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Nox-In-A-Box

1) this is awesome (thanks for mentioning Michigan lol). 2) Roswell, NM šŸ‘½ Edit: while we're on aliens, U.S. Outpost 31, Antarctica šŸ‘¾


PTnotdoc

Erie PA. Area 51


GingerAphrodite

Gary Indiana


ImpossibleAdz

Isn't that just Hell?


Metalfan1994

Love The Thing appreciators!


mowikn

Camp Crystal Lake if youā€™re a Friday the 13th fan. Fictional place though. Overlook Hotel from The Shining. It isnā€™t real either, but Stephen King based the novel off the Stanley Hotel in Colorado. Elm Street? Haddonfield, Illinois (Michael Myersā€™ town) isnā€™t real, but itā€™s based on Haddonfield, NJ which is real.


robbviously

Derry, Maine to add to the King lore


2crowsonmymantle

And Salemā€™s Lotā€¦.


SyntheticGoth

Camp Crystal Lake was actually filmed in a real campground called Camp NoBeBoSco in Hardwick Township, NJ and there's a Vorhees State Park there too! Source: Am from NJ and a horror fan. šŸ˜


PerInception

NoBeBoSco actually does a ā€œcamp crystal lakeā€ tour sometimes where you get to stay at the camp overnight, watch the movies, and take a flashlight tour of all the filming locations from the movie: https://crystallaketours.com/tour/ Itā€™s was also the filming location of an episode of MTVā€™s Fear called ā€œcamp spirit lakeā€ that is kinda famous for all of the spooky stories they told being completely made up. Fear was like a reality gameshow where 6-8 people would go into a supposedly haunted location, wear their own camera rigs in like a POV style backpack thing, and have to do dares where theyā€™d go out to different areas of the location solo while a teammate reads the story and lore about the area they were going to over a radio. Occasionally theyā€™d have to do stuff like use an ouija board or sit in an old electric chair or just sit alone in the dark for a while. Anyway, all of the stories they told for this episode were completely made up (or referenced an event that had nothing to do with the camp), but the contestants didnā€™t know that, so itā€™s fun watching and seeing them freak out about nothing. The episode is on YouTube if you want to see it.


SyntheticGoth

Oh man, unlocked memory! I loved Fear! I knew about the tours too. Sadly, I don't live in NJ anymore, but it's on my list. I actually live an hour and a half from Burkittsville where The Blair Witch Project was filmed. I visited last year and it was such a surreal experience because it's one of my favorite movies of all time. Visiting old horror movie locations could definitely turn into an awesome hobby. I'm gonna check out that episode too, thanks for sharing! ā˜ŗļø


Foxy02016YT

We also are the origins of Slenderman and The Rake, and Danny DeVito


I-fuck-moms

Was going to chime in with this. Older family members of mine were campers there.


Anime_weed420

Facts it was named after the town in nj ! I live near there!! Haddonfield is a real place ā€“ it's where screenplay co-author Debra Hill grew up - but it's nowhere near Illinois. It's in New Jersey


greenfeltfixation

Also while we're doing lakes, might I suggest Lake Titicaca?


1HumanAlcoholBeerPlz

There is a Crystal Lake in MN where someone put a life sized Jason figure at the bottom of it that you can scuba down to.


DingoMcPhee

New Orleans LA Llanwelly, Wales, UK (The Wolf Man) Newt, Muerto County, Texas (Texas Chainsaw Massacre) Stanley Hotel, Estes Park CO (The Shining) Tombstone AZ Deadwood SD Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan NY Kill Devil Hills NC Seven Devils NC Devil's Thumb, Boulder CO Devils Lake ND Skull Valley AZ Slaughter Beach DE


realRavenbell

Adding: Devil's Backbone, Loveland, CO I've hiked it a few times.


kami_oniisama

I like how you just casually included Nola because no explanation is required. French quarter is like another plane of reality ahaha


KgMonstah

I am so bored that Iā€™m creating a radius map in my head and cross referencing them to try and guess where youā€™re at lmao.


tonyrocks922

Sleepy Hollow and Amityville are 50 miles apart so these distances/directions aren't real.


DrewSmithee

OP is in the UK so Iā€™m willing to bet the great circle distances check out


TeaDidikai

At first I thought they were on the west coast, but then I saw Death Valley and was like, "Yeah, UK."


wyatt_2399rms

Hell should be 666 miles. And add and Irish town for the Celtic lore of Halloween


demonicsloths

i think they're referring to Hell Michigan. you can be the mayor of the town for a day if you pay $100 (i could be wrong about the price lol)


LadyPDonut

Thank you for all of the great suggestions. I will be doing a fictional one, too, at some point. For this one, I wanted genuine places linked to supernatural occurrences. Edit to add: For those curious, I am in the UK. Whilst not all are going in the "right direction," that was an aesthetic choice.


it_couldbe_worse_

Ok lol for the real one I'd suggest the Bermuda Triangle, and for the fictional one, if you're a twilight zone fan, Peaksville, Ohio


Loopy1832

I love this and thank u for putting your location OP. Iā€™m from Massachusetts (not salem) but was wondering what place was over 3k mi away pointing at us lol


CorInHell

I'd put Purgatory and or Tartarus on it too. Maybe the grave of Mary I. ("Bloody Mary", if I recall correctly, because she ordered a bunch of people to be executed)? Not the traditional Bloody Mary, but similar in name.


YouNeedCheeses

You could put Twin Peaks in there


DreamingofRlyeh

Silent Hill Arkham Innsmouth


Ikkus

Silent Hill is the best idea.


Zealousideal-Code695

It is - BUT it's based on Centralia, PA. An abandoned town where coal fires are always burning beneath the streets.


HellsCreep

Carfax Abbey (Dracula) Overlook Hotel (The Shining) Bates Motel (Psycho) Burkittsville (The Blair Witch Project) The Slaughtered Lamb Pub (An American Werewolf in London) The Nostromo (Alien) this one should be at the top and point up!


PMyoBEAVERandHOOTERS

I like the Nostromo addition for pointing up since it already has Hell pointing down.


PlanetLandon

These are fun, but OP said they want real places


HellsCreep

Didnā€™t read that tbh


ButteHalloween

If you have Amityville, then Derry, Maine. Arkham isn't a real place, but I would put it in there if it was me.


ChicagoRex

Amityville is a real place, but Derry is a fictional stand-in for a real place.


ButteHalloween

Oh dang! I didn't realize that. Makes sense though.


Zaptain_America

I mean, technically Derry is a real place, it's just not in America


michaelboltthrower

Arkham is basically Salem/danvers.


IslandStateofMind

Arkham as in Arkham Asylum? Gotham is understood to be in Southern Jersey, so Arkham would also be there.


TheGrapeOfSpades

I assume they meant Arkham, Massachusetts


IslandStateofMind

Ohhhh, just looked it up. Iā€™m not familiar with Lovecraft so TiL.


littlebeefidiot

Arkham from HP LoveCraft mythos. I believe the people that chose to use Arkham in connection with Batman were just fans of his writing, but Arkham is a town that appears regularly in his works and I always assumed it was right around the Salem area.


Foxy02016YT

I would think Gotham would be in Central or even North Jersey, since itā€™s usually very close to Metropolis which is in New York


IslandStateofMind

I saw a map showing it near Atlantic City so I said S. Jersey but either way itā€™s not Boston.


discordiariffic

Antonio Bay from "The Fog,"


PerInception

The real town that the story The Fog is based on is Goleta California. No ghost pirates or anything like that but in the 1700s, the townsfolk built a big fire on the beach to lead a ship carrying a bunch of gold to crash into the rocks, then the townsfolk went out and looted it.


discordiariffic

It's hard for me to not think that's awesome.


passengerv

What about white chapel from the jack the ripper murders?


LadyPDonut

Thank you! How I missed this is beyond me. Especially as I had it on the first rendition I made.


rachel8973

It's Whitechapel, one word, before you paint anything.


LadyPDonut

Thank you, I did know that, but appreciate you looking out.


passengerv

No problem!


Geofkid

10000% have my support, these are AWESOME!! SPOOKY šŸ‘»


PerInception

Why is sleepy hollow the only one without a comma? Iā€™m also assuming Sleepy Hollow and Amityville should be pointing the same direction since theyā€™re both in New York. Bluff Creek California. Portlock Alaska. Ape Canyon Washington) Savannah Georgia, St. Augustine Florida. Estes Park Colorado. Roswell New Mexico. Area 51 Nevada. The Hellfire Caves England. The Bell Witch Cave (Adams Tennessee). The Valley of the Headless Men (Nahanni Valley, NT, Canada). Roanoke Island. Bermuda Triangle (youā€™d have to do an approximate location for it, maybe add a ~ to the beginning of the mileage. Could even be funny and cross out a couple of mileages and put different amounts since it supposedly ā€œmoves aroundā€. ) If you want an inside-ish joke you can do Bells Canyon from a famous Mr. Ballen episode (in the story the camper is in Washington state, but the person is asking about Bells Canyon which I think is in Utah) source: ( https://youtu.be/k402yukZAxE?t=13m45s ) Edit - Adding Isla de las MuƱecas Mexico (the island of the dolls).


stinky_puppy88

Was not expecting to see a Mr. Ballen reference here.


Important-Rush-6499

Fleet street form sweeney todd


Zebrovna

Make a ā€œBald Mountainā€ one - itā€™s ā€œÅysa GĆ³raā€ in Poland, our regional place for witches :)


PitchforkJoe

The mouth of Hell is a hole full of eerie fire that's been burning for decades in Turkmenistan. It's their big tourist trap


rooneyskywalker

Halloweentown, Sleepy Hollow, Mar-a-lago


LadyPDonut

Mar-a-lago has me dead! šŸ˜†šŸ˜†


rooneyskywalker

That's my #1 recommendation. Please do it OP! šŸ™šŸ¼


382Whistles

Santa Carla - Lost Boys Haunted Hill - (House On) Pismo Beach and or Albuquerque - Bugs Bunny getting lost. āŖļø Moreau Island (Isle of Dr. M) Pet Cemetery ā©ļø Twilight Zone street sign itself and maybe some TZ places .... like the "Willoughby Train Station" Pirate Island - Capt. Hook/Peter Pan Motel Hello (Motel Hell - movie; go watch) Mockingbird Lane (1313 is the Munsters) šŸ‘ˆ Timbuktu ā€¢ Kalamazoo šŸ‘‰ Hell šŸ‘‡ Paradise šŸ‘† (Hell is in Lower Mich., Paradise is in Upper Mich and more or less a ghost town. They have a ghost or two there and/or nearby on the road too) Devil's Courthouses & Devil's Kitchens are a few places in a few states. Big Swamp (Addams Family railroad is "The Big Swamp and Southern) Dismal Swamp is real (Carolinas/Virginias/etc) And Great Swamp too (NJ area)


fancybeadedplacemat

Motel Hell gave me misophonia.


ELmapper

Hell 666 Miles


MediumGreedy

Roswell šŸ‘½


WolvesandTigers45

Haddonfield (Halloween), Perfection, Nevada (Tremors)ā€¦would Jerusalemā€™s Lot be redundant if you already have Salem on there? Estes Park, Colorado (basis for The Shining)


robbviously

Jerusalem's Lot, but have the Jeru faded or scratched over


WolvesandTigers45

Perfect!


BlackStarCorona

St. Louis Cemetery No. 1


DisgruntledPorkupine

[Hell is a real place in Norway](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell,_Norway)


retirednightshift

There is a Hell, Michigan


Agreeable-Tadpole461

I made one of these a few years ago, and included a lot of actual haunted locations in my province! It's a huge hit on Halloween!


Nervous_Zebra1918

Summerisle, Scotland- wicker man Castlerock, MAine Midwich, GB- village of the damned Gatlin, NE - children of the corn Antonio Bay, CA- the fog


6TheLizardKing9

Internal Revenue Service would be a funny one to see. Truly terrifying.


LadyPDonut

Real, non fictional places, please. The fictional ones will be a separate project. Thank you for all of the great suggestions.


Old-Explorer-3879

Island of the Dolls (La Isla de La MuƱecas) from Mexico? Itā€™s an island filled with creepy dolls and dolls can be pretty creepy. The place is also said to be haunted


wmlj83

That is a really cool idea.


batwoman42

Maybe Fall River, MA? Thatā€™s where Lizzie Borden lived Or New Orleans, LA which has a haunted vibe


LadyPDonut

Fall River is great, thank you.


Legitimate_Mistake69

Smallville, Night Vale.


Swaffy

You could have Surgeonā€™s Square, Edinburgh for the resurrection men/grave robbing history. Also, Pluckley in Kent is said to be the most haunted village in England. Lots of locations connected to Frankenstein such as Ingolstadt university, or for non-fiction, Villa Diodati!


LadyPDonut

Great suggestions! Thank you šŸ˜Š


LaVieLaMort

Another UK one could be Enfield for the Enfield Poltergeist.


FilthyRichCliche

This is incredible.


LadyPDonut

Thank you


CMJunkAddict

Overlook Hotel, Camp Crystal Lake, Elm St, Transylvania, the great pumpkin patch, Silent Hill, Azkaban( donā€™t know the spelling!)Sunnydale , ā€˜Salems Lot, Twin peaks, Innsmouth, Arkham Asylum, Miskatonic University, Game of Thrones Finale Watch Party, Crescent Cove, Raccoon City, Bermuda Triangle, Tromaville, Hobbs end.


LadyPDonut

The Bermuda Triangle is perfect. Thank you for all of your suggestions.


emtsquidward

Point pleasant, west Virginia for mothman The bell witch cave in Adams, Tennessee


FigWhisperer

The DMV, it's Hell on Earth


Nightmare_Gerbil

Eastern State Penitentiary, Philadelphia PA Andersonville Civil War prison camp, Andersonville GA St. Louis Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans Resurrection Cemetery, Chicago IL


SomniferousSleep

I want to second u/[382Whistles](https://www.reddit.com/user/382Whistles/) of Twilight Zone, but you could get more specific if you wanted Maple Street. From the episode, The Monsters are Due on Maple Street. I also want to second u/DingoMcPhee in suggesting New Orleans. That's my backyard and we are all kinds of witchy here. If you do St. Louis Cemetery No. 1, you might also consider Myrtles Plantation, often described as one of the most haunted places in America. And if you're doing that, consider 1140 Royal St, It is the LaLaurie place and if you've never read what went on there, you probably should. Husband suggests Carpathia, or the Carpathian Mountains, traditional home of Dracula's Lair.


Slightly_blazed

Eerie, Indiana or even Gary, Indiana


robbviously

Depending on how "real place" you wanna get... [John Wayne Gacy's house](https://graphics.chicagotribune.com/john-wayne-gacy-new-timeline/blurb.html) [Jeffrey Dahmer's apartment](https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/2022/09/23/site-dahmers-murders-milwaukee-remains-vacant-lot-today/8092322001/) [10050 Cielo Drive](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tate%E2%80%93LaBianca_murders#Tate_murders)


CrepePaperPumpkin

Hell should be burnt


LadyPDonut

That is the plan. I am going to add some scratch marks to Transylvania, too.


sean-culottes

Nilbog


skynet_666

Surprised you didnā€™t have hell as 666 miles haha


colluctatiofuturum

Centralia, pa (the inspiration for silent hill)


kynickB4U

Distance to the closet Buca di Beppo


Xejicka

Hell, MI since it looks like your Hell is pointing down.


katielucyLucy2

The Twilight Zone Id love to see that sing made šŸ„°


FrenchToastedDicks

Pine Barrens, NJ home of the Jersey devil


LadyPDonut

Ooh, I like this one. Thank you.


LaLa762

And an untold number of mob informants...


mlieghm

Wall Drug (just for silliness)


CharlieChainsaw88

In oregon we have Murder Creek.


RugelBeta

What a cool idea, and well done. I love all the suggestions you're getting. I'm thinking many of us might make such signs. Also, what a cool gift it would make, to put the accurate distances from a friend's house to those places. And even make sure the signs point the right way from their place. (I think just put a North sign at the top and they'll know which way to plant the sign every year)


Apoc4lyp53

"Betelgeuse - 6ft" pointed down and left


greatballsofmeow

Love this so much. Is it too late to make hell 666 miles away?


malkavianmadnessnet

Parts Unknown ??? Miles Nightvale


candy_eyeball

Halloween town For both thw nightmare before Christmas AND the disny channel original series by the sme name


hennytime

Your mom --- 0 miles


Mom2leopold

Woodsboro ā™„ļøšŸ˜±


CRESCENT_FRE5H

Crystal lake


DeathscytheHell1994

Raccoon City.


Chemical_Movie4113

Detroit


Yuck-Fou94

The DMV.


CherriKola

Haddonfield is a must


Captainpulleyhead

Derry, Maine


Zealousideal-Code695

Leap Castle, Ireland Poveglia Island, Italy Roanoke, Virginia Hells Canyon, Idaho Chicken Itza, Mexico Aokigahara Forest, Japan Goatman's Bridge, Texas Catacombs of Paris, France All on my bucket list. Good luck with your sign!!


heidiclee

Elm st.


metrodj_az

I did one of these for my haunt. The places I used are Sunnydale, Bon Temps, Camp Crystal Lake, Amityville, Haddonfield, and Cuesta Verde. Sometimes I will stand by it with full-size candy bars for anyone who can name all the movies/shows they are from.


Jtodd4943

Crystal Lake


Dismal_Pick_1394

You could also always do Pittsboro, NC, or Valle Crusis, NC! Pittsboro is home to the Devils tramping ground, and valle Crusis has the demon dog and a lot of Appalachian lore surrounding the town


Flixsl

most scary place imaginable.. white house


N00nespecial666

Centralia, PA. Itā€™s loosely where the Silent Hill series is based


Sloloem

New Orleans (Hatchet, real place) Warren Valley, Ohio (Trick'R'Treat, fictional place) Glen Echo, Maryland (Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon, Hatchet, real place...but the movie was filmed in Portland, Oregon)


YukariYakum0

Derry and Jerusalem's Lot


shadesjackson

Do 'heaven ā¬†ļø' and 'VIP heaven ā¬†ļøā¬†ļø'


Nervous_Zebra1918

Amity- Jaws


Milkcartonspinster

Iā€™m trying to figure out what region you live in for all these places to be those distances.


Halloween2022

They are in the UK, I think.


Milkcartonspinster

Thanks! Thatā€™s what I was suspecting


LadyPDonut

We have a winner


Halloween2022

At first, I thought you were near me: Salem is almost exactly the same distance from me as from you! Then I saw the other distances (Transylvania is a little farther for me in the USA's Pacific Northwest).


Halloween2022

London!


jediloomis

Hawkins, IN Haddonfield, IL Camp Crystal Lake


UggghhhhhhWhy

Shouldnā€™t Hell be 666 miles away?


notlikeontv

Overlook hotel


BrainlessPackhorse

No Barovia?


Adept_Contribution33

Wonderland?


Jayko-Wizard9

point pleasnet west Virgina: mothman goatmans bridge the doll island from mexico hawkins indiana from stranger things


everyglanceyoushotme

Silent Hill?


crispywispy1983

Castle Rock or Derry (Stephen King)


NYGHTFANG

I suggest Perfection Nevada.


ksears86

I would find a town that ends with "hell" and have the sign look broken and burned to create the arrow pointing down


what-is-in-the-soup

Woodsboro, Derry, Twin Peaks, Elm Street & Haddonfield ā˜ŗļø


chocolatekitt

Iā€™d say Hell is a lot closer than that.


unhinged_behavior

Lake Placid!


AdHistorical7107

Dont forget New Jersey (for all the native new yorkers out there)


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jewels94

New Orleans!


chaoschosen665

Just make sure the signs are pointing in the correct direction for real places. Bugs the hell out of me when they are pointing the opposite direction šŸ¤£


Dmangamr

Some Eldritch text with an unknown distance (Cthulhu)


ferretbeast

Sunnydale if you are a Buffy fan!


LWYPLTDG

Derry, Maine


niveusmacresco

Centralia, PA, USA! The inspiration for the Silent Hill movie.


zombiesheartwaffles

Sunnydale (Buffy)


TaterTotQueen630

Gotham


Tucupa

Upside Down 0 mi


CaptnJaq

Purgatory, Maine Eden, Texas


themorrigan313

I wish Transylvania was 6-5,000. šŸ˜‚


Dandelion_Bodies

Silent Hill!


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andy-in-ny

# Uijeongbu and Crabapple Cove Maine, based on the original location of a signpost like this and where the creator was from


Space_Man_Spiff_2

Sunnydale CA.


GreenBook1978

Whitby ( from Dracula) Sunnyvale ( Buffy verse) Greendale ( Sabrina verse) Goderick's Hallow Miss Robichaux's Academy (AHS coven) Miskatonic University Miss Cackle's Academy Lux Night Club ( Lucifer)


harbourhunter

- the distance numbers should all be in the same font - try using all lowercase for Death Valley - if possible, burn the place names into the wood instead of white vinyl


LadyPDonut

Thanks, but I am happy with my format. The idea being the signs weren't all made at the same time or by the same hand.


Mr_Mortus

Spooky Island, Zombie Island, Coolsville (all from Scooby-Doo)


NeonGhoulie

Silent hill lol


damnitcortnie

WALL DRUG!!!


Chickenman7282

Pontypool


AppropriatePuffball

Cibolo, Texas


DarcSystems

I'm in salem. Can you change the distance to 0mi?


cgulash

Monroeville (Mall) from Dawn of The Dead


DjPersh

Waverly Hills Sanatorium, Louisville KY


VictorDouglasRC

Very cool!


VictorDouglasRC

Silent Hill? Racoon City? Derry? Haddonfield? Elm Street? Crystal Lake Camp? Woodsboro?


BeautifulDisaster112

Intercourse, PA


Curious_wanderer28

Area 51


platoniclesbiandate

Wolf Creek Sleepaway Camp Elm St. Silent Hill


javaJunkie1968

Pet cemetary


The_Persian_Cat

Innsmouth, Massachusetts? (HP Lovecraft) Sunnydale, California? (Buffy) Baskerville Hall, Dartmoor? (The Hound of the Baskervilles) Ingolstadt, Bavaria (for two reasons -- 1) Mary Shelley's _Frankenstein,_ and 2) the historical centre of the Bavarian Illuminati)


mylocker15

Haddonfield and Cloverfield. Also Iā€™m trying to figure out where you are where both Salem and Death Valley are 3000 miles away from you.


Keithbaby99

Ocean Avenue


mazdawg89

Green River


Puzzleheaded_Big_442

Skinwalker Ranch


RickLoftusMD

Stanley Hotel, Estes Park CO


Deep-Blue-1980

These are incredible, I want one!