HotelsCombined.com Names Top 10 Haunted Cemeteries for Halloween, and Offers Unbeatable Hotel Deals in the Spookiest U.S Destinations

Wilmington, 5 October 2009 – As All Hallows Eve approaches and travelers gear up for this hair-raising holiday, HotelsCombined.com, the world’s leading hotel search engine, names the Top 10 Haunted Cemeteries along with some spooky places to stay along the way. Offering unbeatable deals among the world’s largest database of more than 200,000 hotels, HotelsCombined.com is the best travel resource for trick-or-treaters when booking a hotel close by these haunted hot spots.

HotelsCombined.com Top 10 Haunted Cemeteries

1.       St. Louis Cemetery – New Orleans, La. – One of the most haunted cemeteries in the world is home to the haunted tomb of voodoo queen Marie Laveau, where a voodoo a ritual is held every year in her honor. Locals claim the dead walk St. Louis Cemetery more often than the living.

2.       Resurrection Cemetery – Chicago, Ill. – “Resurrection Mary,” also known as the infamous “Bloody Mary” is buried here.

3.       Salem Cemetery – Salem, Ohio – Ancient legends say anyone who walks around the cemetery six times will disappear. If an apple is placed on the grave of a Salem witch, she will reunite broken-hearted lovers.

4.       Skull Cemetery – Kansas City, Kan. – It is nicknamed the “Gates of Hell,” and the devil’s child, a boy who was believed to be able to turn himself into a werewolf, is said to be buried there.

5.       Chestnut Hill Cemetery – Exeter, R.I. – A strange blue light moves through the graveyard, representing the ghost of a young girl thought to be a vampire.

6.       Forest Lawn Memorial Park – Glendale, Calif. – This cemetery is haunted by Hollywood legends buried here including Michael Jackson, Humphrey Bogart, Walt Disney, Clark Gable, and Jimmy Stewart.

7.       McConnio Cemetery – Evergreen, Ala. – Since 1865, phantom Union soldiers have been seen riding their horses across the graveyard while ghostly troops march with bandages around their heads.

8.       Old Western Burial Ground – Baltimore, Md. – Holds the remains of legends such as Edgar Allan Poe, the grandfather of James Buchanan and fifteen generals from the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812.

9.       Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery – Fort Lauderdale, Fla. – The grave of Rocky Marciano, a great boxing champion, and his wife Barbara, have been seen and heard saying “leave me alone.”

10.   Pet Cemetery – Hartsdale, N.Y. – America’s first pet cemetery opened in 1896 by a prominent N.Y. City Veterinarian whose ghost is said to watch over these grounds. Final resting place for nearly 70,000 pets.

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