The Spookiest Place Name in Every State
Today is National Face Your Fears Day. And one way to celebrate, is to take a road trip through the country to the creepiest places.
A website put together a list of the SPOOKIEST places in America . . . not because of anything that happened there, just their name alone. And they came up with a good one from every state. Here's the list:
Alabama . . . Spooky Hollow Road
Alaska . . . Deadman Lake
Arizona . . . Skull Mesa
Arkansas . . . Witcherville
California . . . Styx
Colorado . . . Cannibal Plateau
Connecticut . . . Satan's Kingdom State Park
Delaware . . . Slaughter Beach
Florida . . . Coffins Patch
Georgia . . . Slaughter Mountain
Hawaii . . . Devastation Trail
Idaho . . . Bone
Illinois . . . Bloody Gulch Road
Indiana . . . Gnaw Bone
Iowa . . . Spirit Lake
Kansas . . . Hell Creek
Kentucky . . . Hell for Certain
Louisiana . . . Transylvania
Maine . . . Massacre Pond
Maryland . . . Grave Run
Massachusetts . . . Bloody Pond
Michigan . . . Hell
Minnesota . . . Castle Danger
Mississippi . . . Shivers
Missouri . . . Devils Elbow
Montana . . . Deadman Gulch
Nebraska . . . Blood Creek
Nevada . . . Devils Hole
New Hampshire . . . Bloody Point
New Jersey . . . Ghost Lake
New Mexico . . . Burned Death Wash
New York . . . Execution Rocks
North Carolina . . . Devil's Courthouse
North Dakota . . . Knife River
Ohio . . . Gore Orphanage Road
Oklahoma . . . Dead Women Crossing
Oregon . . . Murderers Creek
Pennsylvania . . . Devil's Den
Rhode Island . . . Smallpox Trail
South Carolina . . . Gravedigger Road
South Dakota . . . Punished Woman's Lake
Tennessee . . . Skullbone
Texas . . . Dead Man's Pass
Utah . . . Goblin Valley State Park
Vermont . . . Popple Dungeon Road
Virginia . . . Bloody Run Creek
Washington . . . Mount Terror
West Virginia . . . Maggoty Run
Wisconsin . . . Witches Gulch
Wyoming . . . Death Canyon.
(MentalFloss.com has brief write-ups on each.)
Also, CNN has a list of the three "spookiest cities" in the U.S., and these are mentioned because of their history and what happened there.
They are: Savannah, Georgia . . . Salem, Massachusetts . . . and New Orleans, Louisiana. (You can read about why they were listed, here.)
Originally posted on October 14th, 2025