The dark, canopied trail running through Wildwood, Missouri, just outside St. Louis, has been a hotbed of creepy tales for ages, often revolving around shadowy human figures following and frightening those along the trail. Originally built as an access road for the gravel quarries along the Meramec River, the road fell into disuse and disrepair in the '70s and saw an increase in teenagers flocking to the area to party/scare the crap out of each other. The origin stories of the trail's haunting varies widely, from the kind of plausible (railway accidents, executed Civil War spies) to the more sensational (sadistic children's hospital). Several years ago the pathway was paved so it might be used as a bike path, but that hasn't done much to slow the legend. The police are doing their best, however.
