By Janice Tremeear

Missouri's nation capital groans underneath the weight of its haunted background, from the shadow humans of local American folklore to Boogie guy invoice, Missouri's wild baby. The muddy river waters conceal the transferring graves of steamboat crews, just like the one who went down with the Montana, and the savage scars of the Civil conflict nonetheless linger at the land. subscribe to Janice Tremeear for the interesting historical past at the back of Jefferson City's such a lot chilling stories, together with a trip to the infamous Missouri kingdom reformatory, the place the vicious festered for a hundred and seventy years.

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