Halloween Prelude, Episode Three.

In which our faithful narrator, Conveyor Editor Dominica Paige continues her week-long spooktacular of unnerving photography.  Read on…if you dare! (mwah-hahahahaaa!)

 

What’s spookier than a fire creeping underground that burns for decades, causing human-swallowing sink holes and the abandonment of an entire town?  Perhaps the most infamous instance of a ghost town is Centralia, PA, where a mine fire began in 1962 and continues to burn; in fact, it is estimated that there is enough coal in the mine to sustain the fire for the next 250 years.

Matt McDonough

In 1981, there were over 1,000 residents in Centralia; in 2010, there were 10.  In 2002, the town’s zip code was revoked by USPS.  Matt McDonough’s series-in-progress entitled Centralia examines the nearly-deserted town.

Matt McDonough

Matt McDonough

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