It's not clear what the man who bought the plot-Fodor Glava, a miner who died in 1918-would have thought of all the stories, especially since he might not have actually been buried there. There are also reports of a tall, slender man in a dark coat with black hair and long fingernails who sometimes sits on the tombstone, and a local police chief said he once found a doll stuck with pins through its heart laying on top of the grave. Local legends say that a tree growing over the grave sprung from the stake that killed the vampire inside, and that the red rosebushes nearby are his bloody fingernails still growing after death. Perhaps it's not surprising that a grave with "born in Transylvania" etched on the stone would invite vampire comparisons, but the people of Lafayette have really gone all-out. to lay flowers at her childrens' grave, and then to wander among the trees and headstones in a white dress, weeping. Today she's said to appear every Friday evening between 10 and 11:30 p.m. A distraught Sitton ended her own life, according to some accounts by hanging herself in the local school. Sitton, supposedly a Mennonite woman whose children both died in a diphtheria epidemic. But the most persistent legend among the moss-draped trees relates to Charlotte M. The Adelaida Cemetery in Paso Robles is a favorite haunt for local ghost-hunters, who describe strange mists, glowing scarlet eyes, and the sounds of footsteps following them around the graveyard.
Better yet, make yourself a seasonal beverage and enjoy these spooky tales from the comfort of your own home. Several of them are favorite spots for Halloween excursions, although if you visit, remember to respect the dead no matter how creepy their grave. Nevertheless, there are a collection of strange graves around the country that have more than their fair share of legends, often nourished by disease epidemics and unusual inscriptions. Despite their macabre associations, graveyards aren't usually ground zero when it comes to reported hauntings-maybe because the connection is just too obvious.
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