge at night you would hear babies crying in the forest.

Crybaby BridgeĪlmost every small county town has some version of a crybaby bridge, and Helltown Ohio was no different. Here is the “upside down” cross that so many were convinced was satanic. It’s said the churches architecture resembled upside-down crosses and other Satanic symbols.

Stories of Satanists performing rituals and animal mutilations in the church was one of the most popular stories in the area. There was an old Presbyterian church called ‘The Mother Of Sorrows” that was abandoned in the Helltown area.

Abandoned ghost towns in missouri documentary