Haunted highways can be found all over the world. They can be dark and mysterious and some of them are downright creepy. Highways have been helping people get from place to place for centuries, thereby setting the stage for accidents and tragedies leading to lingering spirits and souls looking for their eternal rest.
Common tales of haunted highways consist of long-dead pedestrians who hang out looking for a ride, phantom vehicles that met their end on a treacherous curve, or souls of those who lost ther lives in traffic accidents looking to find their way home. There are a seemingly never-ending collection of tales to be told...
Whatever the reason, there are haunted highways all over the world. If you are feeling adventurous, take a drive down one of them. Who knows what - or who - you might run in to...literally.
Thanks for stopping by. Please check back soon as I will add more stories of haunted highways on a somewhat regular basis. Maybe you will find one close to you...
Haunted Highway 11? - Decatur, AL
**The ghost of a young man flagging down a ride is invariably struck by drivers trying to avoid him. Lonnie Stephens was falsely accused of murdering his girlfriend in September 1934, and it was not until many years later that the real killer confessed. But it was too late for Lonnie. The innocent man managed to escape from [...]
Read MoreHaunted Ortega Road - Montecito, CA
The ghosts of 3 nuns alledgedly tortured and killed by Indains have haunted this roadway for over 100 years. Las Tres Hermanas, as they have come to be called, stand on the roadside with their arms folded, wearing black and white habits. Ortega road is located in Montecito, which is on Highway 192 in Santa Barbara County. [...]
Read MoreHolcomb Road, Near Pemberville, OH
This road is in northern Ohio near Pemberville and just off highway 199. I was on a trip to visit my sister who lives near Toledo and we were looking for some supposedly haunted place to check out. We did some research and found this road, which is only about 20 minutes from my sister's house. We decided to check it out [...]
Read MoreHighway 93 – Golden, CO
What’s left of a fading ghost haunts his modern highway just west of Denver. On July 20, 1881, a Colorado Central locomotive struck a man walking on the Ralston-to-Golden tracks near Van Bibber Creek. The impact knocked the man far into the bushes. In spite of an in-depth search, his body was never found. All the searchers found was [...]
Read MoreComanche Road – Clinton, IA
The phantom of a man in a top hat has haunted this road for nearly a century. If anyone stops to give him a ride, he rewards them with a present. In the early 1950s, the ghost gave a man 2 tickets to a dinner theater. Clinton is on the Mississippi River in east central Iowa, at [...]
Read MoreProspectors Road – Georgetown, CA
This dangerous seven-mile mountain road runs between Georgetown and Lotus, parallel to Marshall Road. In the last 150+ years, Prospectors Road has claimed many lives due to its treacherous location. The ghost of a grumpy old prospector doesnt help the situation any. Reports say that if you see the weeds along the side of the road [...]
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