FEARnet’s tour of the country’s Streets of Fear is just about winding down, but before we take the FEARbus back to HQ to wash off all the ectoplasm, we decided to make a few more stops.  Today we’re visiting a devilish little street called Beelzebub Road!  Join us as we try to find out why a nice, tree-lined road was named after the king of the underworld.

Beelzebub Road is located in South Windsor, Connecticut and, to the naked eye, looks like a completely normal little street.  In fact, before the street was paved and named, it was referred to as Lovely Street, and became a sort of lover’s lane.  How the street got such a demonic name has more to do with the people who lived in the town than the road itself, and it all follows the story of one man in the early 1900s.

Walter Green was, by all accounts, a rather strange fellow, and legend holds it’s because of this man that the road gets its name.  Green allegedly was a violent man who would walk down Lovely Street brutally whipping his horse.  Some believe he was completely crazy, others believe he suffered from Alzheimer’s disease, while others contend that he was simply eccentric.  One thing we know for certain, based on old newspaper articles, is that Walter Green was admitted to, and escaped from, an asylum for the insane. 

The trouble started when a young woman suddenly disappeared.  Reports vary as to the cause and circumstance of her death, but some claim that she was acquainted with Mr. Green, and say he could have murdered her.  Months later, legend holds that they found her dead in a well.  A second disappearance happened shortly thereafter, in which Elmina Bissell, Green’s own mother, disappeared.  Her remains were not found for another eight years!  After these two disappearances, the townsfolk began believing that Walter Green was responsible for the murders.  They called him Old Beelzebub behind his back, and legend holds that that was how the road got its name.

Today the street is relatively calm, though it should be noted that a local church built on the road was partially burned in a great, accidental fire.  And the street is often mysteriously overrun by horseflies.  A strange fact, considering that Beelzebub loosely translates to “The Lord of the Flies.”

We sent our team out there to see if any strange activity cropped up, and what our psychic experienced is something that has to be seen to be believed.  Check it all out on our Beelzebub Road episode of Streets of Fear!