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... »

Memento Mori, Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries | Edited by JWOcker and Rachel

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... »

Unusual Monuments, Memento Mori, Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries | Edited by JWOcker and Rachel

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... »

Museums and Collections, Crime and Punishment, Memento Mori, Dead Explorers | Edited by Tawsam, Mark_Casey and others

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... »

Memento Mori, Relics and Reliquaries, Curious Places of Worship | Edited by Tawsam, Mark_Casey and others

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... »

Memento Mori, Hoaxes and Pseudoscience, Architectural Oddities | Edited by JWOcker and Rachel

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Memento Mori, Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries | Edited by Tawsam and Mark_Casey

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... »

Memento Mori, Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries, Hoaxes and Pseudoscience | Edited by JWOcker and Rachel

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... »

Memento Mori, Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries | Edited by JWOcker and Rachel

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,... »

Museums and Collections, Unique Collections, Memento Mori | Edited by JWOcker and Rachel

"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... »

Unusual Monuments, Memento Mori, Hoaxes and Pseudoscience | Edited by Rachel