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Stepp Cemetery

Martinsville, Indiana, United States

Cemetery · local-legend

The Story

A woman dressed in black is said to mourn over a baby's grave in this small woodland cemetery. Haunted Places retells the grieving-mother legend and reports that visitors describe her crying figure among the graves. Different explanations circulate, but the solitary mourner is the story's enduring presence. Supernatural claims are attributed accounts. Historical backstories have not been independently corroborated.

The Hauntings

A woman dressed in black is said to mourn over a baby's grave in this small woodland cemetery. Haunted Places retells the grieving-mother legend and reports that visitors describe her crying figure among the graves. Different explanations circulate, but the solitary mourner is the story's enduring presence. Supernatural claims are attributed accounts. Historical backstories have not been independently corroborated.

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