On the edge of town and just 125 feet long, this limestone-brick drainage tunnel built in the early 20th century, and its supernatural reputation comes from the legend of a young girl who died from burns in here; there are variations on the story - that she was set ablaze in a nearby farmhouse fire and died of her burns after fleeing here, that she was set on fire by her own father here as a result of a vicious divorce and custody battle, that she was raped in here and her body burned to destroy the evidence. Regardless, the tunnel is held to be haunted by her spirit, and if you strike a wooden match off the tunnel´s wall around midnight, you can hear her scream. The tunnerl´s mystique and creepy led it to be used as one of the settings for David Cronenberg´s 1983 film adaptation of Stephen King´s The Dead Zone., and of course it´s a staple on local tours.
Read more in Tripatini contributor Victor Martin´s post 10 of the Most Haunted Places to Visit Around the World.
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