Joppa, Illinois Ghost Tales From a distance Joppa, Illinois seems like your standard city, but after sunset you might see some frightening things. The living dead are all over this city as the locals will let you know. Disbelievers don't trust in the local phantom tales, but a stay in Joppa, Illinois will make anyone believe. These are some of the spooky things that have happened here recently. A guy having the head of a devil is rumored to have been witnessed on frequent occasions floating down Bayou Creek very late at night. A partly decayed human body has frequently been observed by Snake Slough smoking a cigar. The phantom of a farmer having on a farmer hat is regularly made out by Hillerman Rock reading a pamphlet. A young-looking girl wearing a blood-splattered wedding dress has been noticed on a few occasions dragging a dead body over the grass in Mermet Lake State Conservation Area in the early morning hours before sunrise. A woman with a sea-green face may frequently be observed performing a piece of music on a flute in a Joppa mobile home. A number of of the locals say this phantom is the undeceased spirit of a long gone Joppa local.   Submit a ghost sighting for Joppa, Illinois: Your Name: Write or Paste Input here: Upload picture:       Other haunted towns near Joppa, Illinois: Metropolis, Illinois, 9 miles away Belknap, Illinois, 10 miles away Karnak, Illinois, 10 miles away Grantsburg, Illinois, 11 miles away Grand Chain, Illinois, 12 miles away Vienna, Illinois, 12 miles away Brookport, Illinois, 15 miles away Buncombe, Illinois, 17 miles away Olmsted, Illinois, 18 miles away Ozark, Illinois, 19 miles away        The latest ghost sightings from around the world All haunted towns and cities in Illinois