Considering the fact that we had a show day and would not be able to have a proper Halloween celebration (which would be handing out mini candy bars out to kids old enough to be out buying their own (and keeping the popcorn balls for ourselves)) we took the opportune free morning to do something spooky. I recently found out that between the school and our house lied one of "Americas creepiest roads" called Shades of Death Road. Pleasant. And we're going!
No one knows for sure how Shades of Death Road got its grim name, but there are theories. One legend tells of a gruesome battle between the Lenni-Lenape people, who occupied the valley, and a vicious Iroquois tribe. The slaughter of the Lenni-Lenape people near Shades of Death Road has led many to believe their spirits still haunt the area.
Some believe the windy, tree-covered road was a shadowy haven for highwaymen and bandits to lay in wait for victims. Brutal murders and other unsolved killings have been reported along the road.
In the 1920s and 1930s, there were three murders along the road, including the tale of a woman who beheaded her husband and buried his head and body on different sides of the road.
An elderly man was also found bludgeoned to death with a tire jack from his own car, most likely over some gold coins.
Several stories also tell of people killed by wildcats and apparitions that hang in the fog over the so-called Ghost Lake that sits just off the road.
Ghosts of children have also been spotted running across a nearby bridge in the middle of the night.
Here some more spooky-ooky, and not so spooky-ooky, photos we took while driving down thru the horror-filled strip of road.
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