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The Legend of Zombie Road - The Research

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The Legend of Zombie Road - The Research

Location: Wildwood, St. Louis County, Missouri

Zombie Road AKA Rock Hollow Trail located in Wildwood, MO (near St. Louis) is considered one of the most haunted roads in America...but is it? Follow along with Lily and her fellow Lore Lovers as they research and discuss the reports, photos, and history of this ghostly location.

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Until next time, lore lovers, stay spooky💖

~Lily


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Individual Videos

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

The Wrap-Up

Research Links

(In no particular order, pulled straight from my browser history, formatted, final sources are in the written post. Scary!)

Day 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLtxwUv5r5kpWw7DMr_pHH7HaVyviDRfg3&v=n-D36YcRMhg&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ksdk.com%2F&source_ve_path=OTY3MTQ&feature=emb_imp_woyt

https://www.dangerousroads.org/north-america/usa/4359-zombie-road.html

https://www.paranormaltaskforce.com/images/Zombie/zombie16.jpg

https://www.ksdk.com/article/features/zombie-road-wildwood-st-louis-county/63-539520e9-8247-43ba-8f9a-22b44481a024

https://www.paranormaltaskforce.com/images/Zombie/HPIM0542.jpg

https://www.paranormaltaskforce.com/images/Zombie/Zombietom1.jpg

https://www.paranormaltaskforce.com/images/Zombie/zombiecw4.jpg

https://www.paranormaltaskforce.com/images/Zombie/zombiecw4a.jpg

https://www.paranormaltaskforce.com/images/Zombie/zombiecw4b.jpg

https://www.paranormaltaskforce.com/images/Sent_In_Misch_Pics/Zombierd4_06015.jpg

http://www.missourighosts.net/investigations.html

https://web.archive.org/web/20090206201155/http://www.missourighosts.net/investigations.html

https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.missourighosts.net/investigations.html

https://web.archive.org/web/20230000000000*/http://www.missourighosts.net/investigations.html

https://web.archive.org/web/20050308162238/http://www.missourighosts.net/investigations.html

https://web.archive.org/web/20050214031722/http://www.missourighosts.net/PICT004.JPG

https://web.archive.org/web/20050214031709/http://www.missourighosts.net/PICT0672.JPG

https://web.archive.org/web/20050214030958/http://www.missourighosts.net/PICT0677.JPG

https://web.archive.org/web/20060715094943/http://www.missourighosts.net/ZombieRoad.mov

https://web.archive.org/web/20050207044931/http://www.missourighosts.net/investigations04b.html

https://web.archive.org/web/20060222085300/http://www.missourighosts.net:80/investigations04b.html

https://web.archive.org/web/20060301000000*/http://www.missourighosts.net/investigations04b.html

https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.missourighosts.net/investigations04b.html

https://web.archive.org/web/20230000000000*/http://www.missourighosts.net/investigations04b.html

https://web.archive.org/web/20071001000000*/http://www.missourighosts.net/investigations04b.html

https://web.archive.org/web/20050214031816/http://www.missourighosts.net/PICT700.JPG

https://web.archive.org/web/20050214031803/http://www.missourighosts.net/PICT0660.JPG

https://www.paranormaltaskforce.com/zombiephotos2.html

https://www.paranormaltaskforce.com/zombiephotos3.html

https://www.paranormaltaskforce.com/zombiephotos4.html

https://www.paranormaltaskforce.com/zombiephotos.html

https://www.paranormaltaskforce.com/media/EVP_Zombie_Road/Zombie3_EVP/Zombie3_Tom_1_lightened.jpg

https://www.paranormaltaskforce.com/media/EVP_Zombie_Road/Zombie3_EVP/Zombie3_Tom_1.jpg

https://web.archive.org/web/20060618195051/http://www.missourighosts.net/mansionapparition1105.jpg

https://web.archive.org/web/20071012105947/http://missourighosts.net/index.html

https://web.archive.org/web/20071012034204/http://www.missourighosts.net/investigations.html

https://web.archive.org/web/20071012034233/http://www.missourighosts.net/investigations04b.html

https://www.jahernandez.com/posts/zombie-road-in-wildwood-missouri

https://101theeagle.com/the-tragedy-that-gave-missouris-zombie-road-its-name-is-true/

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=561607965994926&set=pcb.561610849327971

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10159288056173876&set=pcb.10159288058628876

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10159288056113876&set=pcb.10159288058628876

https://www.facebook.com/zombieroad1/

https://lancerfeed.press/features/2021/09/23/out-and-about-rock-hollow-trail/

https://www.paranormaltaskforce.com/ZombieRoad.html

https://www.paranormaltaskforce.com/zombieevp.html

https://www.paranormaltaskforce.com/Zombiestories.html

https://www.paranormaltaskforce.com/ZombieUrban.html

https://watch.plex.tv/movie/children-of-the-grave (Children of the Grave documentary)

Day 2

https://www.tumblr.com/myhauntedsalem/630429439471304704/zombie-road-st-louis-missouri-zombie-road-is

https://laduepublications.com/5-haunted-places-in-st-louis/

https://www.stlouis.style/halloween-in-st-louis/the-nine-most-haunted-places-in-st-louis/

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/257686852/della-mccullough

https://images.findagrave.com/photos/2023/224/257686852_9fd3d252-c337-4bda-a1aa-c297ecc409da.jpeg

https://theladydicks.com/zombie-road-lawler-ford-road-ghosts/

https://puzzleboxhorror.com/zombie-road-a-trail-of-terror/

https://www.gatewayarch.com/spookiest-spots-stlouis/

https://www.cityofwildwood.com/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Item/29588?fileID=32664

https://moonrisehotel.com/haunted-places-st-louis/

https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/missouri/zombie-road-mo/

https://www.mapquest.com/us/missouri/the-legendary-zombie-road-440024626

https://www.paranormaltaskforce.com/zombieevp.html

Day 3

https://www.paranormaltaskforce.com/zombiephotos.html

https://www.facebook.com/zombieroad1/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_American_railroad_accidents

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rail_accidents_(1960%E2%80%931969)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rail_accidents

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rail_accidents_(1970%E2%80%931979)

https://grimresearch.net/databases/crashes/1970-1979-crashes/

https://www.railroadworkersunited.org/railroaders-killed-on-the-job

https://patch.com/missouri/eureka-wildwood/update-three-teens-killed-in-wildwood-accident

https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/810968

https://railroads.dot.gov/safety-data/accident-and-incident-reporting/train-accident-reports/train-accident-reports

https://railroads.dot.gov/safety-data/accident-and-incident-reporting/overview-reports/accidentincident-dashboards-data

https://www.cadl.org/lhonline/ICN1965-08-11.pdf

https://www.cityofwildwood.com/599/Glencoe

https://www.newspapers.com/paper/st-louis-globe-democrat/18366/

https://www.newspapers.com/paper/st-louis-globe-democrat/18366/?tab=nearby

https://www.newspapers.com/paper/sunday-herald/31602/

https://www.stlmag.com/history/st-louis-sage/is-zombie-road-really-haunted/

https://www.westnewsmagazine.com/news/the-crossroads-history-preservation-meet-in-wildwood/article_2865be9c-71a0-58b7-8683-c59729a32792.html

https://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/places/rockwoods-reservation

https://mdc.mo.gov/sites/default/files/mo_nature/downloads/conservation-areas/5405map.pdf

https://www.cityofwildwood.com/2035/Rock-Hollow-Trail

https://www.cityofwildwood.com/DocumentCenter/View/1228/Wildwood-Trail-Map?bidId=

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41545-020-0071-9

https://lambdageeks.com/is-limestone-magnetic/

https://www.emfs.info/what/measuring/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMF_measurement#:~:text=EMF%20measurements%20are%20measurements%20of,antennas%20although%20with%20different%20characteristics.

Day 4

https://watch.plex.tv/movie/children-of-the-grave (Children of the Grave documentary)

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Location: Rock Hollow Trail, Wildwood, MO, USA

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