5 Reasons Route 66 Is Haunted by Richard Southall
(Article originally published in The Llewellyn Journal.)
For those unfamiliar with Route 66, it is a 2,448-mile roadway that was commissioned by the federal government in 1926 for people to have one main route from Illinois to California. Rather than creating a new highway system, Route 66 was comprised of several different roads that already existed. Route 66 started in Chicago, Illinois and ran through the states of Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and finally ended in Santa Monica, California.
Shortly after Route 66 was commissioned, entrepreneurs opened businesses to accommodate the increased traffic, which led to some one-of-a-kind places for the traveler to visit while driving cross-country. Route 66 passed by several historical landmarks and towns, many of which have local stories and legends associated with them. Although some of these legends were created in order to draw tourists, most were at least partially based on actual events and have a paranormal twist to them.
Although I believe that many of the hauntings that I have described in Haunted Route 66 are based on actual ...
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Shortly after Route 66 was commissioned, entrepreneurs opened businesses to accommodate the increased traffic, which led to some one-of-a-kind places for the traveler to visit while driving cross-country. Route 66 passed by several historical landmarks and towns, many of which have local stories and legends associated with them. Although some of these legends were created in order to draw tourists, most were at least partially based on actual events and have a paranormal twist to them.
Although I believe that many of the hauntings that I have described in Haunted Route 66 are based on actual ...
http://kajama.com/5-reasons-route-66-is-haunted/