April 7, 2017 - Smack dab in the middle of Erie, Pennsylvania are 75 acres dedicated to its dead. The 167 year old cemetery is treasured by its community for its beautiful setting and historical markers while others whisper of its darker side.

Tour leader, historian, and educator Anna Foll tells the stories of these two deaths of Charles and William, as well as many others, during her cemetery tour entitled "Strange Deaths." Little William VanValkenberg rests in his family's plot in the southern portion of the Erie Cemetery.

Join us on this walk through the Erie Cemetery and learn ghostly stories of those long deceased. What mausoleum has been opened unlawfully, and by whom? Is t…

May 13, 2025 - Feel the past come alive on a ghost tour that winds through Philadelphia’s haunted alleyways and graveyards. There are eerie legends of vampires in Pennsylvania, and one of the most chilling is tied to the mysterious Vampire Crypt in Erie.

Erie Street Cemetery in Cleveland has a host of ghosts including a Native Indian by the name of Jac o Sot

Join the Erie Cemetery on a walk through the cemetery and learn ghostly stories of those long deceased.

October 9, 2024 - Perhaps the most frightening part of the trek was Erie Street Cemetery. The nine-acre cemetery that dates back to 1827 is full of trees that block and/or dapple both the moon and the city lights. A dark cemetery is enough to spark the heebie-jeebies.

The Erie Cemetery is conducting walking tours highlighting some of the spookiest places on the grounds. We have a sneak peek.

March 19, 2021 - The Old Covered Bridge towards the back of Waterford is supposedly Haunted. Lots of weird stuff has happened around there. There’s also the Vampire Tomb in the Erie Cemetery, Waterford Hotel, and I’m not sure how accessible it is, but the Erieebyss Factor of Terror haunted house is legit haunted, but to my knowledge that was shut down years ago.

December 16, 2021 - The mausoleum is dark and appears to have been on fire at some point. It is apparently very haunted and people have heard strange noises coming from inside the structure. There have also been reports of a black spectral dog wandering the cemetery ...

September 24, 2018 - Castalia Cemetery – It is said that if you drive your vehicle through the cemetery at night, the vehicle will stall and you will hear yelling and screaming coming from the center of the cemetery.

November 4, 2018 - Nestled in the shade of the oak trees of Erie Cemetery--the very same cemetery that is home to the Vampire's Crypt--lies a circle of limestone graves at the base of a looming tree.

September 7, 2025 - The Brewerie offers haunted tours throughout April and October. According to legend, there is a mysterious vampire crypt in Erie Cemetery, marked only with an engraved “V” above the doors.

October 29, 2024 - Erie Cemetery Association shares scary stories during haunted Halloween night tours

The Erie Cemetery is hosting a Ghosts and Legends tour.

June 17, 2016 - According to the legend, an abandoned mausoleum in the Erie Cemetery off Cherry Street, was the resting place of a vampire who arrived from Romania in the 1880s and then died from consumption.

September 3, 2019 - Horace Ackley, arranged for his burial in Erie Street Cemetery. His dismay at being unable to return home caused him to crack his stone grave marker. He found further dissatisfaction with the Cleveland Indians' portrayal of indigenous culture ...

September 12, 2025 - Whispers of otherworldly secrets and restless spirits beckon, as Eerie Pennsylvania readies for its spookiest season. A chilling greeting awaits you and your ghoul friends along the shores of Lake Erie with haunted cemeteries, creepy tunnels, and spine-tingling films.

The lore of the crypt is that it was built into the side of the hill by a reclusive Romanian business man who made a deal with the darkest of spirits for eternal life. That deal, was a Faustian bargain, in which.

For a listing of Erie Cemetery's more notable inhabitants, check out Vicki Blum Vigil's book, Cleveland Cemeteries. Or you may find some listings by checking out Find-A-Grave · 's on-line · records. For historical information about Lorenzo Carter, The Elys and other Cleveland settlers, check out The Pioneer Families of Cleveland 1796-1840 By Gertrude Van Rensselaer Wickham, (1914). For more information on Joc-O-Sot hauntings, check out these links: Cuyahoga County section of Ohio Exploration Society ·