The Marietta City Cemetery was first established in the 1830’s. Those that are buried here show a true cross section of the people that lived here regardless of race and religion. Those here include mayors, judges, a U.S. Senator, men, women, children, soldiers and slaves. It may be this diversity that makes this cemetery one of the most haunted places in America. The first known marked grave was dug on a hill side in the early 1830’s, a time when the Cherokee Indians still lived in areas around the county. Unfortunately this grave was built for a 8-year-old child. The son of a wealthy planer in the area, William Capers G. Harris only lived a short time but left for anyone who comes to visitRead More…

Most Haunted Places in America: Burlington Cemetery The Burlington Cemetery is a very old burial ground dating back to the 1700’s, located in New Britain, Connecticut; present day Burlington. The cemetery is known by several names, including Burlington Cemetery, Seventh Day Baptist Cemetery and its most famous label, Green Lady Cemetery. The proper name is Seventh Day Baptist Cemetery, the name given upon its inception on September 18, 1780 by the “Sabbatarians” of the Seventh Day Baptist Church. Green Lady Cemetery caught on quickly due to the innumerable sightings of the “Green Lady” ghost that Burlington Cemetery is so notorious for. The name Burlington Cemetery is simply practical, being one of the only two active cemeteries in Burlington, CT. The Green Lady of Burlington CemeteryRead More…

Most Haunted Places in America: Ada Cemetery In Ada, Michigan, a civil township near Grand Rapids, lies an old burial ground known as Ada Cemetery. It’s just a normal cemetery, like any other small town graveyard, except for one tiny detail. Ada Cemetery is haunted by the Ada Witch. It’s not exactly certain how the folklore tellers came up with the term “Ada Witch”. The ghost in question did not practice black magic or anything of that sort, at least not that anyone knows of. She was merely a local woman with a bad habit – a habit of secretly cheating on her husband late at night with her lover. On one such night, estimated to be around the turn of the 20th century byRead More…

Most Haunted Places in America: Hollywood Cemetery Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia contains much more than 135 acres of land; it contains a big part of American history as well. Part of Hollywood overlooks the James River near where a wooden cross was erected a few short weeks after the founding of Jamestown. Some of the most well known that are buried in Hollywood Cemetery are past Presidents James Monroe and John Tyler as well as Jefferson Davis. Novelist Ellen Glasgow and Historians Clifford Dowdy and David J. Mays. George Pickett, J.E.B. Stuart and Fitzhugh Lee also are there along with six Virginia governors, two Supreme Court justices, twenty-three more Confederate generals, and thousands of Confederate soldiers. The cemetery was opened in 1849 and designedRead More…