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Oct. 09--ROCK -- Lake Shawnee in Mercer County has a dark history that many say has left the former amusement park haunted. Typically, the park site is closed to the general public, but its owners ...

It has been decades since the Lake Shawnee Amusement Park buzzed with the laughter of children. But according to local legend, the park is still a playground for ghosts. The southern West Virginia ...

West Virginia's abandoned Lake Shawnee Amusement Park shut down back in 1966 and has laid in ruins ever since. Many believe Lake Shawnee to be horribly cursed. The park was built upon the site of ...

“When you look at the map there is a code sitting on that ... movie must have read a story online about the Lake Shawnee Haunted Amusement Park, and decided to include it as an Easter Egg ...

Abandoned in 1966, this Mercer County amusement park was built by entrepreneur Conley T. Snidow in the 1920s. This attraction had mechanical swings and a Ferris wheel, plus a pond and swimming hole.

Haunting photographs reveal the now derelict park in West Virginia, USA, which had previously been home to a Native American tribe. A rusted swing set in the abandoned Lake Shawnee Amusement park ...

As much as it sounds like the backdrop for a low-budget horror, this place exists in real life in the form of America's Lake Shawnee Amusement Park. A booming theme park which has now been closed ...

A new motion picture starring Julia Roberts includes a hidden reference to the Lake Shawnee Haunted Amusement Park in Mercer County ... the movie that includes a map of the United States where ...