“Bonne Terre” is French for “Good Earth” for those of you that are trying to determine the spelling and / or meaning of the words….those doggone Frenchies naming our streets!!!

Sounds like a creepy place to visit…is it worth driving from Olathe, Kansas???

I grew up in Bonne Terre (and yes, it does mean ‘Good Earth’ in French). Have had some paranormal experiences in my day. Many ancesters on my Dad’s side married into the Blackwell family in the 1800’s and are buriend around there. Have had some very creepy experiences there. Haven’t heard the screams, etc because I’m not gutsy enough to go out there at night, etc., like some of you guys!
Anyway, my Mom and I like to take drives out in the countryside and we have driven through there on sunny afternoons. My mother has had inexplicable fears on certain sections of the roads out there. We have also seen actual human beings that could have been involved in Satanism just by the strange way they were acting, etc. If you are familiar with Bonne Terre, take Division St and drive North to the very end of Division. Turn on (can’t remember the highway name but it takes you past Primrose Baptist Church). Take that highway, watch for the sign that reads, ‘Engledow Road’. Turn left,then make an immediate right on Engledow. This is where it starts feeling…strange. Take Engledow to it’s end. You can either turn left on to a gravel road going to Blackwell Cemetary or turn right to hit Old Blackwell Road.

hey guys i live in a haunted house and werid things happen like my radio tv i pod and my computer will turn on at the same time all were turned off!! so ya

r u aloud to sell stuf on here thats stupid cuz then gurls will come on here and do it r u guys really getting scared from this stuff cuz its stupid

I know not to park on that bridge

Hey! Me and an old friend and my fiance went out to Blackwell and we did the bridge deal and a black car.I’m assuming it was black anyways cause all we could really see were the head lights.But when we crossed the bridge we were going toward the tracks the other car almost ran us off the road well of the imbankment (Spelled wrong).But it’s real.And as in another comment Ive read.Ive seen some of the people that were out and about during the day and they are very strange looking as if a satanist or something.

~Amelia-aka-Amy~

i have been up and down the road many times never seen anything but there was a house right after the bridg on the right if your comin from E hwy and i have been in it many times and its really weird down stairs is warm upstairs is really cold my friends have pics of the inside of the house and theres things in the pics that we couldnt see with or eyes check it out its worth the drive

Ok for one thing it isnt haunted and for two it doesnt work. I live on coles lake which if any of u know is right by upper blackwell. My friends and I went up there and tried it about a million times. But the main reason it doesnt work or isnt haunted is be old blackwell bridge is gone. They tore it out a couple years back. P.S. Its not haunted

i’ve been on it several times and nothing happened ever…its scary but i have lots of stories about it, and this old weird house on the road that i’ve been inside

Hey. Is this place really worth visiting? Or is just something local teens made up to scare everybody? It sounds really cool and I would like to visit it.

Hey. I also live in Bonne Terre. I’ve been on the road and I haven’t seen anything out there. But there is a house before you get to the bridge that is neat. I’ve been there a few times with some friends. Supposedly a teenager came home and killed his own family and then himself. The house hasn’t been touched since they were alive. When you go into the attic it feels really hot. The basement gets about 20 degrees colder. We left when we heard someone walking around outside. Never found out who or what it was. Anyone wanting to go to a haunted place around Bonne Terre e-mail me and I’ll give you directions if you’d like. kritontes@hotmail.com

Ok. i just went to Blackwell tonight and it is scary. There is a restaurant called Four Winds. There is a man inside who creeped me, my girlfriend and her friend out. Trust me we will not be going back anytime soon. As for the Old Blackwell Road sign that is true. i saw it as we passed one way but not the other. Honest to God.

i have been reading some of the comments on here questioning if Blackwell is really haunted. there is also people making fun of it. it is definetly not something to joke about. if u want to go see it for yourself e-mail me and i will be more than happy to take you out there. i will meet you somewhere and drive you out there

Daryl…attics are always hot…heat rises.Basements are usually much cooler than the rest of the house! This is normal dude!!!

Me and 8 of my friends visited Blackwell last night. We also visited The Four Winds where a sweet older man with an accent greeted us and gave us directions. We asked how to find the bridge and he said “you mean the witch?” lol. Very nice man, even told us to be careful.
We parked before the bridge (coming from CC) and toured the field to the right (nothing) and the gated gravel road to the left. The only thing there was what looked like a place for hunters. The old bridge is definitley gone. We though we might have seen some steel from the old one but I’m not for sure.
A resident in a jeep told us his g-pa lived near and didn’t like people hanging around like we were so we left. He said they run people off all the time and that there is no hauntings around.
We couldn’t find many of the places we were looking for. If anyone is willing to give us a tour, please email me at melmorgan17@yahoo.com. Thanks!

Tom, what is your email address??

I have the hunting,fishing,property,described,in
melissa’s comments,by the new bridge.I believe that
the screams that were thought to be a womens are
actually bobcats that frequent the area,coyotes,
and wipperwills also can make strange sounds,and
cause imaginations to stir.The old blackwell rd
that supposedly dissappears is merely an angled
road intersecting upper blackwell that is somewhat
hidden due to the hillcrest.I have been in the area
and never seen ghosts,orbs,phantom cars etc, steve

i have lived in this area my whole life my grandmother lived a block away from the bridge (walking distance)i never seen nor heard any of this things. we alwaysheard about them and tested the stories but never had anything happen.

I just moved to Park Hills from Illinois. (look up 7 Gates of Hell in Collinsville, Illinois). Anything else around here to investigate? What about these mines I keep seeing signs for? Anyone?

First of all Blackwell is not in Bonne Terre it is near Desoto. If you are going down 21 Hwy from desoto you turn on CC hwy right before Washington State Park then you follow that all the way down. It is a LONG way just keep going. You’ll pass a cemetary on your right. keep going then all of a sudden you’ll see a big refinished mansion on the right. It looks really pretty, but it is VERY haunted. Directly across fromit is the ruins of the old blackwell church it has been tore down now. if you cross the train track then the bridge the first road on your right is called Engledow that is where the moon town cemetary is… the haunted one. but it is hidden down a long gravel road. They don’t want you in there, and don’t ask about it they get pissed! the four winds reseraunt is on upper blackwell rd it looks like a whole in the wall but they worship the devil in the basement and if you go there you don’t get that freaked out till you start talking to the owner be careful though watch what you say. People go missing from there a lot and it’s really scary so be careful. You have to a lot of research on the area and find out exactly where everything is or your just gonna drive around in circles and not be scared. So do your research and don’t post anything unless you know what your saying. I don’t even know that much about it and my family is all from around there. Everything is real private and everything is hidden they really don’t want people snooping around down there and you’ll know if you go. But it is kinda fun!