The Mount Hope Cemetery Is One Of New York's Spookiest Cemeteries
By Lisa Sammons|Published October 21, 2021
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Lisa loves animals and has dogs, rats, cats, guinea pigs, and snakes. She is passionate about animal rescue and live music - traveling across the country to see a favorite band is a pretty regular occurrence! Being out hiking in the woods enjoying the scenery with her beloved dogs is another favorite hobby, and also checking out the Pokemon Go scene in whatever city she happens to be in at any given time (coffee and dog leash in hand). You can reach Lisa at lsammons@onlyinyourstate.com
If you’re looking to explore creepy places in New York, you’re definitely not alone. Fall is spooky season. Nothing gets you in an autumn mood like visiting a haunted house or one of the many abandoned places in New York. A cemetery can be unsettling any time of year: after all, it’s where the dead are laid to rest. It’s not much of a stretch to imagine spirits ever-wandering through a graveyard, searching for their lost loved ones. One especially creepy cemetery in New York that’s rumored to be haunted is Mount Hope Cemetery in Rochester.
Mount Hope Cemetery was actually the very first municipal cemetery in the United States. Founded in 1838, it has more than 350,000 people buried on its grounds.
The cemetery is the final resting place for many notable people, including Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass. The 197-acre grounds are quite beautiful and a lovely spot for a walk.
But if you do decide to take a stroll here, be wary. This is said to be one of the most haunted cemeteries in New York. The cemetery was built after a horrific cholera outbreak necessitated the need for burial spaces for much of the town's population.
Local Native American tribes considered the land tract haunted even before it was used as a cemetery. They reported seeing ghostly orbs and hearing cries and screaming on the property.
One area of Mount Hope, nicknamed Devil's Bowl, is reported to have an extremely active ghost population. Supposedly, many satanic rituals have been performed here, causing the spirits to be quite restless.
You don't have to be much of a paranormalist to suspect that this area could be haunted. The population of this cemetery exceeds the living population of Rochester. Even a skeptic might be a little spooked walking through these grounds.
