The November Pogrom (Kristallnacht or The Night of Broken Glass)

Marching Nazis Seventy-four years ago tonight, the German Nazi party took their first steps toward instigating the beginning of what was to become the Holocaust.  SS Raid Ransacked Jewish Home…

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One of America’s Most Haunted Cemeteries…

<!-- /* Font Definitions */ /* Style Definitions */ @ Halloween is fast approaching.  This month, A Grave Interest has taken a look at several haunted cemeteries.  Get ready as…

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Central State Hosptial (Indiana Insane Asylum) & Cemetery

<!-- /* Font Definitions */ /* Style Definitions */ a: a: @ It’s October - a time for hauntings, Halloween - and all things spooky.  This month, A Grave Interest…

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Resurrection Mary and Resurrection Cemetery in Chicago

Once again, the month of October is upon us…. a time for hauntings, Halloween - and all things spooky.  This month, A Grave Interest will take a look at several…

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Remembering Jazz Great – Miles Davis

One of the great legends of Jazz died on this day, September 28, 1991, twenty-one years ago.  Considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th Century, Miles Davis…

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Telling the Story of Jane Todd Crawford – The First Survivor of Ovarian Surgery

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