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American Urban Legends: Spooky Schools

American Urban Legends: Spooky Schools

American Urban Legends: Spooky Schools

For Halloween 2022, I am taking a quick detour from my usual posts and the lore vs the facts for something more fun - American Urban Legends! We all have our favorite ones, told around the campfire or at slumber parties. No one ever really knows how the legend started, but we all know some version of it...

Stepping away from the facts and with no debunking allowed, this spooky season I want to bring you not just the generic story, but possible locations for origins, eyewitness accounts of monsters, and any possible "how-to" when it comes to summoning...whatever goes bump in your lore.

Now don't say I didn't warn you. After all, I didn't check the facts. Today's legend might not get you, but go looking too deep and I'm sure another one will.

Spooky Schools

You're sitting on the world's tiniest toilet. You can hear the principal in the auditorium, speaking to the PTA about upcoming events at the elementary school. You quickly finish up and go to wash your hands, bending almost completely over the short sink. As you are washing up, you glance in the mirror and see a kid who wasn't there a minute ago looking at you.

You nod to the kid through the reflection and glance back down at your hands. At that exact second, you feel a sudden pain in your leg as the kid kicks you hard. As you are brought to your knees, you hit your head on the exact sink where a student died 50 years ago tonight...

Let's just get this out of the way - SCHOOL SUCKS! And that is coming from someone who loved school, loved her teachers, loved her classes, and still loves learning and studying. I only ever detention one time and it was BECAUSE I FOLLOWED THE RULES! (The story there is not as fun as you think, I promise.)

But I digress.

School sucks for everyone for one big reason - the students. Man, they made school terrible! Between gossip and bullies and popular kids and... oh dear god, I am having terrible flashbacks...

But haunted schools! Because if there is one terrible place to be stuck for all eternity, school (and probably during your awkward phase) is exactly that spot.

(Sorry to all my teacher friends. It's not you, it's the students.)

Centennial Hall - Valentine, Nebraska

Growing up, not only was I a nerd but a band geek as well (insert "This one time at band camp..." jokes here), so I know how hard it can be to be the weird girl in class. The only thing worst than being the weird band geek and nerd? Dying while playing your instrument and forever being stuck in band class as a ghost. Sadly though, this is exactly the case for one ghost girl in Valentine, Nebraska.




Pine Haven School - Jamestown, Tennessee

Bullies suck, amirite?

In this urban legend from Jamestown, TN, a young boy was supposedly attacked by bullies in the bathroom, accidentally killed, and shoved under the floorboards. Now his little ghostie self haunts the bathroom he died in and if you see his reflection in the mirror, he will drag you under the floorboards too.

I hope you have enjoyed today's urban legends, my dear lore lovers and if you find yourself at a haunted school, remember school sucked for everyone, so don't be a bully to ghosts or any students you may find wandering the halls!

Don't forget to check out the rest of the American Urban Legends. I update the main page as I share posts but to make sure you don't miss a legend, sign up for email notifications. I swear, I will only message you when there is a new post or extra important news, like I actually start using my TikTok page. 😂

Until next time lore lovers, stay spooky💖

~Lily

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