When you visit a cemetery, there’s a certain level of creepiness you expect. Cemeteries are notoriously haunted places, wherein the dead are laid to rest in peace; but some believe these tired souls aren’t always resting. And then there’s Maplewood Cemetery in Mayfield, Kentucky, where you’ll discover a haunted horse of a different color entirely. Known colloquially as “The Strange Procession That Never Moves,” this Kentucky landmark depicts 18 life-size statues frozen in a perpetual, preternatural parade.

When you visit Maplewood Cemetery in Mayfield, Kentucky, you'll discover much more than you bargained for.
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Maplewood Cemetery is located at 408 N 6th St., Mayfield, KY, 42066.
Specifically, you'll be joined by 18 statues in a strange procession that's seemingly frozen in time.
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These are the Wooldridge Monuments, or “The Strange Procession Which Never Moves,” the most unique gravesite in Kentucky -- and definitely the creepiest.
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These frozen figures were commissioned by Henry Wooldridge to commemorate family members and other loved ones in his life...
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...including his dogs, Towhead and Bob.
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The statues were built in the 1890s and brought attention to the town and cemetery, even before Wooldridge had died. Today, they're listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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It's unclear why, exactly, this eccentric man decided to honor his family in this wholly unique and uncanny way.
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Perhaps he thought that these monuments would mean they would all meet again after passing; that they would forever be bound together in the afterlife.
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Oddly enough, while all 18 statues honor the people and animals from Wooldridge's life, he is the only one actually buried in Maplewood Cemetery.
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Visiting this strange procession in Kentucky really makes you think. How will you be remembered after you're gone?
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For Wooldridge and his family, they will forever be immortalized in marble and limestone; a strange procession perpetually parading into the afterlife.

Have you ever seen this strange procession in Kentucky? Isn’t it totally haunting? For more thrills and chills in the Bluegrass State, here are seven spooky tunnels and caves perfect for a frightfully delightful adventure!

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