Guest Author - Kim DeLeary

Haunted cemeteries and ghost stories go hand in hand. Not infrequently, paranormal phenomena have been reported to be experienced at cemeteries. Things like phantom funeral processions, lights, EVP recordings with disembodied voices and apparitions are some of the phenomena that can be found in a truly haunted cemetery with ghosts.

Some workers and visitors to cemeteries have reported phantom funeral processions. A phantom funeral procession is a type of haunted event. A haunted event is different from a ghost because the entities are replaying a scene. A haunted event can happen on the anniversary date of the replayed and original event. Funeral processions have been spotted that are old stagecoaches. A modern procession with cars from the 1940s has also been seen to carry on its sad duty. Some of the funeral processions are annual and others occur under certain weather conditions. A famous phantom funeral procession that has been seen by many people is President Lincoln's Ghost Train.

Another paranormal phenomenon is the ball of light that have been seen by visitors to some haunted cemeteries. They can be better seen at night. Streaks of light can sometimes be spotted in photographs that are taken at a haunted cemetery. People who see them say they seem to emit their own light. Balls of light are commonly reported phenomena at some cemeteries.

Voices have been recorded as electronic voice phenomena (EVP) and can sometimes be heard by visitors to the cemetery. Sometimes weeping is heard while other times a voice speaks to the listener, sometimes telling them to leave. One apparition dressed in Civil War era clothing asked a person how to get home before disappearing.

Apparitions at cemeteries appear in a variety of forms including smoky, see-through and a seemingly real full bodied appearance. Sometimes the apparitions only appear in a photograph in a spot where there was no one when the photograph was taken. Recently deceased have appeared at their own funerals; one ghost was briefly seen to be sitting in the driver's seat of the family car before the family went to get into the car. There have also been ghosts seen who are dressed in old-fashioned clothing that is obviously from another era.

A famous cemetery is the St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans. Between the cathedral and the cemetery can be heard disembodied singing. The singer is believed to be a priest who lived during the early years of New Orleans. It is also at this famous cemetery that the haunted tomb of Marie Laveau, the Voodoo Queen of the 1800s, can be found.

A Chinese haunted cemetery that is located in Malaysia may be haunted by a ghost carrying a candle. There are many cemeteries that are haunted and where ghosts can be found. Why have some spirits decided to hang around as ghosts and others made the decision to move onto the next level of existence? Is it the level of knowledge a person has about death including his or her own that limits or enhances what happens after a person dies?

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