According to legend if you head to a specific road near Elmore, Ohio, you’ll find one such spirit along with the light from his motorcycle. But if you get closer, you’ll find the spirit is missing its head.

If you take a trip to Lorain County, Ohio you might come upon a road where the ghostly cries of children echo among the trees. According to legend, these children were victims of a crazed man, giving the nearby road the name Gore Orphanage Road. But, did the legend actually happen?

Along Route 66 in St. Marys, Ohio, there is a bridge known as the Bloody Bridge. And, if you visit it after sundown, you might bump into the headless man whose story helped create the legend.

On January 12th, 1979 Athens Asylum patient Margaret Shilling’s body was finally found after missing for 6 weeks. According to legend her grief and fear of impending death left a curse where her body once laid.