57. GHOST TOWN: Hanton City

Weird Island by Sara Elizabeth Corben

May 24, 202200:22:55Science & Medicine

In Smithfield, Rhode Island, out in the middle of the woods, there are the remains of an old village that disappeared over 100 years ago. A ghost town known as Hanton City, sometimes called Haunted City or the Lost City....

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