Comments on: A Collection of Creepy Headstones http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/19805 Feel Smart Again Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:01:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Nerak http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/19805/comment-page-1#comment-105879 Nerak Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:50:00 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/19805#comment-105879 Ever been to the "FindAGrave" site? (Just add "dot com") You can search for photos of the graves (& memorials) of famous & non-famous persons. There is even a place for leaving "virtual flowers" and a "note". A little creepy, but kinda cool. Ever been to the “FindAGrave” site? (Just add “dot com”)

You can search for photos of the graves (& memorials) of famous & non-famous persons. There is even a place for leaving “virtual flowers” and a “note”.

A little creepy, but kinda cool.

]]> By: Mel http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/19805/comment-page-1#comment-105735 Mel Tue, 04 Nov 2008 02:54:00 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/19805#comment-105735 I don't find those creepy at all - mostly sad. Especially the ones that haven't been cared for, or worse, vandalized. (I mean, building a little fort out of busted-off headstones?) I don’t find those creepy at all – mostly sad. Especially the ones that haven’t been cared for, or worse, vandalized. (I mean, building a little fort out of busted-off headstones?)

]]> By: Chris Higgins http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/19805/comment-page-1#comment-105608 Chris Higgins Mon, 03 Nov 2008 04:12:00 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/19805#comment-105608 @peter - perhaps Flickr would be a good place to post cheery graves? @peter – perhaps Flickr would be a good place to post cheery graves?

]]> By: Old Tom http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/19805/comment-page-1#comment-105504 Old Tom Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:25:00 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/19805#comment-105504 Find the part of your local graveyard that was used in 1918 - 1919. It will probably cover a lot of real estate, and the markers will be pretty shabby. The Spanish flu killed one million people per month for 25 months. Stone cutters, grave diggers, and the like went on overtime. (At least the ones who didn't die.) One more weird factoid: Back then the idea of city parks hadn't caught on. Graveyards were close enough, and people used to go there for Sunday picnics. Old Tom (Or maybe Weird Tom :) Find the part of your local graveyard that was used in 1918 – 1919. It will probably cover a lot of real estate, and the markers will be pretty shabby. The Spanish flu killed one million people per month for 25 months. Stone cutters, grave diggers, and the like went on overtime. (At least the ones who didn’t die.)

One more weird factoid: Back then the idea of city parks hadn’t caught on. Graveyards were close enough, and people used to go there for Sunday picnics.

Old Tom
(Or maybe Weird Tom :)

]]> By: peter http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/19805/comment-page-1#comment-105496 peter Sat, 01 Nov 2008 17:06:00 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/19805#comment-105496 How about the not so creepy? I was in a local cemetery where the headstones were decorated to reflect the present season. I took a couple of pics too. Where can I post those pics? How about the not so creepy? I was in a local cemetery where the headstones were decorated to reflect the present season. I took a couple of pics too. Where can I post those pics?

]]> By: gus http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/19805/comment-page-1#comment-105486 gus Sat, 01 Nov 2008 14:33:00 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/19805#comment-105486 I don't have a picture, but the town inwhich I was stationed in Germany had a WWII memorial at the graveyard. I was a cast of a soldier's head mounted on a wall. He appeared to be emerging from the wall. I don’t have a picture, but the town inwhich I was stationed in Germany had a WWII memorial at the graveyard. I was a cast of a soldier’s head mounted on a wall. He appeared to be emerging from the wall.

]]> By: missy http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/19805/comment-page-1#comment-105443 missy Sat, 01 Nov 2008 02:54:00 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/19805#comment-105443 creepy as they seem, it's gorgeous.. at least in that haunting creepy sorta way. The 'so remember' headstone is my fave, even though it scares me to shit! creepy as they seem, it’s gorgeous.. at least in that haunting creepy sorta way.
The ‘so remember’ headstone is my fave, even though it scares me to shit!

]]> By: Max http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/19805/comment-page-1#comment-105402 Max Fri, 31 Oct 2008 19:59:00 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/19805#comment-105402 Meh...nothing more than the remains of others. Most of those sites just need some funding. Meh…nothing more than the remains of others. Most of those sites just need some funding.

]]> By: gibson8or http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/19805/comment-page-1#comment-105375 gibson8or Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:14:00 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/19805#comment-105375 Ugh, the cracked open ones are the worst. It makes you imagine rotting corpses spilling out. Ugh, the cracked open ones are the worst. It makes you imagine rotting corpses spilling out.

]]> By: Sara http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/19805/comment-page-1#comment-105374 Sara Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:04:00 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/19805#comment-105374 Old graves are always kinda creepy. I've never really understood taking pictures of them. Old graves are always kinda creepy. I’ve never really understood taking pictures of them.

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