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…
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Today’s Posthumous Profile features Witcher Jones. What a name, right? I really wanted to know more about this man with the unusual name, so I started researching his life. Witcher…
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Cornelius McLaughlin is buried in one of Utah’s most beautiful cemeteries, Glenwood Cemetery in Park City. Glenwood Cemetery was established in 1885 as a private burial site. Spread out on…
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I picked Catharine Westwood for this week’s Posthumous Profile because of the unusual shape of her headstone. Catharine Caroline Dallin was born on November 6th, 1840 in Ilfracombe, England. Her…
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This week’s Posthumous Profile is slightly unusual in that it is the grave of Thornburgh the dog. The story about how this grave came to be is pretty unique. What…
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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…
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