The York County Hex Murders- Rehmeyers Hollow
On the evening before Thanksgiving 1928, a storm had been brewing for some time in what is now known as Stewartstown, PA and was about to...
On the evening before Thanksgiving 1928, a storm had been brewing for some time in what is now known as Stewartstown, PA and was about to...
The idea for the Moving Wall, pictured above, began in the mind of John Devitt. In 1982, Devitt, an Army Veteran and former Vietnam...
Naperville Cemetery, Naperville, Il News Article about the dedication of the plaque: Revolutionary War Soldier Honored in Naperville...
Some of my favorite wild life moments in Illinois Cemeteries
Otto Kline, at one time deemed the greatest trick rider in the country, was born Otto Kreinbrink in 1887 in Germany to parents Fred and...
While researching I read a lot of old newspaper articles. Often I am distracted by the other headline stories screaming their headlines...
May 25, 1979. Flight 191 leaves Chicago Ohare airport headed for Los Angeles. The flight never makes it out of Chicago as it crashed in a...
Cemetery Gates are one of my favorite things to photograph, especially if they are grand stone structures like Bohemian National Cemetery...
David McBride Tipton was born on a farm on the banks of Muskingum River in Ohio in 1828. For fifty years he served as a Mississippi River...
There are a few tales of ghostly women in white associated with Chicago area cemeteries. One of those stories that still resonates with...
Today's guest blog is brought to you by Author Stuart Schneider. Below is a story from the second book in his Cemetery series , Ghosts in...
Today's Blog is the first in a line of guest blogs that we will be featuring on Tombstone Travels. We have met many wonderful people on...
Slate Ridge Cemetery, founded in the mid 1700’s, is the final resting place of veterans that served in almost every American war,...
A mother always knows. William Mahaffay's mother knew. She knew in her heart that the body they had sent home to her and her husband was...
Who knew cemeteries could be so dangerous!! #7) At one time , Oakwood Cemtery in Chicago, IL must have been a happenin' place! #6) St....
Accounts of a woman in white being sited in Bachelors Grove Cemetery in Midlothian, IL go as far back as about 50 years. During a visit...
There are a few tales of ghostly women in white associated with Chicago area cemeteries. One of them resides in Mt. Carmel Cemetery in...
When the Clark and Waters Circus pulled into Oquawka, Il. on July of 1972 they had no idea that they would be leaving shortly after...