Killed by a Circus Clown
Sounds like everyone’s worst nightmare, right? Unfortunately for a 13-year-old boy living in San Francisco in 1854, it was reality. On the evening of January 10, 1854, there was a…
Sounds like everyone’s worst nightmare, right? Unfortunately for a 13-year-old boy living in San Francisco in 1854, it was reality. On the evening of January 10, 1854, there was a…
Situated southeast of downtown Denver sits a large park that on any given summer day is full of people basking in the sun, jogging, or playing with their dogs. It…
What does the beginning of WWI, anti-immigrant sentiment, and a vampire have in common? Oddly enough, a small dilapidated cemetery located in Park Hills, Missouri. Due to decades of neglect…
taphophile (plural taphophiles) A person who is interested in cemeteries, funerals and gravestones If you haven’t noticed by now, I LOVE CEMETERIES! I think they are some of the most…
Located on the North Slope of the Uinta Mountains just a few feet from the Utah – Wyoming border in the Wasatch-Cache National Forest is an area called Suicide Park. And…
Mouth Cemetery – The Dead History I received a request to research Mouth Cemetery, and I’m not going to lie, I got a little excited because what a name for…
One of the most impressive and my all time favorite cemetery is the Cimetiere du Père Lachaise, in Paris. Located in the 20th arrondissement, it covers 110 acres and holds over…
Whenever I take a trip, I do some quick research to see if there are any interesting cemeteries nearby. It’s one of my favorite parts of any trip. On a…
One of the most interesting things about the town of Goldfield, Nevada is that the dead now far outnumber the living. There are approximately 1,200 people buried in the city…
It should come as no surprise that I have been interested in all things creepy since a very early age. I would say by the age of 8 I had…