Spooky, Eerie, Creepy! Halloween-Worthy Stories From The Ozarks
With Halloween just a few days away, here are 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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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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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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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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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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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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Fish were pushing up daisies quite a bit in June on Lake of the Ozarks, according to a Missouri conservationist. Greg Stoner, Fisheries Manage…
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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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LAURIE, Mo. — A forum for local emergency personnel highlighted new trends in synthetic drug use, pointing to some of the extreme and bizarre …
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Christopher Graves awoke in his friend's Arkansas room, not remembering where he was. A hooded man loomed casually in the corner, staring at h…
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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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CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Conservation's (MDC) Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center reports a resident female yell…