And just like that, an urban legend began to snowball. Numerous claims were made, myriad theories posited. Per The Lineup, rumors began circulating that, contrary to Belinda Carlisle’s earlier claims, hell was a place on Earth. Specifically, it was said that the Stull Cemetery opened, once or twice a year, to reveal a staircase to the afterlife. Some said that Satan himself would rise from the firmament to visit the grave of his child, or maybe his girlfriend, or possibly just to stretch his legs. Sometimes his girlfriend was a werewolf. Sometimes she was a witch. Really, the Stull Cemetery Extended Universe was badly in need of a story bible, but the inconsistencies did nothing to stem the tide of small town pizzazz.

Today, thrill seekers and spiritual enthusiasts still make trips to the Stull Cemetery on Halloween, hoping to witness a monster mash. College kids with bottles of vodka visit to get graveyard smashed. In an interview with TheUniversity Daily Kansan from 2015, Lieutenant Steve Lewis of the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office had this to say: “When I used to patrol out there, I would stop people and they would tell me that they were just trying to see something scary, and I told them they were looking at the scariest thing they were going to see all night, and I charged them with a misdemeanor.”

Hell is small town cops. There’s your proof.