Mt. Vernon

Truck drivers say that one of the best stops in America is in Missouri off of I-44.

You know you're doing something right as a truck stop when drivers sing your praises. That just happened for a Missouri truck stop which has suddenly become one of the 8 most highly-rated in America.

I did a double-take the moment I saw this and I predict you will also. Did you know that there are 25 Illinois cities with a higher crime rate than Chicago? It's true and I have the numbers to prove it.

It began in 1973 when children in a home in Illinois heard something scratching at their front door. It would eventually lead to mass hysteria in Enfield Township in Illinois and the surrounding area that would even include claims of animal mutilations. This is the story of the Enfield Horror.

This Missouri building has played many roles over the years. It was once a sanatorium to treat tuberculosis. Over its lifetime, it would also be a hospital and veteran's home. Now, it's been left abandoned with many items from its past remaining behind.

It's never easy when the town you grew up in becomes something different entirely once you get older. That's the story told in a new video by a man who shares the sad story of how his hometown of Mt. Vernon, Illinois became one of the most dangerous cities in Illinois.