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Where Oh Where Is Sunday Pastries With the Dead?
Its subjects may be deceased, but the series is decidedly not.
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January 2024

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A Pennsylvania cemetery featuring the only "caged graves" in the United States.
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December 2023

The Best of 2023
Books, movies, TV shows, podcasts, and albums that got me through it.
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An est. 1745 Pennsylvania cemetery with a bloody past.
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Wandering the notable headstones of Bennington, VT's circa-1762 cemetery.
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October 2023

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Strolling the est. 1720 New Jersey cemetery that inspired "The Addams Family."
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The Curious Case of Cemetery Postcards
Once upon a time you could send greetings from your local graveyard.
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The "Demon Vampire" of Manchester, Vermont
How one woman became emblematic of the Great New England Vampire Panic.
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Wandering the 1768-era cemetery made famous by "Friday the 13th."
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The History of Headstone Photo Ceramics
Invented in 1854, the technique was popularized in the late 1800s.
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September 2023

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A circa-1734 old cemetery and circa-1852 new cemetery beside an est. 1734 Pennsylvania church.
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A 1715(ish)-era Colonial cemetery in a historical New Jersey town.
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