LOCATION FILE
Copp's Hill Burying Ground
FOLLOWBoston, MA
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Boston's second-oldest cemetery, laid out in 1659 on a North End hill, with more than 10,000 burials including the Puritan ministers Increase and Cotton Mather, whose family tomb is marked by a tall monument.
REPORTED ACTIVITY
Visitors describe shadow figures near the tombstones and apparitions that appear and vanish around the Mather crypt.
VISITING
Open to the public daily as a Freedom Trail site.
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EXTERNAL RESOURCES
Curated references and articles coming soon.
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