Happy Halloween! Here Are the 10 Most Haunted Roads in America, Plus One

Let's start in West Milford, New Jersey, on Clinton Rd. While you might think it is spooky because Hillary Clinton roams around still searching for 2016 voters, Clinton Rd. got its reputation for another reason. The story goes that the ghost of a boy who drowned in Clinton Brook, which runs under a portion of the road, will toss coins thrown by passers-by back at them. Next is Kancamagus Highway near Lincoln, New Hampshire. In 1891, Thomas Colbath disappeared. His wife, Ruth, was heartbroken and left a lamp in a window hoping he would return, but he never did. Ruth died in 1930, and the story is that three years later, Thomas returned with several tales about where he had been for 42 years. Now, visitors to the area say they have seen Ruth, or the glow of her lamp in a window.

Of course, "the Mother Road," Route 66, has its share of spookiness. With the inception of the interstate system in 1956, the creation of many ghost towns came with it, and with those came the legends of disappearing hitchhikers. New Mexico is famous for Area 51, but Nevada is famous for Route 375. It stretches for almost 100 miles, and UFO and ghost sightings have been reported for decades. 

The "Beast of Bray Road" near Elkhorn, Wisconsin, is known for a hairy humanoid/werewolf with canine features. Those who claim to have seen it say it appears to be hunting for food. Does Bigfoot have a cousin? Highway 666, or "the Devil's Highway," is kind of self-explanatory. Even though it is isolated, there is a high accident rate, and the most notable story is that a ghostly 18-wheeler appears to travelers out of nowhere. Frontage Road in Montana is rife with drivers reporting strange shadows, sudden figures along the roadside, and a sudden drop in temperature after dark. No word on whether it is on the way to the Duttons' "train station."

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Highway 200 in North Dakota is creepy because it is so remote and is full of abandoned towns and roads that branch off it along the way. Back in New England, there is Tower Hill Road in Cumberland, Rhode Island. Travelers will drive a spooky stretch of that road through woods that boast a variety of sightings, including ghosts of children on tricycles, a shadowy lady in white, and even a Bigfoot-like creature. Others have experienced car trouble or sudden chills on Highway 200. Interstate 4 crosses Florida and is known for a "dead zone" near St. John's River. Radios crackling and GPS devices going haywire have been reported. There is also a legend that the highway was built over unmarked graves.

Finally, my own contribution. Extreme North St. Louis County ends at the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi rivers. It is a rather rural area, and people live there for a reason. There are lots of winding back roads there as well, and the urban legend is that if you dare to drive along Carrico Road late at night, you might just run into the Bubbleheads. The story is that the Bubbleheads were a family with extra-large heads, possibly suffering from hydrocephalus, or water on the brain, that would chase the curious off if they drove down the dead-end road they lived on. Other variations include that they were escapees from an insane asylum, illegal drug testing done by the government, or that their condition was connected to Coldwater Creek, where nuclear waste was dumped after World War II. Who knows what the real story, if there is one, is? But if nothing else, the Bubbleheads endure.

This should be the right amount of goose-bump-inducing, hair standing on the back of your neck spookiness.