Guess Who is backkkkk

Hello my Hanklorians. I am back, back again. Hank is back. Back again.

Now that I have that song stuck in your head.....I should tell you I am sorry that it has been as long as it has been. I should tell you all the things that have happened to kind of explain why you haven't been graced with my spooky stories. But, all I will say is life. And, a broken computer.

I will say I would like to turn this into a podcast, and I did already buy the equipment. I just need to pull the trigger and do it. So, you my little Hanklorians should we turn this into a podcast as well as a blog?

And, the last piece of housekeeping that I wanted to address is should we bring on some merch? Like stickers - some are already made, or maybe shirts? Cups? Beer Koozies? Tell me if this is something that anyone would want. We could do it just by people purchasing...and then if we get people interacting maybe send out free merch and stuff to our loyal readers (and maybe listeners in the future) I don't know. You tell me. Tellll me what you need.

Okay. Now to get to the what you are here for! A spooky Michigan storyyyyyy.

So, I started by googling haunted Michigan places, and then spooky Michigan places. And, just looked around. Then found one that I could not help but read up on. And, if you know me you will know why.

This my dear friends is the tale of the Munchkin Land - or Franklin Church and Cemetery. If you know why I LOVE THIS name please let me know.

Franklin Church was erected - hahahahaha- in 1855. And, it is still standing to this day. And, has been recently-ish redone to make it look like it did before. It is a pretty white and gray church.

There is both a church and a cemetery in this area which is located just north of Niles and East of Eau Claire in Berrien County.

This church has gone by a few names throughout the years. Some are Frost Cemetery, Franklin Church Cemetery, and of course the one that pulled me in MUNCHKIN LAND.

I am sure that you are wondering where the hell the name Munchkin Land would come from. Well I am here to tell you. It's because of all the ghosty children seen in this cemetery. And, how they all hang out - congregate if you will - around all the tombstones. (Side note: this is not all creepy total normal behavior for the living or the dead children but as always I digress)

So, some of the creepy things that have been reported to have happened are clothes and jewelry being grabbed, shoadow figures seen, ghost children heard and seen. Cell phones and other electronics just stop working.

The backstory: Here is a little of the back story on these happenings - I will say that I was unable to find alot of news articles or whatever on this. But, there were multiple articles on Munchkin Land, that all had the same base story with some differences throughout.

Back in the 1800's - the late 1800's the preacher man of the area killed 2 young girls. He then burried these sweet baby angels (literally) in the woods with an obviously unmarked grave. Or 2 unmarked graves. I don't know if they were killed at the same time or differing times. Anyways.

Well, eventually people start talking and start putting all the puzzle pieces together. They start thinking that goood ole preacher man has something to do with these 2 missing or dead girls. As more and more people start asking questions the preacher man starts getting antsy. He, then, can't take it anymore and goes to the bell tower in the church and hangs himself. I mean obviously don't face what you did head on (please ignore my massive eye roll here). So, the preacher commits sewer pipe by hanging.

The towns people begin looking for him and find him pretending he is the bell in the bell tower (get it because he hanged himself...okay probably not a funny joke but I already wrote it out so I am not taking it out too much work to hit backspace that many times - once again I DIGRESS)

So, now they have a dead preacher man, and people talking. And, they start to put together that other missing & presumably dead girls from neighboring towns are becuase of this one guy. There had been multiple other young girls found unalived, or just missing and they could never figure out what had happened there. So 1+1=3 in this case. Again, there is nothing saying that the killings stopped or that for sure there were missing girls from neighboring towns.

Another story that kind of goes along side this one is that some of the children spirits are from those kids who died due varrying diseases that spread through the town in the area. And, unfortunetly it is not just one disease. Which of course it means that we can't just blame consumption. Golly G.

That would mean that MOST of the spirits are caused from an illness and only 2 of them are from a preacher man turned murder.

Man, give me a witch or a curse and we have a cause for the haunted area trifecta.

Now, lets say there was a preacher man out killin' kids. That would - at least to me - mean that this jackrabbitt (no offense to the jackrabbit) could be haunting the woods. But, I couldn't find any reports of a grown man ghost.

SIDE NOTE: THIS IS VERY MUCH GIVING HELL'S BRIDGE

Now, lets fast forward to today's time. There have been a ton of reported sightings of child like ghosts. The sounds of little girl whispers - and assuming there are no living little girls trading secrets they would be ghost little girls.

There is also a tombstone that glows a soft green color - not florescent green but a soft glowing green.

There are no trespassing signs posted. So, if you decide to take a trip to visit please be aware of this. And, there are signs requesting you don't be obnoxious or vandalize graves. And, this better not be happening. I mean I am dead serious. YOU better not be out there vandalizing graves.

It should alos be noted that MOST of the creepy shit happening is happening in the older part of the cemetery. So, check that part out if you want the creepy vibes.

If you go be prepared for your phone not to work and most likely turn off completely. And, also be prepared to feel like you are being followed througout the cemetery & we are talking like someone right on your heels.

This brings us to the end of this Munchkin Land tale.

What do you think? Would you go? Let's plan a trip.

XOXO

HANKYYYYY