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
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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 - 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
