Why the Pope Won't Fly Over This Kansas Town | Stull Cemetery

Did the Pope really reroute his private jet to avoid flying over a tiny town in Kansas? For decades, Stull Cemetery has been infamous as one of the seven literal "Gateways to Hell"—a place where the Devil himself allegedly visits twice a year. But there's just one problem: it was all a lie. In 1974, a college student wrote a spooky Halloween article for a campus newspaper claiming dark magic haunted this quiet farming community. What started as a harmless piece of creative writing mutated into an unstoppable virus of analog fake news. This is the tragic true story of how an entirely fabricated urban legend caused mass hysteria, incited hundreds of rioters, and forced a community to bulldoze its own 135-year-old historic church just to find peace. Before you go hunting for the paranormal, you might want to know the real-world damage a ghost story can cause. *⏳ Chapters:* 0:00 - The Pope and the Portal to Hell 1:30 - The Boring Reality of Stull, Kansas 3:00 - The 1974 Article That Started It All 5:30 - How Fake News Went Viral Before the Internet 8:00 - Halloween 1988: The Cemetery Riot 10:00 - The Tragic Truth Behind the "Witch" Grave 12:00 - Destroying History to Stop a Legend 12:35 - The Real Monsters of Stull #StullKansas #GatewayToHell #UrbanLegends #TrueCrime #Documentary #InternetMysteries #FakeNews