11 Spooky Stories From The Ozarks!
Halloween weekend is here, and we've got a few stories to get you in the spooky spirit!
Every place has its skeletons in the closet, and the Ozarks of central Missouri are no exception. Here's a peek through the creaky door of Lake of the Ozarks' (and Missouri Ozarks) history at stories from LakeExpo.com ranging from strange to creepy to gross to downright goosebumps-inducing.
Happy Halloween!
(Note: we dug deep in the archives for some of these stories, so the information or individuals presented may not be currently applicable: just take note of the date at the top!)
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There is an air of mystery when the subject turns to what is under the waters of the Lake of the Ozarks. After 85 years there are few folks ar…
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Don’t read this if you are squeamish about cemeteries. Especially don’t read this if you dread the thought that there might be burial sites un…
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SPRINGFIELD — There's no doubt Bill Babler's 40-pound, 6-ounce brown trout is a monster that smashed the previous Missouri brown trout record …
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On Thursday, July 5, at their dock on the 55 Mile Marker, Sharon and Lee Mullinix spotted something strange in the water.
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One of the most infamous prisons in the Midwest will appear on the Sci Fi channel’s Ghost Hunters at 8 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 2.
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A newspaper from the 1930s reports a landowner unearthed the bones of an eight-foot man. But there's one problem...
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Sometimes our eyes are bigger than our stomachs. But in the case of a nonvenomous Midland Water Snake caught on camera by Keith Wedoe, a fish …
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CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. — In the next chapter of a story involving drugs, heavy metal rock music, satanic worship, animal torture, and human sacrif…
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LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. — Nothing can spoil a pleasant evening at the Lake faster than a hoard of biting insects. Surprisingly, the best line …
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The late afternoon sun begins to fall in the vast sky above as the heavy summer air commences its steady relent. You slip on your favorite pai…