The Curse of Buckout Road

By Crusader1307

Upstate New York (US), boasts many small and quaint communities which can trace their history to pre-colonial times. In fact many still bear a resemblance to that Era. Like most small and old Regions, White Plains has it's share of myths and legends. Buckout Road is one of them. Named for a wealthy Family, The Buckouts - they settled in White Plains in the 1700s. Several miles of the common road was so named for them. But nothing unusual would happen until the 1850s, when a descendant found out His wife had committed adultery. The  husband murdered His unfaithful wife by stabbing Her to death - repeatedly. Tried and hung, it was soon after that Buckout Road began to "come alive" (as it were). The Buckout Home would catch fire and burn to the ground, resulting in several deaths. In fact, the Family Cemetery is a bleak and foreboding place even today. Much later in the 1870s and 1880s, another family moved into the area - The Fish Family. They had a Son named Albert. Albert would go one to be one of America's worst Serial Killers. Dubbed " The Brooklyn Vampire", Fish is credited with 100 victims - many of which he ate! Many cite Albert as the real life inspiration for the fictional Hannibal Lector. Reputedly living in White Plains briefly, perhaps Albert hunted along The Buckout Road as well. This leads us to a 1970s related take of another cannibal family that haunted the area. All long The Road is "seen" strange shadows, ghostly orbs of light and mists, which seem to move with intelligence. Regional hype or real paranormal activity?