Local legend says the Dartford Cemetery in Green Lake, WI (map) which was featured on the Discovery Channel show A Haunting, is haunted by the ghosts of an Indian chief, whose creepy headstone has now become infamous, Civil War soldiers, and children who died from polio.
The old pioneer cemetery gets it’s name from the original village of Dartford, which became Green Lake, WI. The graves date back to the early pioneers from the 1800’s.
Other strange things said to happen include dark shadowy figures, strange noises, orbs, grave stones changing or vanishing, and the sensation of being followed or watched.
But the main attraction to locals and legend trippers is the old mausoleum. It is said that if you sit on the roof of the mausoleum, a ghost will push you off.
The story behind the Indian Chief is that he ruled and lived in the Green Lake/Princeton area, and he drowned in the Fox River during an attempt to cross it while drunk.
Apparently, until recently with the airing of A Haunting, most Green Lake locals had never heard of ghosts or anything supernatural happening in the cemetery. Children regularly put flowers on the graves of the soldiers buried near the mausoleum.
Also featured on A Haunting was the haunting of Summerwind in Land O Lakes, WI and the legend of Witch Road in Rosendale, WI.
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I’m a Green Lake resident. FYI: the ’sensation of being watched’is from the locals who live around the cemetery, or the police patrolling it. Its a stiff fine if you get caught after dark inside. Buried in the mausoleum is Jackson Walker and his wife. He was into reincarnation and didn’t think he’d come back if he was buried below ground. Source for that info: Dartford Historical Society, Green Lake. Contrary to myth there are no child polio victims buried in the mausoleum.
Yea that is some creepy shit. Me and my babe wana go there, it will be a experience of a life time.
I saw the episode of a haunting about this cemetery and have been wanting to go for a very long time..i havnt found a place to creep me out yet and would be cool to check the place out some day soon!
omg i saw that episode! THAT WAS SOME SCARY STUUF THERE BUDDY THEN I GOOGLED IT N IT WAS TRUE I FREAKED OUT! LOL I LOVE TH HAUNTING!!:)
Is there a real ghost in dartford cemetery? is peolpe hear voices? is there hunted place. plz HELP me out to fine the answers. THANK YOU
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I recognized the pic from that episode and just knew it had to be the cemetery with that rumor.
I have been hoping to become a paranormal investigator. Once I’m a bit older I should check it out.
what the fuck…kinda cool lol