GOON ROAD

Near Fairview Heights and close to the bridge on Bunkum Road that crosses over interstate 64 is a now abandoned roadway that is called Goon Road. During the day it is a normal road, but it is said that at night, it is a horrifying place.

It is haunted because of the bloody past it has had. Others believe that there is someone still lurking in the woods just waiting for someone to come along. The legend says that a number of killings happened here that was said to have been committed by an inbred family that preyed on travelers. They could still be there.

They reportedly lived in an old dilapidated house in the woods, the property looked like an old junkyard with old cars and garbage strewn about. The parents had several children, who also had kids of thier own, usually bred from one another. A pack of hound dogs were tied to the trees near the house, at night the father would take them out into the woods to find trespassers. They say that a group of teenagers were going through the woods at night and they never came back.

Tale from Joe O.

Tale from James P.

Tale from Debbie Vanusdoll