Missouri Ozarks Legends and Lore

by Cynthia McRoy Carroll

A crossroads energy is the heart and soul of the Missouri Ozarks, where earthquakes, monster lore and UFO sightings are as familiar as limestone bluffs along historic Route 66. When Momo the Missouri Monster materialized amid auditory phenomena and UFO sightings, mayhem consumed a sleepy river town. The Joplin Spook Light has appeared nightly for more than a century. At sunset, park guards at the legendary Zombie Road turn away ghost hunters for their own good. Learn about how historic earthquakes reversed the flow of the Mississippi River. See Missouri native Mark Twain's lifelong interest in the paranormal following a lucid prophetic dream. Join Cynthia Carroll--author, tour director and sixth-generation native--as your guide through the magic of the Missouri Ozarks.

160 pages, Paperback

Published September 13, 2021

Reviews

[MKF · Rating 1 out of 5]

Calling this book a book on legends and lore is a joke. The legends and lore only get a few chapters and the rest is just a really long guidebook of the area. Based on the information this really should of been a geology book because of the way the author goes on and on about rocks.

[Becky · Rating 3 out of 5]

Less about legends and lore, this book still gave me several ideas of interesting places I would like to visit in Missouri.