Helltown
The people of Helltown, Ohio were mystified when the U.S. National Parks Service purchased all their homes and evacuated the town. The government said it was going to build a national park. That was in 1974. Today, Helltown is closed off and abandoned … and everyone’s still wondering why, exactly, the government chased everyone out of town. What really happened in Helltown?
There are a number of myths surrounding the vacant properties of Helltown but over time some have been more durable than others. There is the Presbyterian church which is said to have been built by Satanists, complete with upside down crosses. An abandoned bus is said to be host to lingering ghosts and, maybe most outlandish of all, people say Helltown is also home to mutant creatures including a monstrous snake known as the “Peninsula Python”, that were created by a chemical spill.
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