Brunswick

Forest Park Cemetery
Forest Park Cemetery, also known as Forest Hills Cemetery and Pinewoods Cemetery to the locals is a fairly well-known New York haunted site, mostly because of a 1980 article published in Life Magazine that said it was one of the top ten haunted places in the United States.   Because of financial difficulties over the years, the cemetery has fallen into a disgraceful state of disrepair.

Set in a beautiful area of natural streams and rolling hills, the cemetery was first incorporated in 1897, and the land originally contained a small pre-existing graveyard.  Some say this is the site of an ancient Indian burial ground, but we have not found any concrete evidence of this.  Grandiose plans were originally  made for fountains and gardens, but these never came to fruition.  A beautiful receiving tomb was built as a centerpiece, but lies in ruins today.   

Though information is rather sketchy about this particular haunted site, which is surprising considering how well-known it is, from what we can gather, you can see mists, orbs, shadows, and hear some sounds at this location at times, but the most mentioned phenomenon is that of the feeling of a presence or multiple presences and a general uneasy feeling in the graveyard, especially around the ruins of the receiving tomb.  Many websites tout this cemetery as a "gateway to hell" or a "portal" site, but we would have to have something really concrete to upgrade it to either of those statuses.  This is no Bachelor's Grove, but it is still certainly worth a look if you are interested in trying to experience ghostly phenomenon in a very conducive setting. 

Forest Park Cemetery is in Brunswick, New York on Pinewoods Avenue, west of Eagle Mills.
 

 

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