Creepy Abandoned Churches

     How you feel about churches probably has something to do with your upbringing. Some people feel comfort just walking into one, some admire the art and architecture of a more aesthetically-driven time, some feel foreboding or alienation, some feel instantly bored, recalling a childhood of homilies no right-minded seven year-old would suffer through gladly and the joy of kicking one's neighbor, a little violence to relieve the tedium.
      However you feel about working churches abandoned churches can be spooky. For instant chills check out this beautiful compilation of the 7 Creepiest Abandoned Churches from Environmental Graffiti by Yohani Kamnudin, including The First Methodist Church in Gary, IN where scenes from Nightmare on Elm Street were filmed, a spectacular 17th century church in Italy with trees growing out of the top and St. Stephen’s Church, Chicago, which looks like the walls are bleeding. Jesus. 
       The photo provided here is not in the slide show: we found it on Wikimedia Commons, a public domain photo by Charles O'Rear, circa 1973 of an "abandoned church at dusk on north side of Interstate 80," which runs from California to Jersey so it could be anywhere. We're going to guess that a) it was in Indiana, b) that it fell into disrepair and became a hangout for misspent youth who drew Satanic whatnots on the disintegrating walls for fun and that c) caused the local busybodies to annoy a weary town council to order it to be either torn down or turned into a Wawa. What say you? 

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