4. There was a skeleton hidden in a hallowed out tree

“Who put Bella in the witch elm?

Basically during the second world war, some local boys found a woman’s skeleton in a hollowed out tree in some woods. It’s supposedly quite a famous horror story.” — _doughnutsoup

5. A child porn kingpin shot himself in the head

“When I was a kid in the early 80s, there was one video tape rental place in town. One day the cops came knocking because the owner was a child porn kingpin, and told him he was under arrest.

‘Okay, mind if I get my coat before we leave?’ he asked, and the cops allowed him to do so. Instead of grabbing his coat, though, he grabbed his gun and shot himself in the head.” — HabaneroEyedrops

6. The police abandoned aboriginals in other towns

“My city’s police force is known for ‘The Starlight Tour’ where police officers would take aboriginals, drive them out of town and abandon them on the side of the road at night. This came to light when they did this to a teenage boy in the middle of the winter and he freezes to death back in 1990.” — IndyXZ

7. The Zodiac Killer murdered innocent people here

“Not really a secret, but the Zodiac killer was active here. No one really talks about it, but the places he hit are kind of popular.” — MissesDreadful