One could wonder if the tragic history of the grounds is the reason for the six deaths that occurred at the park, eventually leading to it being closed down in 1966, and many locals, including the park’s new owner Gaylord White, claim the park to still be haunted. Their brother Ezekiel was captured and burnt at the stake.Ī historical marker on the road leading to the park commemorates their memories.
Both of their scalps were taken by the Shawnee group. Tabitha, hearing the gunshot, ran to her brother, where she was attacked and cut by a knife, her body dismembered. While Clay was gone to town one day, the Shawnees surrounded three of the Clay children, who were working in the fields. In 1783, Mitchell Clay was the first European settler to make a home in the area, which was heavily inhabited by the Shawnee Native American tribe. īut that’s not the darkest history of the land. To start, the park was built over a Native American burial ground, with an archeological dig uncovering thirteen bodies, mostly children. The rusted and overgrown rides of Lake Shawnee Amusement Park serve as a reminder of the failed West Virginia attraction, but its eerie past lives on in folklore for the area. In this list, we will discuss ten parks that have a past dark enough to ruin any fun. But, some parks are shrouded in mystery and misfortune, causing fear and shivers instead. They should give fond memories and bring smiles to faces.
Amusement parks are built to be place of thrills and entertainment, wonder and awe.
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