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If you know of any other hauntings in Central IL, email me with info about and directions to the site (if hard to get to)!
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Warsaw, IL Hauntings
Paytons Place:
This is very hard to find. From the road in
the middle of nowhere you park, walk through a path in a corn field,
through a tunnel like path through trees and come to a small clearing
where there is a mass family cemetery plot. It started in the 1950's
when a father of a family of 4 came home and proceeded to kill each of
his family members in there house then hang him self in the barn. This
shortly made news papers and news. The relatives started a family plot
in the woods not far from the house and barn which still stands but the
house is farther back in the woods and hidden. Left as it was abandoned
still with pictures on the wall. So when you come up to this plot
there are first 5 small newer tombstones, then a catacomb type building
about 4 foot tall and 20 by 15 feet wide, made with stone then covered
with primitive cement mix. Portions of the walls are falling off but
from what we can tell the walls are at least 1 1/2 foot thick. In there
are the 5 bodies of the Payton family. To the left of that is a larger
monument with 6 names on it including born, death dates, town from and
relationship to the family. This is somewhat newer housing other
relatives of the Payton family. The barn can still be found where the
father hung him self closer to the road.
If anyone knows how to get here, email me!