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Memphis, Tennessee
Elmwood Cemetery, founded in 1852, is Memphis's oldest active cemetery, with some 80 acres and more than 75,000 burials, including many…
Manitou Springs, Colorado
Emma Crawford, a pianist from Massachusetts, moved to Manitou Springs at twenty-five hoping the mountain air would ease her tuberculosis;…
Cleveland, Ohio
Erie Street Cemetery, opened in 1826, is Cleveland's oldest existing burial ground and holds early settlers, Civil War soldiers and many of…
Defuniak Springs, Florida
Founded May 27, 1827, when the Reverend Murdoch Murphy of the Alabama Synod organized a congregation of fifteen families here, Euchee…
Steger, Illinois
Evergreen Hill Memory Gardens, a historic cemetery on the edge of Steger that serves many of the area's Italian-American families, carries…
Roswell, Georgia
Founders Cemetery is where the Roswell Ghost Tour ends, and tour guides say significant paranormal activity has been recorded in and around…
Columbus, Mississippi
Friendship Cemetery in Columbus is a historic burial ground best known as the setting of the 1866 Decoration Day, when local women…
South Wales, New York
Goodleburg Cemetery near South Wales in Erie County is a small rural burial ground known for local legend. The best-known story involves a…
Chicago, Illinois
Graceland Cemetery, one of Chicago's oldest, is home to one of the city's most photographed graves: a life-size statue of a young girl,…
Roosterville, Georgia
Mayhayley Lancaster (1875-1955) was a real Heard County figure — a lawyer, teacher, midwife, and one of the county's largest landowners —…
Sidney, Illinois
Graymans Cemetery, an old graveyard outside Sidney, carries several local legends: a pale blue light reported crossing the grounds late at…
Burlington, Connecticut
This cemetery on Upson Road dates to the late 18th century, when it served the local Seventh Day Baptist congregation. Local legend…
Montpelier, Vermont
Green Mount Cemetery in Montpelier opened in 1854 and covers about 35 acres on a hillside above the Winooski River. Its legend is Black…
Lawrenceburg, Indiana
Established in 1867 and now holding more than 15,900 known burials, Greendale Cemetery includes the real graves of the Tebbs family, long…
Franklin, Indiana
At Greenlawn Cemetery, visitors report an unsettling feeling near the many suicides buried there. Established in 1845 and grown from three…
Decatur, Illinois
Greenwood Cemetery is widely regarded as one of central Illinois's most haunted sites. Its Civil War section holds the unmarked graves of…
Orlando, Florida
Established in 1880, Greenwood Cemetery is Orlando's oldest burial ground, now covering more than 80 acres and holding the graves of many…
Naugatuck, Connecticut
Established in 1790 and named for early settler Jasper Gunn, who helped found Milford before his descendants settled this area, Gunntown…
Hanover, Indiana
Visitors to Hanover Cemetery describe a sudden chill and nausea felt simultaneously by separate members of a group as they approach each…
Lafayette, Indiana
Dating to the 1830s-40s and also known as Pierce Cemetery, St. Joseph Cemetery, and several other names over the years, this true pioneer…
Buckner, Illinois
Harrison Cemetery, between Christopher and Buckner in rural Franklin County, takes its name from Isham Harrison, a relative of President…
Terre Haute, Indiana
Stiffy Green is remembered locally as a bulldog belonging to John Heinl, who reportedly sat crying beside his owner's casket through the…
Richmond, Virginia
Hollywood Cemetery, founded in 1849 on a hill above the James River, is the burial place of presidents James Monroe and John Tyler,…
Hollywood, California
The cemetery opened in 1899 as Hollywood Cemetery, became Hollywood Memorial Park in 1939, and took its present name in 1998. Rudolph…