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

Dangerous Dave