Lavinia Fisher: The Woman Behind the Legend
If you take a haunted tour of Charleston, South Carolina, you will likely hear the story of Lavinia Fisher, often called America’s first female serial killer. According to the legend, in the early 1800s, Lavinia and her husband, John Fisher, owned an inn called the Six-Mile Wayfarer House, about six miles outside Charleston. The inn…
Fiddler’s Bridge
The Legend There was once a bridge along the road connecting Pleasant Plains, NY, and Schultzville, NY. Locals called it Fiddler’s Bridge. The original bridge is gone, but the road still carries its name. According to local legend, a fiddler who played at barn dances in the early 1800s was known to carry quite a…
Sinkhole Sam
The Legend The Big Sinkhole on Inman Lake in Inman, Kansas is home to the legend of Sinkhole Sam. The first report of a large snake seen in the sinkhole came from two unidentified fishermen in October of 1952. The next sighting of the creature was reported by George H Regehr, who was a farmer…
Seven Sisters Road
The Place Just outside Nebraska City, Nebraska, is a lonely stretch of road, officially known as Road L, that cuts through the rolling rural hills. But locals know it by another name – Seven Sisters Road. The Legend According to local legend, a farmer in the 1800s had seven daughters. One day, the farmer snapped…
Van Meter Visitor
The Place Van Meter, Iowa is a small town near Iowa’s capital city of Des Moines. In 1903, Van Meter’s coal mining industry had recently come to an end, and the town’s main industry was the brick and tile plant. Although the cited article from a St. Paul, Minnesota newspaper states that there were 1,000…
