Boing Boing on MSN
The Pennsylvania town destroyed by a fire burning since 1962
In 1962, the town council of Centralia, Pennsylvania decided to burn trash in a landfill built inside an abandoned strip mine ...
Not every town gets to stick around forever. Some start with a bang—gold rush fever, a mining boom, a railroad deal—only to ...
In 1983, the US government spent $43 million to relocate residents, but some refused to leave. The town's story inspired the 2006 horror film "Silent Hill." Over 60 years ago, Centralia, Pennsylvania, ...
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The town of Centralia: Why people think something still lives below
Deep in Pennsylvania sits a ghost town swallowed by fire, silence, and rumor. Centralia was once a normal mining community ...
Some places are just spooky. Salem, Massachusetts, leans into its history as the home of 17th century witch trials, highlighting its Puritan-era churches and graveyards. There are occult- and ...
LAKE VALLEY, N.M. — The howling wind across a remote landscape, a creaky metal gate or a run-in with a rattlesnake or gun-toting local are the things that attract ghost towners. They are history buffs ...
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