MORE SCARY CEMETERIES

HIGHGATE CEMETERY, LONDON

This Victorian era cemetery spans 37 acres of London’s overgrown

woodland. It sports spectacular statues of people, animals as

well as angels, in different states of decay. The Highgate Cemetery

highlights the obsession of the Victorian era with ancient Egyptians,

perhaps due to the fascination of both cultures with death. The

cemetery’s main walkway is aptly called Egyptian Avenue and has a

couple of foreboding obelisks. The original Dracula author Bram Stoker

is said to have been inspired by the ambient creepiness of the

Highgate Cemetery while he was writing.

GREYFRIARS KIRKYARD, EDINBURGH

This former monastery garden was established in the 1560s and it

is considered to be Scotland’s most haunted place.  Its paranormal

activity has been attributed to the restless spirit of the infamous ‘Bluidy’  

George Mackenzie who was buried here in 1691.

The ‘Mackenzie Poltergeist’ is a violent spectre that is said to

cause bruising, bites and cuts on those who come into contact with it.  

Many visitors who take the ghost tour have reported feeling strange

sensations and have reportedly sustained  injuries which they had no

recollection of sustaining.

GLASNEVIN CEMETERY, DUBLIN

Glasnevin Cemetery houses 1.5 million bodies. This 120 acre

graveyard is haunted by a Newfoundland dog. It is said that

John McNeill Boyd’s faithful canine died from starving as it refused to

leave it’s owner’s graveside.

HOWARD STREET CEMETERY, SALEM,

MASSACHUSETTS

Salem is assumed to be the USA’s most haunted town, thanks to its

history of witch hunting. In 1692, one popular resident, Giles Corey died

from torture at the site because he refused to admit guilt or innocence

regarding witchcraft. However, it is said that with his last breath, he

put a curse on the town. Legend has it that Corey appeared days prior to

the 1914 Great Fire.  Today people claim to still see his ghost walk

among the graves.

STULL CEMETERY, STULL, KANSAS

Also called the “Gates to Hell,” this grave site is among the

Seven Portals of Hell listed by numerous haunting guides and is

among America’s most haunted places. Legend states that if you knock

on a rock in the church’s rubble pile, the Devil will answer you.

CAPELA DOS OSSOS, PORTUGAL

Literally meaning “Chapel of Bones”, this Portuguese chapel houses

two full skeletons that hang on chains in addition to skulls and

human bones cemented to its walls. If that isn’t creepy enough, you can

also read an inscription at the chapel’s entrance which reads

“We bones, lying here bare, are awaiting yours”

RESURRECTION CEMETERY, CHICAGO, USA

The suburbs of Chicago are home to Resurrection Cemetery.  

What makes this cemetery popular is the infamous ghost named

Mary, a young girl who was locally christened Resurrection Mary.  

As the story goes, truckers and other drivers report picking up a

young female hitchhiker who is usually dressed somewhat formally in

a white party dress and is said to have light blond hair and blue eyes.  

When the driver nears the Resurrection Cemetery, the young woman

asks to be let out, whereupon she disappears into the cemetery.

WITCHES CEMETERY, TENNESSEE, USA

It may be one of the lesser known US cemeteries but this Tennessee

backwoods graveyard is among the state’s oldest. Weathered jagged

stones mark the dead’s resting place. Peculiarly, there are pentagrams

etched into the stone grave markers which are said to contain the witch’s

evil powers. There are also numerous claims about strange lights in

the woods at night with others claiming to find animals that have been

sacrificed in rituals on the graveyard’s grounds.