Every American State's Most Iconic Urban Legend
Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark
Every corner of the United States has its own creepy story to scare children. The Red Ghost wandering the Arizona Desert. No-Face Charlie stalking the highway in Pennsylvania.
Do you remember the biggest urban legend from your state?
Alabama
If you were a child in Asheville, Alabama, your parents probably scared you with stories of Huggin Molly. Legend has it that this ghostly woman grabs children who wander out after dark, but she never harms them. She only screams.
Alaska
If you see an otter in Alaska, it might not be an otter: It might be a shape-shfiting Kushtaka, ready to lead you into the Alaskan wilderness—never to be seen again.
Originating with the Tlingit people, the legend of Kushtaka still spooks locals to this day.
Arizona
Countless people on the Arizona frontier claimed to see the same, chilling sight: An enormous, blood-red camel with a sunbleached human skeleton on its back. They called it the Red Ghost.
Arizona
The scariest part about the Red Ghost? Local legend says a hunter named Mizoo Hastings actually shot the camel. When he inspected it, there really was a body strapped to its back—though no one knows why.
