Hell Town, Ohio (which you won't find on any map) is the macabre and rather melodramatic name that local legend has given to some areas in and around Boston Village in Summit County, Ohio.

The areas are collectively known as Boston Mills and were once home to several paper mills.

In the 1960s it was decided to protect the dwindling forests by establishing the Cuyahoga Valley National Park and hundreds of homes were bought up by the government and owners were forced to move away, resulting in a “ghost town,” around which all manner of urban legends sprung up.

Some refer to satanic worship, other darkly mention ghosts and haunted cemeteries, and still others talk about government-sponsored chemical attacks.

The only way to decide what is fact and what is fiction is to visit Hell Town yourself.

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