6 Disturbing Cemeteries In Michigan That Will Give You Goosebumps

Cemeteries, by their nature, instill fear in our hearts. While their grounds can be pristine and expertly-designed to be welcoming to their visitors, they still remind us that death is lurking. To make matters worse, some have haunting backstories to go with them. We found a few such places here in Michigan, with scary stories or legendary characters in history who made these sites their final resting places.

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Known either as Butler or William Ganong Cemetery, this Westland space is known for "lady in white" sightings, and eerily because there are a lot of traffic accidents within its proximity… Strange coincidence?

"Elmwood Chapel" by Goldnpuppy - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Historical figures like former Detroit mayor Coleman Young, John R. Williams, first and sixth mayor of Detroit, and Lewis Cass, were all buried here. I guess you could say it's where politicians go to die.

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This site, whose entrance is designed in creepy Gothic Revival style, is where former U of M football coach and athletic director Bo Schembechler found his final resting place. Game over.

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This site has all the elements needed for a haunted cemetery: remote location, well hidden, surrounded by the forest, and it's really old and deteriorating.

"Woodlawn Mausoleum" by Goldnpuppy - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Woodlawn cemetery is famous being the place where many Motown legends are laid to rest Including: Levi Stubbs, Lawrence Payton, and Renaldo "Obie" Benson. The lead singer of the Temptations, David Ruffin, is also buried here. Additionally automotive industry titans Edsel Ford and Horace Dodge mark their resting place here. If you're lucky, you may hear the heavenly voices of Motown ghosts when you visit.

1) Reynolds Cemetery, Jackson

Every year on the night of Nov. 21, people gather at the Reynolds Cemetery in Jackson to try to catch a glimpse of the spirits of Jacob Crouch and his daughter Eunice, who were brutally murdered in their sleep in 1883. Also killed were Eunice’s husband Henry and a friend, Moses Polley. The mass murder went down in history as Jackson’s most infamous unsolved mystery.

We’ve shared with you some of the most mysterious and frightening cemeteries in the state. Which ones give you the creeps? Tell us in the comments below!