New Hampshire Has the 2nd Most Haunted Road in the U.S.

There are several haunted places in New Hampshire that many people are aware of like the Three Chimney's Inn in Durham and the Mount Washington Hotel in Bretton Woods. The Kancamangus Highway may not have been on your list, but as it turns out, this stretch of road that is so beloved by many a biker, is the 2nd most haunted road in the U.S.

Before we move on, the pronunciation of the highway is "Kank-ah-MANG-gus."  I have heard people pronounce is "Kank-ah-MAH-gus."  Also, no one says "the Kanc."  I don't know where that came from.  Okay, let's proceed.

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According to sixt.com, the Kancamangus highway is the 2nd most haunted road in the country.  Apparently, it's because of the Ruth Colbath and her missing husband Thomas Colbath.  Ruth's husband had been missing since 1891, a total of 40 years!  Ruth literally kept the home fire burning (an oil lamp) while waiting for him, but she couldn't do it anymore and died.

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Three years after Ruth died, her husband Thomas showed up at the age of 83 in 1933 without an explanation of where he had been!  What the?

Ruth is said to be standing by the highway with her oil lamp looking for her husband. I don't blame her. I would want to know what was up too.

There is another highway that beat the Kangamangus as the most haunted and that is Clinton Road in New Jersey, coming in at #1.