Do the dead tell tales? Readers will find out in this scary trip through 11 of the world’s spookiest graveyards. Among the stops: Chestnut Hill Cemetery in Rhode Island. That’s where a little girl named Mercy Brown is buried. In the late 1800s, her family was hit by tuberculosis. First, her mother and sister died. Then Mercy herself became sick and died. In desperation to save his tubercular son, her father—who had become convinced that Mercy was a vampire rising from the grave each night to suck the life blood from her sibling—dug up her body, cut out her heart and burned it, and served the ashes to her brother. Such compelling historical nonfiction will keep readers eagerly turning the pages in this macabre exploration of the world of the dead.

As though cemeteries aren't creepy enoughÑprepare to be spooked even more by some of the most haunted cemeteries in the world!

Discover the Spine-Chilling Secrets of the World's Most Haunted Cemeteries! 👻🌙 Are you ready to embark on a journey through the eerie and mysterious? "Top 15 Haunted Cemeteries" unveils the ghostly tales and supernatural legends that linger among the gravestones. From spectral nuns and restless spirits to eerie apparitions and haunted statues, this book is your gateway to the otherworldly. 🔮 Highlights: St. Louis Cemetery No. 1: Meet Marie Laveau, the Voodoo Queen who still walks the cemetery paths. Highgate Cemetery: Uncover the chilling legend of the Highgate Vampire. Greyfriars Kirkyard: Encounter the infamous Mackenzie Poltergeist. Resurrection Cemetery: Experience the mysterious Vanishing Hitchhiker. Bachelor's Grove Cemetery: Witness the Madonna of Bachelor's Grove and her ghostly infant. Packed with eyewitness accounts, historical facts, and spine-tingling stories, this book is perfect for paranormal enthusiasts, history buffs, and anyone who loves a good ghost story. Dive into the spectral world and discover the tales that have haunted these cemeteries for centuries.

Cemeteries are the final resting places of our dead. Yet, some swear not all who are resting in cemeteries are resting! The supernatural lore surrounding certain graveyards and burial grounds around the world is abundant, but this bloodcurdling book focuses on the most fascinatingly frightening, including Bachelor’s Grove Cemetery of Chicago, Illinois, and the Hanging Coffins of Sagada in the Philippines. Readers will love learning about the invisible hands that torment visitors of Greyfriars Churchyard in Edinburgh, Scotland, too. Such stories supported by some equally scary photographs will delight all those who love a good scare.

Author Rachel Lynette provides an intriguing introduction to burial grounds, including medieval rituals to superstitions about the dead. All manner of burials are described, including pet cemeteries, military cemeteries, and the Alaskan practice of freezing corpses over the winter in anticipation of the spring thaw.

The fog rolls in as thick as pea soup across the countryside. Your heart starts beating double time. You spot something in the shadows. Was it a ghost or just your imagination? The darkness becomes like a death grip as the silence becomes deafening. The moonlight surrounds you like a sinister spirit illuminating lonely headstones. The wicked wind starts howling like a mournful spirit. And the rain begins to pour down on the Earth like angel's tears beaconing you to leave this God-forsaken place. But you are a ghost hunter. Born with a sense of adventure. The night is your friend. You are a romantic at heart. You long to free the trapped souls from long ago. Those that died suddenly and tragically. To you, they are not spirits, to you they are souls with stories to tell, ones with unfulfilled dreams and souls with unspoken goodbyes. To you these old, abandon cemeteries are Holy Ground. In this book, you will discover the most haunted and well-known graveyards around the World. Discover their mysteries, their stories and the romance that beckons your heart to explore these Holy Grounds.

By day, graveyards are often peaceful places. When night falls, though, things change. The moonlight casts an eerie glow on the headstones. Trees make creepy shapes and shadows. What looks like a human shape drifts among the sea of cold, gray stones. Could it be a restless spirit? Among the 11 ghostly graveyards in this book, children will discover a tree that’s filled with blood, a mysterious lady in white who floats among headstones, a poltergeist that attacks people, a vanishing house, a funeral party formed entirely of phantoms, and many other terrifying hauntings. The creepy photographs and chilling nonfiction text will keep children turning the pages to discover more spooky stories.