Mississippi – Mercritis Outbreak, 1950s
So we’ve have legends of ghosts, murders, creatures and haunted railway tunnels, but Mississippi wins for most unusual legend – a disease that made men omit an odor that turned women, upon smelling it, into homicidal maniacs.
Some legends say it was a disease that came from Europe, while others say that the men ingested too much lead. There’s also a conspiracy about how the government screwed up and tried to cover it up. Guess some things are worse than the cloying scent of Axe body spray.
You missed the boat on New Jersey! THE JERSEY DEVIL is most definitely the official haunting creature of the Garden State. Long before NJ was even a state, the legend of the Jersey Devil began. It was the 13th child of Mrs Leeds, who had no desire for another baby. According to legend, she cursed the baby even before it was born. At its birth, the creature assumed otherworldly dimension and flew up the chimney of the home. Since then, the Devil regularly haunts the Pine Barrens of New Jersey, frightening all it encounters. On the eve of a National tragedy, the Devil is said to appear at many varied places in the state to warn of evils to come (most notably in December 1941, just before Pearl Harbor.)