Farina: South Australian ghost town
Lost in the vast land of outback South Australia, 650 kilometres (400 miles) to the north of Adelaide on the edge of the desert and along the old route of […]
Old Tonopah Cemetery~
As the story goes, the once booming mining community of Tonopah owes its existence to a wayward burro (a “burro” is small donkey, especially used as a pack animal in […]
The ghosts of Williamsburg – Illinois and Ridge Cemetery
The little girl, who had just three years old was gone from her rural home. Missing. Her parents, started down the road which snakes along the crest of Williamsburg Hill […]
Navje, Ljubljana: can a Cemetery be also a park?
As macabre as it sounds, this cemetery is actually a really nice place to visit. Just over the railroad tracks from the historic center of Ljubljana, Slovenia, this beatiful and […]
The “Merry Cemetery” in Romania: colors and irony to exorcise death.
For us cemeteries are places of mourning and sadness: these are places in which the dead rest. On the tombstones usually only the dates of birth and death appear. When […]
The body on the beach: the mystery of Taman Shud case
On 1 December 1948 at 6:30 am, the body of an unidentified man was man was discovered on Somerton beach near Glenelg, about 11 kilometres southwest of Adelaide, South Australia. […]
A mysterious visitor leave toys on the grave of a two-year-old boy died more than 100 years ago.
Graveyard mystery haunts a town after teddy bears keep being left next to the tombstone of a two-year-old boy who died 134 years ago. No one knows who is behind […]
Coffin technologies that protect you from being buried alive!
The fear of being buried alive is know as taphophobia, and as early as the 14th century, there are accounts of specific people being buried alive. We are in High […]
Thomas Pursell’s and Wildwood Cemetery of Williamsport, Pennsylvania~
In the suburbs around Williamsport, Pennsylvania, there are some places of great interest. There is a road called the “End of the World”, that appears to be the edge of […]
Cruger, Mississippi: the Grave of the Lady in Red~
Cruger, Mississippi, is home to barely 400 residents. It lies within the confines of the large area of fertile agricultural lands known as the Mississippi Delta, and places nearby have […]
Mt. Moriah: the cemetery housing wild west legends in South Dakota.
It is said that often it’s possible tell the history of a town through its cemetery. This is a little cemetery in Deadwood, South Dakota, and buried in Mt. Moriah […]
Dargavs Village: City of the Dead
We are in Russia’s North Ossetia, hidden in one of the five mountain ridges that cross the region. Reaching this interesting and unusual destination requires a three-hour drive, taking you […]
The “spartito del diavolo” and the mysteries that surround Lucedio Principality. Truth or legend?
As we all know, at the base of every legend there is (almost) always something true, and that human imagination has no limits: it is enough to tell, for example, […]
The mysterious Hanging Coffins of Sagada, Philippines
In the mists of time, for over 2000 years, the Igorot population has traditionally created wooden coffins and set them overhanging in the rock. The Igorots are an indigenous tribe […]
Woodstock Artists Cemetery~
A few minutes’ walk from the Woodstock Village Green, a zone often filled with lively music and art, there is a piece of green on a hillside filled with music […]
Ile Sainte-Marie: Here lie the bones of pirates who terrorized the seas during the 17th and 18th centuries!
We are on the small island of Ile Sainte-Marie, off the coast of eastern Madagascar, where lie the bones of pirates who terrorized the seas during the 17th and 18th […]
