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Name: Howard Street Cemetery, Salem, Massachusetts
Location Type: Other
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Coordinates: 42.519529, -70.896723
Description:
Giles Corey, one of the accused witches of the Salem trials, was pressed to death nearby (slowly crushed by heavy stones). His ghost is reported at this cemetery and he was said to have cursed the local sheriff department; those in position as sheriff have suffered heart attacks, felt the sensation...