Local legend has it that this abandoned park is haunted. Lake Shawnee's site was home to a Native American tribe until they fought a European family for the land in 1783. The children of the family were killed, and their father avenged their deaths by killing several members of the tribe. A businessman in the 1920s later turned the grounds into an amusement park that featured a swing set and Ferris wheel, but the death toll didn't stop there. A little girl was killed by a truck that backed into the swing, and a boy drowned in the park's pond in addition to four other deaths. Lake Shawnee later shut down, but its new owners has said that he can hear the swings creak and has seen the little girl in her bloodied dress. It's now open around Halloween time for tours.