Every
state has places that are said to be haunted by the spirits of those
who met an untimely death. Some are legends that grow in the telling
while others are enhanced by a historical record of the tragic and
violent deaths. And we imagine that some were just made up out of whole
cloth. But they are fun to tell people who visit your area. Here's one
from Mississippi:
At the center of the historic
section of Glenwood Cemetery, Yazoo City’s public burial grounds,
there’s a grave surrounded by a chain link fence. Local lore claims that
the grave belonged to a witch who lived along the Yazoo River, who used
to lure fishermen to the shore to torture them. When the Yazoo County
sheriff came to arrest her, she fled into the swamp and fell into
quicksand. The sheriff found her half sunk. Before she drowned, she
swore to take revenge on Yazoo City. No one thought much of her threat,
but they fenced in her grave just in case. Then, on May 25, 1904, a fire
nearly wiped out the entire city, spreading quickly on unusually fierce
winds. After the fire, Yazoo City residents found the chain link around
the witch’s grave cut open.
How does your state's scariest ghost story stack up against that one? Read
a ghost tale from each of the 50 states at Mental Floss.
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