Considered by locals, visitors and paranormal
investigators world wide as actually the most
haunted cemetery in the world and the No. # 1
haunted Cemetery in all the United States. Multiple
ghosts are said to haunt this famous New Orleans
cemetery, You can also visit the haunted tomb
of Voodoo Queen Marie Laveau.
Before the introduction of modern drainage, the
high water table of New Orleans made burials impractical:
you could dig into the marshy ground and inter
a corpse, but it would probably float past you
after the next heavy storm. The solution was to
bury people above ground, in tombs and mausoleums.
In doing so, the people of New Orleans created
some of the most evocative, and hauntingly beautiful,
locations anywhere in the world. These sprawling
and maze-like necropoli have been the home of
many ghost stories, but one location dominates:
Cemetery St Louis No. 1. is the most haunted.
The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, is a grand
European mixture of ornate marble tombs, crumbling
memorials and narrow, winding footpaths. Some
visitors have heard weeping and groaning from
inside the crypts, while many have seen a range
of spectral phenomena, ranging from unusual mists
to fully fledged transparent figures. An old male
face is reputed to manifest on the walls of one
particular tomb, but one ghost dominates all others:
the Voodoo Queen of New Orleans.
Real
Marie Laveau Tomb Ghost Pictures VISIT HERE
Although the truth of her life is firmly obscured
by folklore, there most definitely was a Marie
Laveau and a Marie Laveau II (buried in St. Louis
Cemetery no.2), Voodoo Priestess'. Whether she
really did live to over a hundred while retaining
the lithe, sensual, body of a young woman is entirely
open to debate, but this Voodoo ‘Queen’
certainly left her mark on New Orleans culture.
People still visit her tomb to seek assistance
in their hoodoo voodoo rituals, leaving small
tributes and marking signs with powdery stone.
Disturbingly, Laveau also appears to frequent
the cemetery, as the stream of sightings which
began after her death in 1881 have never actually
ever ceased.
(
A Marie Laveau Ritual is held every year by local
Voodoo Priestess Manbo Sallie Ann Glassman visit
here for more info.)
This old New Orleans' graveyard is
said to be haunted by the ghost of the Voodoo Queen
of New Orleans, Marie Laveau. Her spirit has been
reported inside of the cemetery, walking between
the tombs wearing a red and white turban with seven
knots in it, and mumbling a original New Orleans
Santeria Hoodoo Voodoo curse to Cemetery trespassers.
Her Voodoo curse is said to be very loud and very
audible, heard often by passerby's on nearby Rampart
Street. Locals say this has started in recent years
for she is alarmed by the many vandals and state
of the cemetery.
Voudon Believers, Tourist and locals
still come to Marie Laveaus' tomb daily to leave
many, many Voodoo offerings. (candles, flowers,
the
monkey and the cock wish statue
voodoo hex curio good luck charm, Mardi Gras beads
and parade Krewe dabloons, Gris Gris bags, money,
Voodoo dolls, Zombie bottle wish dolls and food)
All in hopes of being blessed by her supernatural
powers from beyond the grave. Many make a wish at
her tomb marking three X's. while others say they
have her Ghost, or that of a large Boa constrictors
ghost draped over the tomb, on film emerging undead
from her tomb.
Voodooist of her very own New Orleans
Secret Hoodoo Voodoo Society ( still active in New
Orleans in the 21st century) say her soul appears
here often as a shiny large black Voodoo cat, with
fire red eyes. If you see this Werecat run! One
New Orleans Voodoo Manbo suggest upon seeing this
Devil cat, cross your self three times and back
away. One should never let the cat see your back.
If Marie's spirit, or Devil cat sees it... you will
be cursed for ever to do her bidding.
Others say Marie Laveaus' familiar,
her large snake that she called Zombi, (or spelled
Zombie, or Zomby) is buried in the tomb with her
body. One voodooist says he was placed in the coffin
alive with Marie's dead body by her daughter Marie
Laveau II . A story or two have been told over the
years of people seeing a large dark boa constrictor,
or black anaconda over 12 feet long slithering amongst
and between or through the tombs tight small allies.
Always close to Marie Laveaus' tomb is Zombi, guarding
it night and day. local New Orleans Voodooist say
this is a great ghost snake spirit, her voodoo familiar
and not a real live snake. A few young teenaged
boys on a recent Haunted cemetery tour tried to
catch Zombi, they said they chased him down a tight
alley and Zombi just disappeared. Zombi's ghost
has been said to be seen high atop Marie Laveaus'
tomb basking in the noon day Sun. He protects her
tomb from those that mock her, says many of the
Voodooist of Marie Laveaus secret Society. One tale
of this ghost snake tells that Zombi followed a
recent New Orleans visitor back to her hotel room
who made fun of the tomb and her legendary Voodoo
magic. He appeared in bed with her as she slept
and began to wrap his coils around her as she slept,
Zombi frightened her out of her wits. The reason,
she spit on Marie Laveaus grave.
Often stories or told of Ghostly nude
Voodoo Pracaticioners in an eternal dark secret
Voodoo hoodoo Ritual. Always after midnight voodoo
drumming and screams well into the early morning
hours. With Marie Laveaus' ghost dressed in white
presiding over the ritual. Nude Voodoo Ghost dancers,
male and female can be seen and heard in an orgy
of spiritual Voodoo calling down the great powers.
Many times fine china plates and cups
and saucers and ornate silverware or found through
out St Louis No.1 graveyard often. Paranormal Investigators
say this is part of the ancient wiccan practice
of the occult. It is called the" Dumb Supper"
or Feast la morte. This is an old ritual, a mock
table setting of a meal set on the ground before
a tomb or atop of a grave. Two empty plates filled
with invisible ghostly food. It is usually a setting
for the ghost and the a setting for the person who
questions the ghost. This is to call the dead to
answer your most sought after questions. Sometimes
wine glasses or even bottles of rum and or wine,
cigars or packs of cigarettes, bags of chips, or
candy or even many times a loaf of french bread.
All this can be found placed before many of it's
tombs. Visitors think it's litter, but if you look
at how it is placed you then realize it is a special
ghost offering to the spirits of the cemetery.
Other know and un known ghost haunt
this cemetery, there is a ghost called by some Henry.
This haunted Cemetery Ghost story tells that he
gave his tomb to the lady who owned a boarding house
to keep the papers for him if he died. Local workers
for the cemetery say she sold the tomb when he was
away at sea. When he returned he died and was buried
in potters field. Every day his ghost is said to
walk up to someone visiting the cemetery asking
if they know the where about's of the Vignes' tomb.
Many a tour guide has related the tale of Henry
and have said how he appears ragged and lost. And
his blue eyes will look right into yours. The tall
white shirt dressed man seems very real. Until he
walk away into thin air. Sometimes he will tap you
on the shoulder, or lead you to a lone tight alley
between tombs asking " Do you Know anything
about this Tomb here?" Then he disappears.
Henry has also been known to have walked up to people
at burials and asked if they think there's room
in the tomb for him! His voice often appears on
EVP's saying I "I need to rest!" And in
ghost Photos he appears in a Dark suit with no shirt.
Another well known ghost of Sr. Louis
No.1 is that of Alphonse he is a lonely young man
and will take you by the hand telling you his name
and asking can you help him find his way home. He
is also known by some to be seen carrying flowers
and vases from other tombs and placing them on his
own. Those who have seen him say he is afraid of
a tomb with the name Pinead on it and is said to
warn visitors to stay away from it. He always has
a smile on his face but is said to start crying
then just disappear. Alphonse has been Known to
turn up in many of a ghost Photo.
Ghost cats and dogs are said to prowl
the cemetery daily. Very near the great walls of
oven tombs. None of these ghost animals have ever
shown signs of meanness. Several Tour guides say
these are the animals of an 1800's cemetery keepers
guard dogs and pets. Often they lurk the cemetery
waiting for their owner who was buried in St. Louis
No.2 to return to feed and care for them.
Many a strange tale tells of Madame
Delphine Lalaurie being secretly buried here. a
placque was once found stating that she was may
not be far from the spooky truth. Many noble New
Orleans society tombs and other notables lie here
in eternal un-rest.
Mary Onieda Toups the witch queen
of New Orleans once said, "The Dead walk the
allies of St. Louis number1 more often then the
living!"( Her remains are said to be buried
here in a secret tomb.) " And when I passover
I'll certainly Be one of them!"
Other ghost or that of a lost man
that ask in help in putting flowers on his wife's
grave then to only to fade into a mist. Jimmy, as
he is often called is a large heavy set man with
piercing blue eyes. He is said to smell bad or stale,
and has a few missing teeth. His ghost's apparition
is said to look very real and alive. Fagen has also
been known to ask people for a ride home or even
offer to carry small children for people. One Fagen
ghost tale tell of him being a drunk ghost and that
he sings off color songs and tells nasty jokes on
EVP's.
Orbs, ghost photos, EVP"S, strange
paranormal phenomena and ghost activity, Voodoo
rituals, witchcraft, and haunting's to many to mention
all happen in this the most haunted Cemetery in
America. Visitors to the cemetery are advised to
go there at their own risk.
Haunted America's Most Haunted Cemetery
2.
Stull Cemetery
- Kansas City, Haunted Kansas
It's infamous nicknames are The Seven Lost Gates
of Hell, The Cemetery of The Damned, Satan's Burial
Ground and most notably The Seventh Gate to Hell.
Stull cemetery is often said to be where Satan the
Devil himself holds court with his lost worshippers.
The devil's only
half human haunted child is reported to be buried
here in Haunted Kansas. They say he appears as a
9 -11 year old boy, he was believed to be able to
turn himself into a dog, a cat or a wolf. Basically
a werewolf or just plain shape shifter. Many stories
say he was born covered with long red hair and a
full set of two rows of double teeth. His story
is sad. He was an out cast chained under the house,
and thrown scraps of food like a wild animal, since
he was an infant.
One day when he
was about 10 years old he chewed off his left hand
and escaped and tore through the town killing someone
who he met. He was finally killed after a 11 month
killing spree by a lone farmer.
Ghost stories state
he was a hermaphrodite. At the spring and autumn
equinoxes evil forces, orbs and lights are suppose
to materialize in this Haunted Cemetery near or
over his grave, which is unmarked.
And don't forget
that of Witch a awful lady ghost who is said to
curse at you for stepping on her grave. She is said
to appear as a tall lady with white hair. EVP's
of her can be heard to say "Keep Away From
My Bones." and " Watch Your step."
They say she hated her last husband who is buried
next to her and often the soil seems pushed up where
he is buried. Many say she is trying to get him
to move elsewhere.
Stull Cemetery, and
the abandoned church that rests next to it, is located
in the tiny, Kansas town of Stull. There is not
much left of the tiny village, save for a few houses,
the newer church and about twenty residents. However,
the population of the place allegedly contains a
number of residents that are from beyond this world!
In addition to its
human inhabitants, the town is also home to a number
of Haunted legends and strange tales that are linked
to the crumbling old church and the overgrown cemetery
that can be found atop Stull’s Emmanuel Hill.
These stories have been linked to
Stull for more than 100 years. In November 1974,
an article appeared in the University of Kansas
student newspaper that spoke of a number of strange
occurrences in the Stull churchyard. According to
the article, Stull was “haunted by diabolical,
supernatural happenings” and the asserted
that the cemetery was one of the two places on earth
where the devil appears in person two times each
year.
But such stories have a strong hold
on people, as evidenced by the reaction to the article
that claimed that the devil would appear in Stull
Cemetery on the night of the Spring Equinox and
again on Halloween. On March 20, 1978, more than
150 people waited in the cemetery for the arrival
of the devil. The word also spread that the spirits
of those who died violent deaths, and were buried
there, would return from the grave.
The legends also say that the Devil
has been appearing here since the 1850’s and
insist that the original name of the town was “Skull”
and that the later corruption of that into “Stull”
was simply to cover the fact that the area was steeped
in black magic. It was said that the witchcraft-practicing
early settlers were so repentant about their past
deeds that they changed the name of the town. In
truth, the town was called “Deer Creek Community”
until 1899, when the last name of the first postmaster,
Sylvester Stull, was adopted as the name of the
village. The post office closed down in 1903, but
the name stuck.
In 1980, an article appeared in the
Kansas City Times, rumors about Stull Cemetery and
the abandoned church. The article states that the
Devil chose two places to appear on Earth every
Halloween. One of them was the “tumbleweed
hamlet” of Stull, Kansas, which occurs simultaneously
at midnight, is someplace on the “desolate
plain of India.” From these sites, according
to the article, the Devil gathers all the people
who died violent deaths over the past year for a
prance around the Earth at the witching hour.
The article adds that he appears
in Stull because of an event that took place in
the 1850’s, when “a stable hand allegedly
stabbed the mayor to death in the cemetery’s
old stone barn. Years later, the barn was converted
into a church, which in turn was gutted by fire.
A decaying wooden crucifix that still hands from
one wall is thought to sometimes turn upside-down
when passersby step into the building at midnight...”
The story neglects to mention that, historically
speaking, neither the Deer Creek Community nor Stull
have ever had an official mayor.
Author Lisa Hefner Heitz has collected
numerous legends that have added to the mythology
of Stull Cemetery. Some of them include the “fact”
that the Devil also appears at Stull on the last
night of winter or the first night of spring. He
comes to visit a witch that is buried there. Coincidentally,
an old tombstone bearing the name “Wittich”
is located fairly close to the old church. It should
also be mentioned that there are rumors that an
old tree in the graveyard, which was cut down a
year or so ago, was once used as a gallows for condemned
witches. There is also said to be a grave in the
cemetery that holds the bones of a “child
of Satan”, who was born of the Devil and a
witch. The child was so deformed that he only lived
for a few days and the body was buried in Stull.
Some say that his ghost may walk here, as there
supposedly was a photo taken a few years ago that
shows a “werewolf-like boy” peering
out from behind a tree.
One of the strangest stories about
Stull supposedly appeared in Time magazine in either
1993 or 1995 (depending on the version you hear).
This story claims that Pope John Paul II allegedly
ordered his private plane to fly around eastern
Kansas while on his way to a public appearance in
Colorado. The reason for this, the story claims,
was that the Pope did not want to fly over “unholy
ground”.
The legends grew and by 1989, the
crowd at the graveyard on Halloween night had become
so overwhelming that the Douglas County sheriff's
department had to station deputies outside to send
people on their way. They handed out tickets for
criminal trespass to anyone caught on the property.
It was believed that nearly 500 people came to the
cemetery on Halloween night of 1988, doing damage
to the church and gravestones, prompting a police
response the following year.
As time passed, the local residents
grew more irritated that vandals and trespassers
were wreaking havoc in the cemetery where their
loved ones and ancestors were buried. Finally, a
chain link security fence was installed around the
grounds and although the area is still regularly
patrolled, the visits have died down somewhat, at
least outside of October. In addition, there have
been the signs posted against trespassing here and
locals have made it clear that visitors are not
welcome.
We have no idea and local residents
are not talking. Strangely, although property owners
have spoken out against both vandals and the macabre
stories, they have done little to try and end the
legends for good. For example, as so many of the
paranormal events supposedly involve the ruin of
the old church, why not tear it down? The building
has been standing vacant 1922 and it has been badly
damaged by vandalism over the years. In 1996, the
remnants of the roof blew off and once exposed to
the elements, the interior walls have been damaged
by both weather and graffiti. Recently, a large
crack also opened in one of the stone walls after
the church was struck by lightning. So why not tear
it down before it falls down on its own? Wouldn’t
this bring an end to the demonic tales circulating
about the place? To make matters worse, why chase
away those who come to the cemetery at midnight
on Halloween to see the Devil appear? Why not simply
“control the chaos” and allow the curiosity-seekers
to see that no spirits will run rampant on that
fateful night? On Halloween night of 1999, reporters
from a local newspaper and a television news crew
joined a group of onlookers at the cemetery. Sheriff’s
deputies were on hand, but did not ask anyone to
leave until 11:30pm.
At precisely this moment, an unknown
representative for the cemetery owners appeared
and ordered everyone to leave the property. The
officers had no choice but to go along with their
wishes and the reporters and spectators had to leave.
As Stull Cemetery and the land around it is private
property, there was no option but to comply. The
owners stated, through the representative, that
they did not want media attention brought to the
graveyard because it attracts vandals.
According to the Lawrence (Kansas)
newspaper, the Journal-World, the old stone church
was mysterious torn down on Friday, March 29, 2002.
A man named Major Weiss, who owns the property,
along with two other people said that he did not
authorize the abandoned church to be destroyed.
Those who live nearby stated that they were also
unaware of the demolition, although one of them
did say that a wall of the church had collapsed
about two weeks before.
The spooky church is no more... although
the reputation of Stull Cemetery still remains!
The town of Stull is located about
ten miles west of Lawrence, Kansas in the northeast
part of the state. It can be found by traveling
west on Route 40 and then traveling straight west
to Stull. The town can be found on the northwestern
edge of Clinton Lake and close to the Clinton State
Park. Visitors to the cemetery are advised to go
there at their own risk.
3.
Western Burial Ground, Westminster Presbyterian
Churchyard,Maryland- Haunted Baltimore
It is called the Old Western Burial
Ground and it holds the remains of people like Edgar
Allan Poe, the son of Francis Scott Key, the grandfather
of President James Buchanan, five former mayors
of Baltimore and fifteen generals from the Revolutionary
War and the War of 1812.
EDGAR ALLEN POE GRAVE
The catacombs of this cemetery are located beneath
Haunted Westminster Hall, and have long been the
subject of ghostly tales. Many tell the tale of
people buried alive and their ghost trying to show
others of their plight. Don't forget the unexplained
mystery of Poe himself. Many say they have seen
him felt him and talked to him. Dressed completely
in black, including a black fedora and a black scarf
to hide his face, he carries a silver cats head
walking stick and strolls into the cemetery every
year on or around January 19, the birth date of
Edgar Allan Poe.
Legend has it that the ghost of Edgar
Allan Poe has been seen near his grave and in the
catacombs of the church. The author died mysteriously
in Baltimore and thus came to be buried there. He
had lived in the city years before, but had only
been passing through when he perished under mysterious
circumstances. At the time of his death, Poe had
been on his way to New York to meet his beloved
mother-in-law.
He was bringing her back to Richmond,
Virginia, where the author was to marry his childhood
sweetheart. His first wife had perished from tuberculosis
years before. The trip came to a tragic conclusion
when, four days after reaching Baltimore, Poe was
found barely conscious and lying in a gutter on
East Lombard Street. He was rushed to a hospital
but he died a short time later. The entire time
in the hospital was spent with Poe crying and trembling
and he once screamed the name "Reynolds"...
although who this could have been also remains a
mystery. He died on October 7, 1849.
A very old ghost story about the cemetery
tells that this is where a skull known as the screaming
skull of Cambridge, Maryland is buried. The haunted
skull is said to be of a murdered minister. The
Skull screams all night and day. That's why they
hey buried the skull bound and gagged in a block
of cement. To hear it scream they say will drive
you mad!
Leona Wellesley the ghost of a wild
crazed Lunatic buried in a straight jacket straight
from the asylum is here too. Locals say her mad
laugh and the feeling of being followed through
the cemetery by her is ever present. And if you
don't respect the well kept graves in this haunted
cemetery then old Valence a long dead Western Burial
Ground Cemetery Keeper and Gravediggers ghost will
chase you out of this haunted Cemetery with a shovel
in hand. Valences ghost is said to be a drunk ghost
and will cuss you out or try to bury you alive .Visitors
to the cemetery are advised to go there at their
own risk.
4.
Garden of Hope Cemetery Haunted Gautier, Mississippi
A lone tomb dating back to the late 1970's. Along
the far side of the cemetery, there is one Haunted
New Orleans style tomb, buried in it or mother,
father and five children all of whom were murdered
one rainy night. It has been reported that these
murdered children have been seen playing among the
tombstones.
Particularly a young lost ghost girl
named Cheryl Ann the daughter of Hal and Susan who
are buried in the large tomb. She wears a blue 1960's
style dress, and appears to be 10-12 years old.
She will walk up to you smile and introduce herself
ask if you are here to see someone special... She
will follow you around and even help you find a
particular grave. hold your hand even offer to carry
your flowers and place them for you at the grave....then
she just simply she is gone. An EVP of Cheryl Ann
is said to say " Hope you'll come back and
see me soon." She has been photographed many
times and always appears real and solid as anyone
alive.
Other ghost haunt this small Cemetery.
There has been often seen a man who climbs out of
his grave and steals flowers and wreaths from other
graves and carries them back to his own. One story
relates that he accosted a mourner at a funeral
to take a bouquet from her hands and when investigating
where they were found the woman recognized the photo
on his tombstone telling the Cemetery worker that
is the man that took them!
Another well known ghost is that of
who they call bloody Sarah, Sarah is a ghost of
a Middle aged woman with bright red hair. Often
she is seen wearing house coat cover with blood
and fluffy white bedroom slippers. Sarah is said
to run out before cars on the highway from the cemetery
gates in broad daylight. Quite often a started driver
thinks he has hit a real live person. She can be
heard laughing insanely as they get out of their
car to investigate, and of course find they have
run over a ghost.
A few ghost Photos of this haunted
Mississippi Cemetery from Ghost investigators have
shown many orbs. and a few have captured what they
call the red Cemetery ghost light. This light is
said to hover over the tombs then fly high into
the sky then dive down fast and chase you from the
graveyard if you dare enter it at night.
Some tell the tale of a Mississippi
werewolf that is buried here. They say you can hear
him howl from his chained and cemented coffin in
the earth on a full moon night. Always trying to
get out he lies there neither dead or alive. at
other times the muffled calls for help can be heard
if you are near his grave.
The only New Orleans style tomb of
it's kind in this cemetery. The Remains of Hal his
wife Susan and their 5 children entombed in this
small roadside Mississippi Cemetery. Many say Hal
haunts the cemetery looking for the children and
his wife. But the story of why he haunts it may
chill you to the bone. Visitors
to the cemetery are advised to go there at their
own risk.
Other ghost here in this Mississippi
Haunted Cemetery or that of Gus a lone grave digger
who still tries to help intern the dead. Very often
seen by workers and locals who knew him. He always
appears with a smile on his face and dirty hands
and knees. He can be often seen leaving the cemetery
each day at 5 and walking down the highway where
he was killed. He glares at strangers but waves
at locals and the people who knew him. Gus has been
haunting the Cemetery roads since 1965 and hasn't
stopped yet. He is often known to hitchhike and
when picked up by a car or truck driver in the early
evening hours, He tells the driver " You Know,
this is where I died," then he just disappears.
Another cemetery ghost here is that
of Joanna, she is a horrid specter that haunts the
cemetery at night. they say one dark night she followed
her husband here to find him in a torrid secret
love affair. They say she murdered her husband and
his lover then shot her brains out just inside the
front gate. Many say she will chase you and even
hit you. many say they have felt the blows quite
solid.
5.
Resurrection
Cemetery - Chicago, Haunted Illinois
The ghost of the girl who has come
to be known as "Resurrection Mary" or
Bloody Mary Smith is one of the most famous ghost
stories and urban legends of Haunted Chicagoland.
She is believed to have been killed
along Archer Avenue (near the cemetery) after leaving
a funeral wake of her lover, Mother brother, or
father, no ones quite sure, one cold rainy night.
She was buried with no funeral mass or last words
in Resurrection Cemetery.
Bloody Mary tours the highway always
hitchhiking, dressed in black and has spent the
last 90 years traveling the Haunted Chicago roadways
and asking haunted truck drivers and lone people
to drop her off at the cemetery gates. Only to disappear
before their eyes.
Another ghost just as well known is
running Andrew Holcomb, he appears as a boy around
the ages of 12- 17 years of age. He is said to run
in front of passing cars and is struck. With a loud
thud and impact is felt against the car or truck.
People tell of the horrid sound and the blood on
the windshield. When the hapless driver gets out
to investigate he is not there, the boy is no where
to be found. But the sight the sound of his body
hitting the traveling drivers will haunts the driver
their entire life. As they look around the road
the only visible thing they see is the haunted cemetery
gates.
Andrew was said to be at the cemetery
one dark night and something scared him. Frightened
he bolted out and was struck and instantly killed.
Many say they witness this every night for the past
12 years.
Then there here is also the stranger
ghost story of Caroline. Caroline was a southerner
and moved her with her family and hated the chill
and cold. They said she was also very afraid of
the dark and buried with many candles and matches.
On dark moonless nights a single candle flame is
said to be seen moving through out the cemetery.
Others tell of Caroline being a mournful crying
ghost on EVP's. And of her are heard to say I'm
caroline." and" It's a lonely cold chill."
A stranger story about Caroline's ghost tells of
how she has been seen in the daylight summer hours
sunbathing atop her grave wearing a bathing suit
laying on a large beach towel..
This cemetery is home to many a well known ghost
story. It's the story of Thomas A. Milners and also
haunted by his sister Marlene Milners Straub, She
appears as a a young Blonde girl 24- 28 yrs of age
with a thick accent, They say they were both killed
when car ran them down t in 1959 while going home
from family burial. They say both ghost are seen
on the side of the road hand in hand and covered
with blood. They say you can see steam coming off
them in the cold night air. When you stop to see
if you can help them the young girl looks at you
and says.. in a thick polish accent " No I'm
dead and waiting now only for the Good Lord!"
then they just disappear.
Thomas has been known to visit with
others at funerals in this Cemetery. Often showing
up even asking if he can help be a pallbearer. One
story related to us was that he showed up at a families
memorial funeral service and jumped into the grave
at the end and disappeared.
A un dead vampire is said to be buried
here with all his vast treasure. Locals say he was
just to old, this vampire gave up on being undead.
One tale tells he still can be heard scratching
from deep in the earth or his mumbled cries heard
as the Sun sets.
His Vampire Bride is said to be buried
here to but she is now just a ghost and her body
searches for her lost head. A old story tells that
she was destroyed and beheaded and her head was
buried in another spot far from her body. the body
can bee seen roaming the cemetery and her head can
be heard screaming" Please, Please, help me,
help me!"
Also the ghost of a young woman dark
haired woman with green eyes called Rita Mae Taylor
is said to haunt the central part of this graveyard.
Often they say she tells you that something is wrong
with this particular grave please come and investigate
she's frightened. She tells you her name is Rita
Mae Taylor and that she is not crazy....then pulls
you by your hand to come investigate. Many when
reading the tomb stone as they investigate the grave
say she says" Well it's wrong just not right,
that's not me!" and disappears before your
eyes!
Another well know haunting is that
of Malcolm, he is a old man of ghost in this haunted
cemetery. Malcolm he will tell you his name and
how worried he is... , he appears to be in his late
70's in a dark suit and can hardly walk. He ask
you kindly for help in leaving the cemetery telling
you the car that dropped him off has left him. Many
say he lingers near the front gate and sometimes
waves. But always he will say, if you offer to take
him to where there is help "I'd better wait
someone soon will show up to collect me!" then
that quick he is gone. Visitors to the cemetery
are advised to go there at their own risk.
Resurrection
Mary Read more here! http://www.hauntedamericatours.com/ghosts/ResurrectionMary/
6.
Chestnut Hill Cemetery - Haunted Exeter, Rhode Island
A young girl, Mercy Brown, died on January 18, 1892.
Her father, said she visited him each night after
that saying she was hungry. A month later he dug
up her body after many strange haunting's and occurrences
happened to him. And in his madness thinking that
she had become a living vampire or a hungry ghost.
With local officials and friends and family at his
side to help, they removed her body from it's haunted
grave and the local medical doctor drained her organs
of the remaining blood at her fathers insistence.
Many people over the years have said that this violation
of her body and grave has caused Mercy to appear,
and haunt in the graveyard at all hours of the day
and night. Many witnesses report seeing strange
blue lights moving in the graveyard near her grave.
And that Mercy appears dressed in a torn black dress
disheveled and dirty. Recent EVP of a woman's voice
has been heard to say clearly."Please Leave
me to now, rest in peace!"
Another frequently sited ghost is
that of Daniel Faye a 42 year old man that follows
you as you visit always behind you never drawing
near. But some say he can be heard mumbling like
a crazy man and shows up always on film, video and
EVP's. His ghost is Know by many as Mr. Personality
of ghost by ghost chasers and paranormal Investigators
of late and he will most always make his presence
known. Visitors to the cemetery are advised to go
there at their own risk.
7.
Bachelors Grove / Batchelors Grove Cemetery Chicago,
Illinois
There many haunted ghost Bachelors
Grove Cemetery stories and eerie tales and legends
told about this , abandoned cemetery than any other
place in the Chicago. It is located on the edge
of the Rubio Woods Forest Preserve, near the suburb
of Midlothian, Illinois. This haunted cemetery is
said to be filled with ghosts. Many Tales of Paranormal
reports of strange phenomena have been collected
about the place. but now it is abandoned and in
ruin, but still very haunted by the living and the
dead.
Bachelor's Grove Cemetery - Near Haunted
Chicago: Said to be the most scariest haunted cemetery
in the U.S.A. Bachelor's Grove is located in the
suburbs of Chicago. It gained its name from the
number of single young men buried there during the
creation of Illionois-Michigan Canal. The graveyard
was taken out of commission in the mid 1960's but
it still maintains its haunted status. The Ghost
of George Harwell Federman, and Janet Lorraine Logan
or said to be the most seen ghost in the graveyard
and that their tombstones have been removed to keep
people from finding them. They are said to materialize
quite solid and real ... then just disappear before
your eyes. People say the ghost of a child can be
heard crying in the evening hours violently. And
that many say it's sounds too, to real to mark off
as an animal or a hoax.
Today, a section of the Cook County Forest Preserve
(at 143rd Street and Justamere Road) bears the name
Bachelors Grove in recognition of the early history
of the area. The last remaining section of roadway
known as Bachelors Grove Road, which ran between
135th Street and 143rd Street, was closed in December
1994. Cook County and the Forest Preserve District
have followed through with their intended removal
of the road, and another reminder of this piece
of local history will completely disappear in time.
The
following was written by Brad L. Bettenhausen,
President of the Tinley Park Historical Society:
The
settlement at Batchelors Grove began as early
as the late 1820s, with larger numbers of immigrants
arriving in the 1830s and 1840s. The initial settlers
were generally American "Yankees" of
English, Irish, and Scottish descent, most of
whom came here from New York, Vermont, and Connecticut.
The second wave of settlers arriving from Europe,
primarily of Germanic origin, began in the late
1840s and became the predominate nationality for
immigrants to the area for better than the next
fifty years.
Ghost Photos of
actual solid apparitions are common , and even glowing
balls of light appear in the trees in broad daylight,
unexplained audible ghost sounds. EVP's have been
recorded and many in in the German language.
There have been no
burials here for years . But ask any ghost investigator
where to go to find a actual ghost or real haunting's
in chicago,Bachelors Grove will be Number 1 on their
haunted Cemetery list! Access to the cemetery is
gained by way of a narrow road,(The Cemetery is
not open to the public or appears on any haunted
Cemetery tour) many visitors, Investigators to the
area have reported seeing a phantom ghost farmhouse
that seems to appear and disappear at random. The
house is always described in the same way, as a
white house with porch pillars, a swing and a soft
light burning in the window, but it is never reported
in the same place. As witnesses approach the house,
it always disappears. A number of completely independent
witnesses have reported the house, not realizing
that it was unnatural (until it vanished) and all
of them have pointed to different locations when
they spotted it.
The house has been reported during both daylight
hours and at night but historical files show no
record of a house ever existing here!
Favorite dumping
ground for Chicago gangsters during the years of
Prohibition. A number of bodies were said to have
been found here. Even the turnpike near Bachelor's
Grove is said to be really haunted. For a number
of years, witnesses have reported many a phantom
car that always disappear along this road. Visitors
to the cemetery are advised to go there at their
own risk.
Bachelor's Grove
Cemetery has often been called the most haunted
graveyard in the Chicago area.
8.
Greenwood Cemetery - Haunted Decatur, Illinois
Long believed to be one of the most
haunted spots in downstate Illinois (if not the
Haunted Midwest), Haunted Greenwood Cemetery is
filled with legends and stories of ghosts and haunted
paranormal experiences that they say defy explanation.
Among them are the ghost of a young small boy who
has been seen walking among the graves. Many investigators
say he limps and is wearing torn to big for him
overalls. At times very angry and he will throw
things at you some say he will run up to you and
try to knock you down. One well known writer, Paranormal
Investigator states, he and his wife were both punched
very hard by him twice, And has the photo of a ghost
fist mark on his face. Michael is what he is called.
Many a person tells of the times they say Michael
has appeared near the cemetery gates and flung rocks
at passing cars. And many drivers they have the
shattered windshields to prove it.
Many ghostly spectral lights have
been witnessed, that are said to be the spirits
of flood victims. And the specter of a little girl
carrying a small doll is often seen hiding behind
a headstone weeping. Maggie Jane, she is called
will actually follow you and wave goodbye as you
leave. She is Known to remove flowers from others
graves and place them on her own. Investigators
in recent months say they bring flowers ,candy and
toys and leave them on her grave. And in a remarkable
recent EVP they say you can hear her say "
Thank you!" and giggle. Yes and as clear as
an actual person would sound. Maggie Jane is said
to like babies. One tale tells that a mourner brought
her young child to the cemetery with her and her
family. Suddenly this little girl just showed up
and wanted to hold the baby and play with the 10
month old. The young mother of the child even asked
Maggie her name. when ready to leave the cemetery
the young mother asked her where are you parents.
Maggie said to her, "Well, they don't come
to my grave in a long time." The startled young
woman just turned and ran.
Lost ghost Confederate soldiers who
were buried here in unmarked graves after being
taken from a derailed prison train are said to walk
the cemetery day and night. Many have been said
to be seen hiding along the road and behind tombstones
with bloodied gray clothes no shoes and large heavy
chains seen on their ankles.
A great old witch is said to be buried
here. Hilda is said to haunt the cemetery and if
a young married girl wants to give birth to a son
they say she should bring red roses to her grave.
And if she wants to have a girl she should bring
candy and place it on her grave. One tale of Hilda
tells how she will chase people out of the cemetery
after dark. and she has been known to throw things
at people. Visitors to the cemetery are advised
to go there at their own risk.
9.
Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery Central, Fort
Lauderdale, Florida
The grave of the "Greatest Boxing
Champion" to ever live ROCKY MARCIANO and his
wife Barbara or here and many orbs and ghost photos
of him and his lovely wife's ghost have often been
seen here.. by visitors and ghost hunters alike.
Many ghost are seen daily haunting the tall mausoleum.
EVP's have recorded voices saying."leave me
alone." to " Please, come back."
The haunted Cemetery has only been
around since 1953 and many of the ghost or of recent
burials and internments. The ghost of a young hippy
type guy with long light hair haunts the outside
graves. Running bare foot in bell bottoms and a
tied dyed shirt. or seen sitting alone smoking.
He just walks up to cemetery visitors and usually
asks for a light. Many startled mourners say he
will attend a funeral and walk up at the end of
services tap you on the shoulder ask for a light.
Simply it has been said that, you turn and he's
not there. Many call him by Grover, because he is
often seen all "over" the grounds.
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Another Ghost here is called by many
Diane. Often the story of this lone specter tells
of a woman dressed in a pink long gown with beautiful
long hair and very over made up face, and that she
pays no attention to cars and will walk out in front
of your car from nowhere as you drive in to the
haunted cemetery. Then to simply disappears before
she is hit. Visitors to the cemetery are advised
to go there at their own risk.
10.
Haunted Salem Cemetery Salem
Ridge Road , Egypt Valley Wildlife Hendrysburg,
Ohio (Kirkwood Township, Belmont County)
Salem Cemetery is also known as Salem
Church and Salem Methodist Episcopal Cemetery. The
Salem Methodist Episcopal Church was located across
the road from the cemetery until it burned down
in the 1960s. There are lots of old gravestones,
and it is growing since it is still an active cemetery.
It is extremely well taken care of by the Kirkwood
Township Trustees.
Salem Cemetery is supposedly haunted
by the ghost of Louiza Catharine Fox, the first
person murdered in Kirkwood Township. She is buried
at Salem Cemetery, her gravestone is located at
the bottom of the hill in the older section of the
cemetery near a creepy old tree.
Many people have claimed to see Louiza
weeping at her grave. She also haunts her murder
site. Although the ghost of Louiza Catharine Fox
is the most popular haunting at this cemetery, there
are also a few other stories. One legend has it
that if you walk around the outside of the cemetery
six times you will disappear. There are also stories
about several old, unmarked graves that belong to
witches. The ghost of one witch is said to help
reunite broken hearted lovers if an apple is placed
on her grave. The other will help you gain quick
cash if you sprinkle pennies and sugar water over
her head stone. And the last will curse you if you
do not bring her sweet chocolates.
Many people claim to see packs of
large black and red ghost dogs, hell hounds or devil
dogs, running through the Haunted Cemetery area.
You can supposedly hear them growling and howling.
Others say they guard the many cemeteries in the
area from letting the ghost escape.
One haunted Ghost story tells of alvin
a lonely young man around 39 years of age who died
of a broken heart.Many a tale tells he chases after
young woman who visit and has been known to pinch
them on the butt.
There is also the interesting haunted
story of a truck driver who crashed into the cemetery,
when he fell asleep at the wheel. The truck driver
was not killed, but he did lose his arm. The arm
now haunts this cemetery, and the nails can be heard
clicking over the gravestones on quiet nights.
And finally, the last story about
this Haunted Cemetery has to do with a mysterious
Ghost house that appears at night in the middle
of the cemetery. There are always seven red candles
burning in the windows, but it disappears when people
approach it. Visitors to the cemetery are advised
to go there at their own risk.
Alabama
Ahavas Chesed Cemetery, Mobile
Church Street Graveyard, Mobile
Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham - Bear Bryant, Eddie
Kendricks, Sun Ra.
Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile
Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville
Oak Hill Cemetery, Birmingham - Louise Wooster
Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery - Hank Williams
Old Catholic Cemetery, Mobile
Sha'arai Shomayim Cemetery, Mobile
Pine Hill Cemetery, Auburn
Arizona
Boothill Graveyard (Tombstone, Arizona) - Billy
Clanton, Frank McLaury, and Tom McLaury.
Greenwood Memory Lawn (Phoenix, Arizona) - Walter
Winchell.
Mesa Cemetery (Mesa, Arizona) - Waylon Jennings,
and Ernesto Miranda.
National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona (Phoenix,
Arizona)
Paradise Memorial Gardens (Scottsdale, Arizona)
- Elisabeth Kübler-Ross.
Pioneer & Military Memorial Park (Phoenix, Arizona)
- Darrell Duppa, and King Woolsey.
Railroad Park (Willcox, Arizona) - Rex Allen and
his horse, KoKo.
Wittmann Cemetery (Wittmann, Arizona)
Arkansas
Mount Holly Cemetery, Little Rock - known as Westminster
Abbey of Arkansas;
California
Angelus Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles;
Calvary Cemetery, East Los Angeles;
Centerville Pioneer Cemetery, Fremont;
Chapel of the Pines Crematory, Los Angeles;
Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma is the burial
site of William Randolph Hearst and other members
of the Hearst family plus prominent citizens from
the San Francisco area.
Eden Memorial Park Cemetery, Mission Hills, Los
Angeles.
El Camino Memorial Park, San Diego, California.
Evergreen Cemetery, Oakland - Final resting place
of Black Panther co-founder Huey P. Newton.
Forest Lawn Cemetery (Cathedral City);
Forest Lawn - Hollywood Hills Cemetery, Los Angeles
- resting place for Stan Laurel, Buster Keaton,
Charles Laughton, Marty Feldman, Lee van Cleef,
Telly Savalas, Liberace, Andy Gibb, Ricky Nelson,
Bette Davis; Lucille Ball was originally interred
here, but her remains were relocated to Jamestown,
New York in 2002.
Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Glendale - satirized
in Evelyn Waugh's novel, The Loved One.
Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, Point Loma, San
Diego County, California.
Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Los Altos - Final resting
place of historian Iris Chang.
Grand View Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale -
Edna Purviance, Chill Wills, Leo G. Carroll.
Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno.
Hills of Eternity Cemetery, Colma (known as the
"City of the Dead"), burial place of Wyatt
Earp;
Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery, Culver City - Al
Jolson, Jack Benny and Milton Berle are buried here.
Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Hollywood, Los Angeles
- burial place of Mel Blanc, Rudolph Valentino,
Bugsy Siegel, John Huston and the Chandler family
of Los Angeles Times fame. Jayne Mansfield and Johnny
Ramone have cenotaphs.
Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma, (suburb of San Francisco)
- Joe DiMaggio, California Governor Edmund G. (Pat)
Brown, San Francisco Mayor George Moscone, Bank
of America founder, A.P. Giannini, musician Vince
Guaraldi, and Abigail Folger.
Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City - Bing Crosby,
Lawrence Welk, Sharon Tate, and Bela Lugosi are
among the Holy Cross residents.
Home of Peace Cemetery, East Los Angeles - two of
the Three Stooges were interred here;
Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood;
Los Angeles National Cemetery, West Los Angeles;
Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery, Hollywood Hills,
Los Angeles;
Mount Tamalpais Cemetery, San Rafael, California
is the burial site of Bessie Barriscale, Howard
C. Hickman Ernie Nevers, and Diane Marie Antonia
Varsi.
Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland - burial place of
many important people from Californian (and American)
history, including Elizabeth Short, Henry Kaiser,
Julia Morgan, and 3 California governors.
Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery, Chatsworth, Los
Angeles;
Old City Cemetery (also known as Sacramento Historic
Cemetery), Sacramento
Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside, Riverside
County, California.
Rose Hills Memorial Park, Whittier - the largest
cemetery in the world; resting place of Alvin Ailey,
Jr., Haing S. Ngor and others.
San Fernando Mission Cemetery, Mission Hills, Los
Angeles;
Stanford Mausoleum, Stanford University - Leland
Stanford, Jr., and his parents Leland Stanford and
Jane Stanford.
Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery, North Hollywood,
Los Angeles;
Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery, Westwood,
Los Angeles - Marilyn Monroe, Frank Zappa, Billy
Wilder, Natalie Wood;
Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery, Santa Monica;
Connecticut
All Saint's Cemetery, North Haven;
Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven;
Mountain Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport;
District of Columbia
Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
Holy Rood Cemetery, (on the grounds of Georgetown
University), Washington, D.C.
Mount Olivet Catholic Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington D.C.
Florida
Limona Cemetery, Brandon
Geneva Cemetery, Geneva is where Lewis Paine, a/k/a
Lewis Thornton Powell, co-conspirator in the assassination
of President Abraham Lincoln, is buried.
Ocoee Cemetery, Ocoee, FL
Georgia
Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, made famous by the
Bird Girl sculpture featured on the cover of the
book, and in the movie of, Midnight in the Garden
of Good and Evil;
Forest Lawn Cemetery, College Park - Final resting
place of Whitman Mayo (actor who played Grady Wilson
on the 1970s hit sitcom "Sanford and Son").
Lincoln Cemetery, Atlanta - Final resting place
of Theodore "Tiger" Flowers (first African-American
middle-weight boxing champion) and Rev. Hosea L.
Williams (civil rights leader who worked with Martin
Luther King, Jr.)
Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Non-Violent Social
Change, Atlanta - Final resting place of civil rights
icon Martin Luther King, Jr.
Morehouse College, Atlanta - Final resting place
of Dr. John Hope (President of Atlanta University)
and wife, Dr. Benjamin E. Mays (President of Morehouse
College and mentor to Martin Luther King, Jr.) and
wife Sadie
Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, is where Margaret Mitchell,
author of Gone with the Wind, Maynard H. Jackson
(first black mayor of Atlanta), Bobby Jones (famed
golfer) are buried. It is also known for its Victorian
memorials to the Confederate cause and Confederate
dead.
Oconee Hill Cemetery, Athens, is where numerous
Georgia politicians, Confederate soldiers, University
of Georgia (UGA) presidents and other notable UGA
and Athens people are buried. Dean Rusk, former
United States Secretary of State, and Ricky Wilson,
guitarist in the rock band The B-52's, are buried
in this cemetery.
Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, is where Allman Brothers
Band guitarist Duane Allman and bassist Berry Oakley
are buried.
South-View Cemetery, Atlanta- Final resting place
of Alonzo F. Herndon (Atlanta's first black millionaire),
Rev. Martin Luther King, Sr. and Mrs. Martin Luther
King, Sr. (mother and father of Martin Luther King,
Jr.).
Westview Cemetery, Atlanta- Largest Cemetery in
Southeastern United States. Final resting place
of Henry W. Grady, Joel Chandler Harris (Author),
Asa Candler(businessman) and Rev. Dr. Corneilus
L. Henderson (United Methodist Church Minister/Bishop).
St. James Episcopal Cemetery, Marietta. The final
resting place of both JonBenet Ramsey and Patsy
Ramsey.
Hawaii
Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kane‘ohe,
Honolulu, Hawai‘i, official state veterans
cemetery for those who served in the United States
Armed Forces
Honolulu Catholic Cemetery, 839A South King Street,
Honolulu. Notable persons interred here include
the Roman Catholic bishops of the Vicariate Apostolic
of the Hawaiian Islands, as well as other famous
persons such as Congressional delegate Robert Wilcox
and Tahitian princess Eugénie Ninito Sumner.
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl,
Honolulu, Hawai‘i, official United States
Armed Forces cemetery comparable to Arlington National
Cemetery, final resting place of Spanish-American
War, World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam
War and Gulf War dead. Also interred are the former
Governors of Hawai‘i, influential American
statesmen, Challenger disaster victims, among others.
Royal Masoleum at Mauna‘ala, Nu‘uanu,
Honolulu, Hawai‘i, official resting place
of the Kamehameha and Kalakaua dynasties who reigned
over the Kingdom of Hawai‘i
USS Arizona Memorial, Pearl Harbor, O‘ahu,
Hawai‘i, official resting place of those killed
during the attack on Honolulu on 7 December 1941
Valley of the Temples, Kane‘ohe, Honolulu,
Hawai‘i, home of the Byodo-In Temple and final
resting place of Walter F. Dillingham. Former Philippines
dictator President Ferdinand E. Marcos was also
entombed here for a brief period, and his mausoleum
was open to public visitation, until his body was
returned to the Philippines where it remains until
today on permanent display in a shrine specially
built for him in the family's home province of Ilocos
Norte.
Idaho
Ketchum Cemetery, Ketchum, Idaho - Burial place
of Ernest Hemingway
Illinois
Chicago:
Bachelor's Grove Cemetery - a small, abandoned and
reportedly haunted cemetery.
Graceland Cemetery - resting place of many members
of Chicago's architectural, political, and industrial
elite. Marshall Field, Cyrus McCormick, Carter Harrison,
Potter Palmer, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Louis Sullivan,
and Daniel Burnham are a few famous people buried
here.
Mount Carmel Cemetery - the final resting place
of several Bishops and Archbishops of Chicago, as
well as organized crime figures such as Al Capone.
The cemetery is located just west of Chicago in
Hillside, Illinois.
Rosehill Cemetery - Julius Rosenwald, Oscar Meyer
and others.
Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago - burial site for Enrico
Fermi, Cap Anson, Jesse Owens and other notables.
Westlawn Cemetery - Jack Ruby, Abe Saperstein.
Burr Oak Cemetery and Restvale Cemetery, Alsip (near
Chicago) - are the final resting places for many
prominent African-American musicians and other personalities
including Muddy Waters, Dinah Washington, Candy
Jim Taylor, Ezzard Charles.
Chippiannock Cemetery, Rock Island. Listed on the
cemetery National Registry in 1994. Memorials created
by significant artists, including Alexander Stirling
Calder and Paul de Vigne.
Evergreen Cemetery in Bloomington - resting place
of former Vice President of the United States Adlai
E. Stevenson I, former U.S. Ambassdor to the United
Nations Adlai Stevenson II, and former U.S. Supreme
Court Justice David Davis, among others.
Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield - resting place
of former President of the United States Abraham
Lincoln, and members of his family, as well as notable
state of Illinois politicians.
Forest Park
German Waldheim Cemetery - Including several anarchists
and socialists, including the Haymarket Martyrs,
Emma Goldman, and others.
Jewish Waldheim Cemetery
Altenheim Cemetery
Woodlawn Cemetery
Showmen's Rest - circus performers
Concordia Cemetery
Virden Cemetery
Maplewood Cemetery Rantoul Holy Sepulchre Rantoul
Indiana
Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis - third largest
cemetery in the United States (by area) and burial
place of John Dillinger, Charles Fairbanks, Dr.
Richard Jordan Gatling, President Benjamin Harrison,
James Whitcomb Riley, eleven Indiana Governors and
fourteen Indiana Mayors.
Flanner and Buchanan, with 5 locations.
Heady Lane Cemetery, Fishers, Indiana-small cemetery
which dates back to the early 1800s and has many
members of the Heady family in it.
Park Cemetery, Fairmount - burial place of James
Dean.
Beech Grove Cemetery Orange County, Indiana. Very
Large, originally a Quaker Cemetery
Hunt Cemetery Orange County, Indiana
Iowa
Linwood Cemetery, Dubuque. One of the main cemeteries
for people living in the Dubuque area. Originally
it was the cemetery for the city's Protestants,
but now it serves people of all faiths. A number
of prominent Iowans are buried at the cemetery.
Logan Park Cemetery, Sioux City- burial place of
cartoonist, Jay Darling and of notable historical
figures.
Mount Calvary Cemetery, Dubuque. This cemetery was
originally the main burial location for the German
Catholics of Dubuque. It is presently one of the
two main Catholic cemeteries in Dubuque.
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Dubuque. This cemetery, along
with Mount Calvary Cemetery, is one of two main
Catholic cemeteries in Dubuque.
Oakdale Cemetery, Davenport. Burial place of jazz
legend, Bix Beiderbecke.
Oakland Cemetery, Centerville. This cemetery is
the city owned cemetery for Centerville and is the
burial place of former Governor of Iowa, Francis
M. Drake.
Oakland Cemetery, Iowa City. This cemetery is home
to the Black Angel, a burial monument surrounded
by mystery and superstition.
Saint Joseph Cemetery, Earling.
Kansas
Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery, Leavenworth.
Founded in 1862. Burial place of Civil War and Indian
War veterans, including eight Medal of Honor recipients,
and the Fort and town's namesake, Brigadier General
Henry Leavenworth.
Sunset Cemetery, Manhattan. The first cemetery in
Manhattan, founded in 1860. It is the burial place
of the fourth Governor of Kansas Nehemiah Green,
Earl Woods, scientist Samuel Wendell Williston,
anthropologist Solon Toothaker Kimball, and other
local notables, including one Medal of Honor recipient.
Kentucky
Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville - burial
place of President Zachary Taylor.
Cave Hill Cemetery and Arboretum, Louisville - burial
place of Colonel Sanders.
Moffitt Cemetery, Milton - a part of the film Some
Came Running, starring Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin
and Shirley MacLaine, was shot on location here.
Lexington Cemetery, Lexington - established 1849.
Burial place of Henry Clay, John Hunt Morgan, and
John Cabell Breckinridge.
Louisiana
Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans - grandest of the
city's cemeteries, it is the burial site of notables
such as Al Hirt, P.G.T. Beauregard and others. Because
of the high water table (parts of the city are below
sea level), graves in New Orleans cemeteries are
above ground.
St. Louis Cemetery #1,#2,#3, New Orleans - burial
place of Marie Laveau, Voodoo Queen of New Orleans,
and many notable pirates and politicians.
Maine
First Parish Cemetery, York
Maryland
Antietam National Cemetery, Sharpsburg
Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens, Timonium
Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Silver Spring - Mattie
Stepanek,
Greenmount Cemetery, Baltimore - final resting place
of Samuel Arnold, John Wilkes Booth, Allen Dulles,
Johns Hopkins, Benjamin Chew Howard, Joseph E. Johnston,
Sidney Lanier, and many other important Marylanders
Lincoln Memorial Cemetery, Suitland
Loudon Park Cemetery, Baltimore - final resting
place of Charles Joseph Bonaparte, Frederick William
Nicholls Crouch, H. L. Mencken, Ottmar Mergenthaler,
Mary Pickersgill, and many other important Marylanders.
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Frederick - Barbara Fritchie,
Francis Scott Key
Old Saint Paul's Cemetery, Baltimore - Lewis Armistead,
George Atzerodt, Samuel Chase, John Eager Howard,
and many other important Marylanders.
United States Naval Academy Cemetery, Annapolis
Saint Mary's Cemetery, Rockville - F Scott Fitzgerald
Westminster Hall and Burying Ground, Baltimore -
James McHenry, Edgar Allan Poe, and many other important
Marylanders.
U.S. National Cemetery
Massachusetts
Assonet Burying Ground, Assonet - burial site of
John M. Deane, Civil War era Medal of Honor recipient.
Copp's Hill, Boston - 17th century
Forest Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, garden cemetery,
founded 1848.
Granary Burying Ground, Boston - 17th century
Greek Theology School of Boston, Iakovos, Archbishop
of America.
Holyhood Cemetery, Brookline - Joseph P. Kennedy,
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy (first resting place of
Patrick Bouvier Kennedy, later reinterred at Arlington
National Cemetery)
King's Chapel, Boston - 17th century
Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, first garden cemetery,
picturesque landscaping; bird, plant, and tree sanctuary,
featured in The Thomas Crown Affair (1968).
Salem Street Burying Ground, Medford, founded late
1600s.
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord - Henry David Thoreau,
Swampscott Cemetery, Swampscott - Burial site of
Anthony M. Pizzi and Lydia T. Pizzi
Michigan
All Saints Cemetery, Waterford
Eden Cemetery, Mason, Michigan
Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan, burial place
of Lewis Cass, Zachariah Chandler, Coleman Young,
and many other notable people, especially from the
19th century.
Evergreen Cemetery, Muskegon
Forest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Fort Custer National Cemetery, Augusta, Michigan
Great Lakes National Cemetery, Holly, Michigan
Guardian Angel Cemetery, Oakland Township
Hawley Cemetery, Mason, Michigan
Holy Cross Cemetery, Detroit
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Southfield
Knapp Cemetery, Northville
Lakeside Cemetery, Muskegon, Michigan
Lakeside Cemetery, Port Huron, Michigan
Leek Cemetery, Mason, Michigan
Maple Grove Cemetery, Mason, Michigan
Maple Ridge Cemetery, Holt, Michigan
Michigan Memorial Cemetery, Flat Rock, Michigan
Mona View Cemetery, Muskegon Heights, Michigan
Mount Carmel Cemetery, Wyandotte
Mount Elliott Cemetery, Detroit
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Detroit
Norton Cemetery, Norton Shores
Oakwood Cemetery, Muskegon
Pine Tree Cemetery, Corunna
Restlawn Cemetery, Muskegon, Michigan
Resurrection Cemetery, Clinton Township
Rural Hill Cemetery, Northville
St. Hedwig Cemetery, Dearborn Heights
St. John's Catholic Cemetery, Claybanks Township,
Oceana County, Michigan
Thayer Cemetery, Northville
Waterford Cemetery, Northville
White Chapel Cemetery, Troy
William Ganong Cemetery, Westland
Woodlawn Cemetery, Detroit
Yerkes Cemetery, Northville
Pine Grove Cemetery, Millington. Final resting place
of Kayla Rolland.
Minnesota
Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minnesota, burial
place of Orville Freeman, Hubert Humphrey, Muriel
Humphrey, Frank C. Mars, Karl Mueller, Floyd B.
Olson, Rudy Perpich, John S. Pillsbury, Tiny Tim,
Paul Wellstone, and many other prominent Minnesotans
involved in it's founding and development.
Missouri
Bellefontaine and Calvary Cemeteries, St. Louis,
are the final resting place for William Burroughs,
Sara Teasdale, Tennessee Williams, Kate Chopin,
William Clark and others.
Nebraska
Prospect Hill Cemetery in North Omaha, Nebraska
is the pioneer cemetery of Omaha, Nebraska, and
is home to almost all of Omaha's founding fathers
and mothers.
New Hampshire
Merrill Cemetery, Manchester - "Commodore"
George Washington Morrison Nutt, promoted by P.T.
Barnum.
Pine Grove Cemetery, Manchester - Composer Horace
Johnson, Governor Person Colby Cheney
Valley Cemetery, Manchester - 20-acre garden cemetery,
founded 1841, final resting place for many New Hampshire
congressmen, U.S. Senators, governors and Manchester's
mayors.
New Jersey
Riverview Cemetery, Trenton, New Jersey - burial
place of General George B. McClellan.
New York
Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands -- President Chester
A. Arthur
Bayside Acacia Cemetery, Bayside, Queens
Calvary Cemetery, Woodside, Queens;
Cemetery of the Gate of Heaven, Hawthorne - Babe
Ruth, James Cagney, Anna Held, and others;
Cemetery of the Evergreens, Brooklyn
Cold Springs Cemetery, near Carlisle Gardens, New
York
Cypress Hills Cemetery, Brooklyn
Salem Fields Cemetery, Brooklyn
Ferncliff Cemetery, Hartsdale - Joan Crawford, Judy
Garland, Malcolm X, Aaliyah, and others;
Flushing Cemetery, Queens - Louis Armstrong
Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo - Millard Fillmore,
Rick James, Red Jacket
Forest Park Cemetery, Brunswick -- a famous "haunted"
cemetery
Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Westchester County, New
York
Gerald B. H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery,
Stillwater
Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn - Samuel Morse, William
March "Boss" Tweed, F.A.O. Schwarz and
Jean-Michel Basquiat are among the burials here;
Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla - Ayn Rand, Tommy Dorsey,
Lou Gehrig and other personalities are interred
here
Lutheran All Faiths Cemetery, Middle Village, Queens
Machpelah Cemetery, Queens - Harry Houdini is interred
here.
The Moravian Cemetery in New Dorp on Staten Island
is the final resting place for several members of
the Vanderbilt family.
Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester - Susan B. Anthony,
Frederick Douglass, Lewis Henry Morgan, John Jacob
Bausch and Henry Lomb, Frank E. Gannett, Hiram Sibley,
Dr. Hartwell Carver, Myron Holley, George B. Selden,
and many more.
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Maspeth, Queens
New York Marble Cemetery, East Village, Manhattan
is the oldest non-sectarian cemetery in New York
City.
Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse, New York
Oakwood Cemetery, Troy - Samuel Wilson aka Uncle
Sam
Saint Anthony's Lutheran Cemetery, Sanborn
Saint Charles Cemetery, Farmingdale - Interred here
are Peter J. Brennan, Clarence Williams, Vitas Gerulaitis,
and others.
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow - Washington
Irving, Elizabeth Arden, Walter Chrysler, William
Rockefeller, Samuel Gompers, Andrew Carnegie, are
among notables buried here. Cemetery named by Washington
Irving.
Trinity Churchyard, New York City - Astor family
members; Blair family members
Witmer Road Cemetery, Niagara Falls, New York
Woodlawn Cemetery, The Bronx - Duke Ellington, Herman
Melville, and Joseph Pulitzer are among those buried
at this Woodlawn.
Union cemetery,Fort Edward final resting place ofKen
Varney
North Carolina
Old Chapel Hill Cemetery, Chapel Hill
Oakdale Cemetery, Wilmington.
New Bern National Cemetery
Raleigh National Cemetery
Salisbury National Cemetery
Wilmington National Cemetery
Ohio
Brock Cemetery, Greenville, Ohio - Annie Oakley
Greenlawn Cemetery, Columbus - William Dennison,
Jim Rhodes, Eddie Rickenbacker, and James Thurber.
Lakeview Cemetery, Cleveland - burial site for President
James A. Garfield, John D. Rockefeller, Eliot Ness
and others.
Mansfield Catholic Cemetery, Mansfield, Ohio. Famous
architect F.F. Schnitzer buried here.
Rose Hill Cemetery in Massillon, Ohio - Paul Brown
Spring Grove Cemetery & Arboretum, Cincinnati,
Ohio - largest non-profit private (second largest
overall) cemetery in the United States (725+ acres)
- Bob Braun, Salmon P. Chase, and Levi Coffin.
Union Cemetery in Columbus, Ohio - Moses Fleetwood
Walker, Dave Thomas, Woody Hayes.
Woodland Cemetery, Dayton - gravesites of Wilbur
and Orville Wright, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Erma Bombeck
and others.
Woodlawn Cemetery, Toledo - gravesites of Samuel
M. Jones, Edward Drummond Libbey, Morrison Waite
and others.
Oklahoma
Memorial Park Cemetery, Tulsa, OK - burial site
for comedian Sam Kinison, controversial religious
figure Susan Alamo, major league baseball player
Carl Morton, religious figure Evelyn Roberts and
musician Bob Wills.
Memorial Park Cemetery, Oklahoma City, OK - burial
site for noted aviator Wiley Post
Ross Cemetery, Park Hill, OK - burial site for many
noted Cherokee leaders including that of Cherokee
chief John Ross.
Pennsylvania
Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh (Lawrenceville neighborhood)
- Stephen Foster, Josh Gibson, and other notable
personalities from the Pittsburgh area.
Christ Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia - Burial
site of Benjamin Franklin and four other signers
of the Declaration of Independence.
East Harrisburg Cemetery, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Easton Cemetery, Easton-Burial site of George Taylor
a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Fairview Cemetery, Pen Argyl - burial place of Jayne
Mansfield.
Gettysburg National Cemetery, at the dedication
of which in November, 1863 President Abraham Lincoln
delivered his famous Gettysburg Address
Greenwood Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - August
Wilson and other African-American notable personalities
from the Pittsburgh area.
Harrisburg Cemetery, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Homewood Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Squirrel
Hill
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, garden cemetery
founded 1836.
Mikveh Israel Cemetery, Philadelphia, oldest Jewish
cemetery in Philadelphia; founded 1738.
Mount Moriah Cemetery (Philadelphia)
Mount Peace Cemetery [1], Philadelphia, also known
as Odd Fellows Cemetery - George Lippard
Resurrection Cemetery, Wescosville--Cemetery for
the Diocese of Allentown (Lehigh Valley).
St. John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Cemetery,
Pittsburgh - Burial site of Andy Warhol
Wildwood Cemetery, Williamsport--one of the largest
in the Eastern United States
Rhode Island
North Burial Ground, Providence, Rhode Island, oldest
cemetery in Providence, many notable Rhode Islanders
are buried here.
Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, Rhode Island, established
in 1846 on a 60-acre tract of land bordering the
Neck Road and extending easterly to the shore of
the Seekonk River.
South Dakota
Black Hills National Cemetery, Sturgis
De Smet Cemetery, De Smet- burial place of members
of the family of Laura Ingalls Wilder.
Fort Meade National Cemetery, Sturgis
Hot Springs National Cemetery, Hot Springs
Mount Moriah Cemetery, Deadwood- burial place of
Wild Bill Hickock, Calamity Jane, and Seth Bullock.
Saint John Cemetery, Beresford- burial place of
United States Senator, William J. Bulow.
Tennessee
Nashville & area:
Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens, Goodlettsville has
a "Music Row" where a number of country
music personalities are interred, including Lefty
Frizzell;
Hendersonville Memory Gardens, Hendersonville -
burial site for Johnny Cash, Sheb Wooley, and other
country music stars;
Spring Hill Cemetery, Nashville - Roy Acuff, Hank
Snow and other country music personalities;
Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Nashville - burial
site for a number of country music personalities,
including Otis Blackwell, Webb Pierce, and Johnny
PayCheck;
Mount Olivet Cemetery (Nashville) - burials include
a significant number of politicians and country
music stars
Memphis & area:
Graceland, Memphis - burial place of Elvis Presley;
Memorial Park Cemetery, Memphis - burials include
Shawn Lane, Sam Phillips and Charlie Rich;
Texas
Hawley Cemetery, located in Matagorda County - beautifully
maintained, contains the burial place of [3]Abel
Head "SHANGHAI" Pierce, early Cattleman.
Laurel Land Memorial Park, Dallas, Texas - burial
place of Stevie Ray Vaughan, Rock & Blues musician
and J.D. Tippit, Dallas police officer allegedly
killed by Lee Harvey Oswald on the day of the Kennedy
assassination.
Meadowlawn Memorial Park, San Antonio, Texas - senior
citizens and civil rights activist ZerNona Black
Sparkman-Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery, Dallas
- cosmetics tycoon Mary Kay Ash, baseball great
Mickey Mantle and Academy Award winning actress
Greer Garson, among others.
Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Texas - burial place
of many prominent Texans and their spouses.
BabyHead Cemetery, Llano, Texas
Vermont
Hope Cemetery, Barre, Vermont
Virginia
Arlington National Cemetery, U.S. military cemetery
established during the American Civil War on the
grounds of Robert E. Lee's plantation at Arlington
House across the Potomac River from Washington,
D.C. in Arlington.
Hollywood Cemetery, located in Richmond - a large,
hilly burial place of two US presidents, the only
president of the Confederacy, and many soldiers
from the American Civil War.
Alexandria National Cemetery (VA), in Old Town Alexandria,
Virginia, is a dense and sprawling necropolis dating
back to the US Civil War.
National Memorial Park / King David Memorial Gardens;
Falls Church, Virginia.
Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg, Virginia; burial
site of the Confederacy during the Cival War. There
are also burial sites predating the American Revolution.
Washington
Calvary Cemetery, located in the Ravenna/Bryant
neighborhood of Seattle.
Lake View Cemetery, one of Seattle's first cemeteries
contains many local dignitaries and celebrities.
The Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery is on land
adjacent to the Lake View Cemetery and contains
the graves of many who served in the U.S Civil War.
Wisconsin
Calvary Cemetery, Milwaukee
Forest Home Cemetery, Milwaukee
Wood National Cemetery, Milwaukee
