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She was born a slave - her grave is the only marker left

Deep in the woods sits a forgotten slave cemetery with more than 100 unmarked graves from a nearby plantation. The only visible headstone belongs to Samantha Street, a woman born into slavery whose ...
She made a promise to her father before he died: find the grave of her baby brother Glenn and finally put a marker on it. The problem was that the child had been buried without a headstone, and the ...
A man was arrested Monday after deputies responded to a report of vandalism at the more than 150-year-old Home of Peace Memorial Park in East Los Angeles, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department ...
The remains and headstone of David Lange have been removed in “mysterious” circumstances – shocking his brother and other ...
Men and women sit on the graves of their loved ones at a Shia Muslim cemetery in Quetta, southwestern Pakistan, reciting verses from the Quran.Pakistan is majority Sunni Muslim and strict adherents ...
Winding through a historic hillside cemetery in Jerome, this haunted Arizona trail offers ghostly lore, sweeping views, and a ...
A little over a year after Gene Hackman died alone in his sprawling New Mexico home, not far from the body of his recently deceased wife Betsy Arakawa, the Hollywood legend lies in an unmarked grave, ...
Gene Hackman and his wife were reportedly buried on a plot which remains undecorated except for a patch of grass and a single ...
Antonio Wiley’s mother, Anita, vanished during a time when her hometown Detroit was wracked by drugs and crime. It took three decades and an extraordinary effort by a missing persons detective to ...
Atop a 20 foot embankment off of Wellman Road, keen eyes may be able to spot a sign alluding to the presence of the ...
The Oliverian Everlasting Burial Ground in Benton Flats is New Hampshire’s first natural burial ground, providing an alternative to conventional cemetery practices.