Zombie Road - UPDATED!!!

Has anyone ever heard of, or been to "Zombie Road" MO, USA?

I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED TO GO THERE!!!!

~ZOMBIE ROAD~

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"There are many tales of strange events in the area, from mysterious creatures to vanished towns, but few of them contain any supernatural elements. The same cannot be said for another area that is located nearby. If the stories that are told about this forgotten stretch of roadway are even partially true, then a place called "Zombie Road" just may be one of the weirdest spots in the region."

"The old roadway that has been dubbed "Zombie Road" (a name by which it was known at least as far back as the 1950s) was once listed on maps as Lawler Ford Road and was constructed at some point in the late 1860s. The road, which was once merely gravel and dirt, was paved at some point years ago, but it is now largely impassable by automobile. It was originally built to provide access to the Meramec and the railroad tracks located along the river." 

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"The road saw quite a lot of traffic in the early years of its popularity and occasionally still sees a traveler or two today. Most who come here now though are not looking for a party. Instead, they come looking for the unexplained. As so many locations of this type do, Lawler Ford Road gained a reputation for being haunted. Numerous legends and stories sprang up about the place, from the typical tales of murdered boyfriends and killers with hooks for hands to more specific tales of a local killer who was dubbed the "Zombie". He was said to live in an old dilapidated shack by the river and would attack young lovers who came here looking for someplace quiet and out of the way. As time passed, the stories of this madman were told and re-told and eventually, the name of Lawler Ford Road was largely forgotten and it was replaced with "Zombie Road", by which it is still known today."

SOURCE: READ MORE:
 http://www.prairieghosts.com/zombie_road.html

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"The road is located in Wildwood in what was formerly known as Ellisville and Glencoe. Officially the road is called Lawler Road but was named after a mental patient from an institution that was supposed to exist there. He is said to have wandered away one night and never came back. His bloodied nightgown was found later by the side of the road. Zombie is also alleged to leave the asylum, stalk and kill partygoers on the road and return to the institution before dawn. Included in the stories is one of Zombie being killed in the asylum after he murdered twenty-two people."

"One more theory for the naming of the road is during the time of hallucinogenic drugs and zombie movies the kids using the place as a hangout used to watch.   After my family moved away from St. Louis to a farm about an hour’s drive west off I-70, I still heard tales of the road. Everybody from mid-Missouri to the eastern edge of the state apparently had heard of Zombie Road at one time. As a teen, my classmates chattered about Zombie Roa--two miles of forested hills and dead ends made up the landscape. You were likely to be chased by man-sized shadows or white apparitions that appeared as lumps next to the road just to rise up and take on the form of a woman."

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"The road is where Old State Road meets Highway 109 near a regular railroad track with the reputation of deaths caused by the trains. A mini train ride for kids exists there now. But in the 1970s, legend said a train struck two teens, and body parts of the unfortunate youths were scattered about the area. A mother and her five-year-old were crossing the bridge in the 1990s when an approaching train trapped them. The mother pushed her child off the bridge in panic. The train engineer was able to stop the train and rescue the child but the mother perished."

"One tale has a man haunting the area who was struck by the train in the 1970."

   "There’s the story of a teen that died on the road by from huffing, or sniffing, the spray can product Pam."

  "Another teen on the bluffs lost his footing slipped and caught his face on a tree growing from the side of the cliff. His face and scalp remained while he fell to his death below. This may be the same boy who died during rock climbing. He fell from the cliff, breaking his neck, and his friends ran off and left his body there for days."

  "A crushed Chevy Vega was said to be in the creek near the area with two or more dead teens inside. A hose that ran into the interior of the car blocked the exhaust pipe. Some stories say only one person was inside the vehicle and a hunter found the car."

   "A pioneer who lost his wife in a poker game haunts the road after taking his own life in his home".

  "Native Americans are also on the list of the ghosts who frequent Zombie Road."

SOURCE: READ MORE:
 http://www.spookysouthcoast.com/janice5/

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"One of the most well known anomalies along Zombie Road is that of Shadow People - Dark shadowy figures that appear along the side of the road and nearby in the woods. A few years ago, Tom Halstead took this picture which clearly shows a dozen of these figures standing amongst the trees seeming to peer back at him."

SOURCE: READ MORE:
 http://terrifyingtales.blogspot.com/2008/05/zombie-road.html

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"The old roadway that has been dubbed "Zombie Road" (a name by which it was known at least as far back as the 1950s) was once listed on maps as Lawler Ford Road and was constructed at some point in the late 1860s. The road, which was once merely gravel and dirt, was paved at some point years ago, but it is now largely impassable by automobile. It was originally built to provide access to the Meramec and the railroad tracks located along the river." 

"As time passed, the narrow road began to be used by trucks that hauled quarry stone from railcars and then later fell into disuse. Those who recall the road when it was more widely in use have said that the narrow, winding lane, which runs through roughly two miles of dense woods, was always enveloped in a strange silence and a half-light. Shadows were always long here, even on the brightest day, and it was always impossible to see past the trees and brush to what was coming around the next curve. Testimony has said that if you were driving and met another car, one of you would have to back up to one of the few wide places, or even the beginning of the road, in order for the other one to pass."

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"The name "Zombie Road" comes from an urban legend. There was an old mental institution that used to be in existence, and there is still one in the area, one of those where you can go and come as you please. Rumor has it there was a patient in the hospital named Zombie and one night he took off and never came back and all they found was his bloody nightgown on the side of the road. Another theory was back in the '70s when hallucinogenic drugs and zombie movies were popular, that could have been code for kids to meet and party."

SOURCE: READ MORE:

 http://www.ghosthauntings.org/Zombie_Road.html

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 -Rachel Livingston