Memento Mori

Hancock Pond, Maine, US

Pet Sematary Filming Sites

The house and graveyard used in the horror movie "Pet Sematary"

One of the many film adaptations of Stephen King’s work, the 1989 film "Pet Sematary" focuses on a father who loses his two-year-old child, and then attempts to bring him back to life by burying... »

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Town of Bucksport, Maine, US

Cursed Memorial of Colonel Buck

Stone monument honoring a town founder has a witch-boot shaped stain and a curse to go with it

During the early years of Bucksport, ME, its founder, Colonel Jonathan Buck, had a witch executed, as they did in that time. Before she died at the bad end of a hangman’s noose, she cursed Buck to... »

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"The Bug Pit" at Zindon Prison

Where Stoddart and Connolly suffered in the infamous Bug Pit

In 1842, the British soldiers Stoddart and Connolly were executed in front of the Ark Fortress of Bukhara. It was the finale in a year-long torture (in the case of Stoddart it actually lasted four... »

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Tomb of Daniel at Samarkand

18m long sarcophagus of a constantly growing dead prophet

Five domes adorn the long structure that holds an 18m long sarcophagus, reputedly holding the remains of the Old Testament prophet Daniel, revered by Muslims, Jews and Christians alike – although... »

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Brittle Azra Stow Cemetery, Vermont, US

Emily’s Bridge

New England covered bridge where a jilted lover is said to have hung herself before haunting it

Most of the covered bridges in New England are known for their picturesque qualities, but Emily’s Bridge in Stowe, VT, has a more infamous reputation. Built in 1844 to carry what came to be known... »

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Shah-i-Zinda Necropolis

The Avenue of Mausolea, a series of grand palatial tombs

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Town of Kingston, New Hampshire, US

Betty and Barney Hill Graves

Final resting places of a husband and wife who became famous for their claims of extraterrestrial abduction

On the night of September 19th and on into the early morning in 1961, husband and wife Barney and Betty Hill were traveling South on Route 3 to their home in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, after... »

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Town of Milford, New Hampshire, US

Caroline Cutter Headstone

A New Hampshire grave with a grudge

In Milford, New Hampshire is a gravestone that just won’t shut up. It belongs to one Caroline Cutter, who died in the mid-1800s. It’s simple, white, and rectangular, and is crammed with about 150... »

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City of Watertown, Massachusetts, US

Art of Jack Kevorkian

The macabre paintings created by famous suicide proponent Jack Kevorkian, or "Dr. Death"

Jack Kevorkian, also known as “Dr. Death,” was born in 1928 in Pontiac, MI, and received a medical degree with a specialty in pathology from the University of Michigan in 1952. Starting in 1990,... »

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Frederick Valentich Memorial Plaque

A plaque at the lighthouse where Frederick Valentich made his last radio contact before he vanished without a trace

"That strange aircraft is hovering on top of me again … it is hovering and it's not an aircraft." Those were the last words of pilot Fredrick Valentich, as they were uttered to air traffic... »

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