Welcome to Lore Legends, a subset of lore episodes that explore the strange tales we whisper

in the dark, even if they can't always be proven by the history books.

So if you're ready, let's begin.

It's meant to be a time of fun and bonding, where kids make friendships that last a lifetime.

And teens have romances that last until, well, until they have to go back to school.

I'm talking of course about summer camp, a right of passage from many American children

and their parents, the latter of which who just need a break for a few months.

But many of our favorite horror movies have painted the summer camp experience as something

less than wholesome, where campfire songs are replaced with the screams of victims and

sleeping bags become nothing more than flimsy coffins.

Films like Friday the 13th, which was filmed at Camp Nobi Bosco in Hardwick, New Jersey,

a real life boy scout summer camp.

There was also sleep away camp and its sequels as well as 1988's cheerleader camp.

It seems there is no scarier place than a secluded compound in the woods full of innocent

children and crazed teenagers.

But why is that?

What makes camp such a scary place?

And the perfect setting for knife wielding murderers and ghostly hauntings?

Well, it might have to do with the stories behind some very real summer camps, ones that

have been plagued by the monsters spoken about when the moon is high and the marshmallows

have been toasted black.

So gather around the fire and I'll tell you some tales.

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