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The Green Mountain Cemetery Is One Of Vermont’s Spookiest Cemeteries

Do you love tales about things that go bump in the night? Then you’ll love reading about this supposedly haunted cemetery in Vermont. It has a bit of everything – ghosts, spooks, and plenty of shiver-inducing frights. You might want to keep the lights on for this one.

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Green Mountain Cemetery in Vermont has a reputation for being one of the spookiest spots in the state. And it’s no wonder. Google/Stephanie Hayduck This quiet spot was first established as a burial ground in 1854. It spans about 35 acres in Montpelier and is home to hundreds of graves. Flickr/Amy the Nurse For years, visitors have been reported haunted happenings amidst the tombstones at Green Mountain Cemetery. People have alleged seeing strange glowing orbs, hearing odd sounds, and sensing footsteps in the dark behind them. Google/Priscilla Perez One of the cemetery’s most famous long-term residents is John E. Hubbard. He was a successful Vermont business man who contested the will of his wealthy aunt after she died. Google/Emien Evans His aunt intended for her fortune to be given to the city of Montpelier and used to build a public library. Hubbard objected to this and wound up winning his case and the fortune. Google/Daniel W. Bates When Hubbard died, he was buried at Green Mountain Cemetery under a particularly eerie-lookin bronze statue. The statue is called "Thanatos," meaning "death" in Greek. However, locals call it Black Agnes. Legend has it that if you sit on the statue’s lap, you’ll be cursed. Google/Emien Evans Green Mountain Cemetery is beautiful, in spite of its haunted reputation. Do you dare visit this eerie Vermont cemetery? Google/Freddie Stackweather

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Address: 250 State Street, Montpelier, VT, 05602