Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Workman's Chapel, Burlington Junction, Mo.

In the north-west corner of the state of Missouri, near Maryville, a crumbling one room chapel sits just off a dirt road. Pastor John Workman built this chapel in 1901. As urban legend goes, stories of devil worship in the chapel have been told after it was deserted in the 50's. The adjacent cemetery has had reported sightings of soldiers, and the sound of hooves trotting through the grounds Figures darting behind headstones have been seen and some have heard church bells clanging when there are no bells in the church.The chapels alleged history is very dark and disturbing. A preacher stabbed to death a woman in a white dress and hid the murder weapon beneath the floorboards. A woman was hanged from one of the great, old trees, and greets visitors by dragging booted toes across the top of any car parked under it. A bearded giant in a flannel shirt wields an ax to chase off interlopers. The place is said to be more haunted than the famous Stanley Hotel and scarier than the Waverly Hills Sanatorium.

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