Alton Cemetery
Alton, Illinois, United States
Cemetery · local-legend
The Story
The cemetery's folklore places Lucy Haskell near her family's monument, a black-clad woman around the Grandview mausoleum and Elijah Lovejoy near his memorial. HauntedPlaces.org also describes sudden cold spots associated with Lovejoy. These are separate stories within a single cemetery profile. Concise original paraphrase of an attributed folklore source; historical details not independently established.
The Hauntings
The cemetery's folklore places Lucy Haskell near her family's monument, a black-clad woman around the Grandview mausoleum and Elijah Lovejoy near his memorial. HauntedPlaces.org also describes sudden cold spots associated with Lovejoy. These are separate stories within a single cemetery profile. Concise original paraphrase of an attributed folklore source; historical details not independently established.
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Visitor Experiences
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Sources & further reading.
- Alton Cemetery | HauntedPlaces.org (reports)
- Alton Cemetery | HauntedPlaces.org (visiting)
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