Urban Legends stories involving bridges and railroad tracks.
The old story about this bridge goes that a Dutch boy named Amos fell in love with an English girl named Ingrid. They had to keep their love a secret from their disapproving parents. One night the girl went to meet the boy underneath the Phillippi Creek railroad bridge but she slipped in the mud … Read more
Back in the early 1800s, Danville Indiana had officially become a town. The first, in fact, in Hendricks county. Young couples were drawn to this up and coming suburban town. In fact, there is a certain couple that lurk the streets of Danville to this day. The husband, who was a construction worker, and his … Read more
On a rainy and foggy night, a man named Joe Baldwin was working on the train rails along the Wilmington and Manchester railroad. He discovered the car was separated as a train was coming. He knew another train was approaching, so he dashed to the platform. He signaled the train with his lantern. Baldwin was … Read more
Teke Teke is the ghost of a Japanese schoolgirl who roams the train stations of Japan. In life, this girl was a scardey cat and people are always playing practical jokes on her. One day at the train station after school, her friends decided to put a cicada, a bug that appears in the summer … Read more
For days, a ragged old man had hung around the Newark Central Station. The stationmaster kept running him off, but night after night he would return. He kept accosting people, shouting: "It’s coming for me! It’s coming!" Whenever anyone asked him what was coming for him, he would just clutch his head and cry: "I … Read more
Big Liz was a slave girl who lived during the Civil war. Her master used her and his other slaves to deliver supplies to Southern troops. Big Liz managed to tell Union soldiers where the shipments were going, and many deliveries were intercepted by the north. Her master found out about her deception and plotted … Read more
A woman was sitting on the subway late one night and she noticed that the woman sitting across from her was staring intently at her. She pretended not to notice but each time she glanced at the woman the staring continued. At one of the stops a new passanger got on and sat next to … Read more
One day, on their regular route home from school, a school bus full of children was crossing over the railroad tracks on their way to the next stop when something went wrong and the bus stalled straddling the tracks. As the driver struggled to restart the bus, the train alarm signal started to sound and … Read more
Long ago, when the trains were still the main commerce transportation in the state, an accident occurred on the tracks of Budd Lake. Now these tracks, which run through Netcong, Flanders, and Budd Lake, were said to carry coal, and other industrial fuel sources. One night, while repairing a railroad track, one man had the … Read more
The population of Fairfax County, Virginia grew after the Civil War and eventually an insane asylum was built there. Residents were appalled that the institution had been constructed and noone wanted to live nearby. Such a fuss was raised in the town and since the local politicians decided not to oppose the public outrage, the … Read more