But is there any truth to these tales and any history that might explain how the ghost stories got started? Believe it or not, there may just be a kernel of truth to the Zombie Road. The real life experiences taking place there too.
The region around Zombie Road was once known as Glencoe. Today, it is a small village on the banks of the Meramec River and most of its residents live in houses that were once summer resort cottages. Most of the other houses are from the era when Glencoe was a bustling railroad and quarrying community. Days of prosperity have long since passed it by, though, and years ago, the village was absorbed by the larger town of Wildwood.
There is no record of the first inhabitants here but they were likely the Native Americans who built the mounds that existed for centuries at the site of present-day St. Louis. The mound city that once existed here was one of the largest in North America and at its peak boasted more than 40,000 occupants. It is believed that the Meramec River and its surrounding forests was an area heavily relied upon for food and mounds have been found at Fenton and petroglyphs have been discovered along the Meramec and Big Rivers. It is also believed that the area around Glencoe, because of the game and fresh water, was a stopping point for the Indians as they made their way to the flint quarries in Jefferson Counties.
Zombie Road - The real life experiences taking place there
Zombie road position near St. Louis
maps. It is called Lallers Ford (Sp. might be slightly off). It even has courts
escape off of it. There are two ways to get down to that road. One is
take Manchester Road (Hwy 100) to Old State. You would turn left onto Raidge
Road. The elementary school is on your right. You can park there. But I
would suggest you make a day excursion first cause the road changes all
the time and it can be quite dangerous. The second way brings you in at
the bottom half of the road, by the Kiddie Train Tracks. Instead of
turning on Ridge, take Old State to Hwy 109. Right before you reach
109, there is a road on your left, it has a dead end sign, Plus, a sign
denoting the name od the kids train tracks. Follow that road to the
train shed, park(I normally do by the tree on the right), and start
walking towards the Meramec river. Go to the left. You'll follow the
kid track and the dirt path, i'd stay to your left, by the Palasades.
You will cross three train bridges,the forst 2 you have to cross while
walking on the train tracks, the third is wooden and you can walk on
the sides. When you reach a clearing of trees, you will see wood poles
and a path. This is the other end of Zombie. I go this route since the
road is a hill and its easier to go down hill at the end of the night
than uphill.
- Fier Dancr
Zombie Road Trailer features
This Children of the Grave - Zombie Road Trailer features the search for a nest of shadow children in a creepy woods called "Zombie Road".
Children of the Grave Zombie Road Trailer - Children Of The Grave as featured on the Sci Fi Channel.
Better known as Zombie Road.This road has been around for over 100 years and some say dates back to the 19th Century when it was a horse and carriage road,Folk legends abound on Lawler Ford Road.
To go there, take Manchester Rd. West to Old State Rd. S (left), go 1 mile and turn left on Ridge Rd. The road is located in Glencoe in West St. Louis County and Wildwood (formerly Ellisville). Turn immediately right into the parking lot at Ridge Meadows Elementary School. Walk twenty feet to the left of the school and you are standing on Zombie Road. The Lawer Ford sign is no longer there. xombo.com
Legendary of Zombie Road
Mid 1980's , I's attempts to find the legendary and fabled Zombie Road and I wrote the fictional short story called - Zombie Road - . We didn't find the road as I had always been told it was off Old State Road or Highway-109. Actually, it is off neither but ALMOST off both of those roads. One end of it starts just off Ridge Road which is just off Old State Road. While the other end is real close to the High way 109 - Old State Road. Intersection near the Meremac River of Glencoe. The substantial name of the road is Lawler Ford Rd. The sign is no longer there. It is Stolen by teenagers?
I was told of the Lawler Ford Rd. by a friend of mine in the late '80's. I drove by it but didn't go down it as I still wasn't sure it was the real road. Many years later, in 2003, web research confirmed this was the right road so I made a few trips there on foot with camcorder and camera to do some ghost hunting type field investigations!
The first time I walked down the start of Zombie Road, I got scared when I saw a big something in the upcoming road. Suddenly it ran across the road and hid in bushes. I about freaked out. I kept going though and it turned out to be a big turkey who was scared of me and booked up the hill! (Zombie Rd. is this creepy 1-lane road in a heavily forested valley with huge hills on each side)
Other scary things included a bug that wouldn't leave me alone like that Amityville Horror priest, falling into potholes, etc.
I went back about a week later and walked further. I brought my camcorder this time and it didn't wanna start when I approached the road! This time, I heard strange noises coming from this one tree. It sounded like it was creaking like it was an old tree just about to fall over on me.
Then I heard noises from a pool of water on the road. At first, I thought there was nothing to explain it or the splashes I saw but then I could see actual tadpoles or frogs or whatever it was.
A cyclist scared the s*!! out of me when he rode past really fast. That was the first person I saw on Zombie. Also, deer scared the hell out of me!
About 1 week later, I walked the entire road. The first thing I noticed was that there were a lot of things on the road that I sure didn't see just a week before! Most notably, there was what looked like a black body bag! When I got closer, it wasn't but it was about the same size/shape. Once again, deer scared me a few times. I ran into a lot of people this day, from park workers to a jogger to a mom with her little kids.
I walked all the way down to the mini railroad and down to the Meremac River, where I saw a creepy old railroad car. I wasn't able to find the old flooded out and haunted houses and shacks everyone talks about.
On the journey, I observed a few huge trees that have dropped down towards the road which always seemed very creepy. I took video and still pictures of the trips.
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