The Most Popular Urban Legends From All 50 States

Slaughterhouse Canyon – Kingman, AZ

Kingman, Arizona was a hub during the gold rush of the 1800s. Many families moved out to the desert in an attempt to find some gold and to profit. The patriarch of one family ended up going missing, leaving his family to completely fend for themselves. They ended up starving and going insane. Locals say that the mother, in a crazed stupor, put on her wedding dress and murdered their children with an ax. The cabin that they lived in still stands. 

Dead Children’s Playground – Huntsville, AL

Drost Park is located smack in the middle of an old cemetery in the small town of Huntsville, Alabama. Locals call it Dead Children's playground due to the fact that, of course, dead children haunting the grounds. In the 1960s, the town faced an episode of kidnappings. Many of the children were found dead and buried in shallow, unmarked graves at the cemetery. The disembodied sound of children's voices can be heard throughout the playground.

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.