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Wish You Were Here’s 4th anniversary
In March 1999, I met Thomas Roche, who was editing nonfiction for Gothic.Net. I pitched him a column about visiting cemeteries: on vacation, with friends, with my parents, with tour guides. My initial list of proposed columns had 42 cemeteries … Continue reading
2019 Bay Area Cemetery Events
Saturday, September 21, 2019 from 9 am-noon San Lorenzo Cemetery Clean Up and Open Day Usher Street and College Street, San Lorenzo, CA 94580 Drop by to help preserve our local historic cemetery! Bring gloves, rakes, and water. A hat, … Continue reading
2018 Bay Area Cemetery Tours
Sunday, September 23 at 1-3 pm Spirits of St. Helena Cemetery Walk St. Helena Public Cemetery 2461 Spring St, St Helena, CA 94574 This is the St. Helena Historical Society’s 16th Annual Cemetery Tour, featuring stories of German decedents, including … Continue reading
Cemetery of the Week #153: Rookwood Necropolis
Rookwood Necropolis Hawthorne Avenue, Rookwood, New South Wales 2141, Australia Founded: 1867 Size: 777 acres Number of interments: more than 1 million In 1862, the government of New South Wales purchased 200 acres of the Hyde Park Estate, owned by … Continue reading
Death’s Garden: Night of the Reaper
by Christopher R. Bales The meeting room was small, crowded, and smelled like old books. Tall shelves crammed with dusty records and yellowed pamphlets surrounded the large wooden table. Old maps, posters, even a genuine turn-of-the-century embalming certificate decorated the … Continue reading
