Georges Rodenbach’s gravestoneHave you ever listened to Car Talk on NPR radio on Saturday mornings?

At the end of the show, Tom & Ray Magliazzi always say “Well, you’ve wasted another perfectly good hour listening to us.”

I just spent way more than an hour cruising through some interesting online sites. And I know I’m not the only person out there who finds old cemeteries interesting.

Check out www.findagrave.com. Click on “Interesting Monuments” and check out a few. There are some fascinating stories to be found there. I mostly look at the earlier dates, especially the young women and children.

Look up the following names for starters:

Merchant, Christian B.
Poulson, Agnes F.
Warner, William Jr.

Christian Merchant’s gravestone has a rather creepy tale that goes along with it. After you check it out on the Find A Grave site, go to www.ghosttoghost.com and read how Ripley’s Believe It Or Not featured the story on one of their shows.

The photo above is of Georges Rodenbach’s gravestone in Paris, France. It was considered an excellent example of Victorian funerary art at the time. Imagine walking by that one October night when the leaves are falling. I don’t know for sure but it must illustrate his belief in an afterlife. Rising from the grave? If you click on the picture you can get an even closer view.

On the Ghost To Ghost site you can read through some of the “Interesting Epitaphs”. And I guarantee you will be amused and touched. I especially like the epitaph for Jonathan Pease.

Starting next week, I am going to do a series on the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. I’ve always wondered about them (Pardon the pun!)

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