Dartford Cemetery Haunting

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Local legend says the Dartford Cemetery in Green Lake, WI (map) which was featured on the Discovery Channel show A Haunting, is haunted by the ghosts of an Indian chief, whose creepy headstone has now become infamous, Civil War soldiers, and children who died from polio.

The old pioneer cemetery gets it’s name from the original village of Dartford, which became Green Lake, WI. The graves date back to the early pioneers from the 1800′s.

Other strange things said to happen include dark shadowy figures, strange noises, orbs, grave stones changing or vanishing, and the sensation of being followed or watched.

But the main attraction to locals and legend trippers is the old mausoleum. It is said that if you sit on the roof of the mausoleum, a ghost will push you off.

The story behind the Indian Chief is that he ruled and lived in the Green Lake/Princeton area, and he drowned in the Fox River during an attempt to cross it while drunk.

Apparently, until recently with the airing of A Haunting, most Green Lake locals had never heard of ghosts or anything supernatural happening in the cemetery. Children regularly put flowers on the graves of the soldiers buried near the mausoleum.

Also featured on A Haunting was the haunting of Summerwind in Land O Lakes, WI and the legend of Witch Road in Rosendale, WI.

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19 Comments

1. Alan

   June 11, 2013 at 6:12 am

   Was just at Dartford Cemetery poking around a few nights ago. Don’t waste your time. All you will find is a quaint, old cemetery. A peaceful place of rest. No unusual activity was recorded nor was I pushed off the mausoleum.

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2. SUE

   January 2, 2013 at 4:45 pm

   Many years ago I went with three coworkers to a haunted bridge in Ardmore Oklahoma. I can tell you that all four of us had a terrifying paranormal experience. Up until then I was a non believer but that changed in one night. For those who travel for the experience I hope you find what you are looking for. My expeirence was terrifying but also awesome. Glad I went.

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3. marzban

   December 26, 2012 at 4:27 pm

   is you were in an oriental country, as i am, you were not so skeptic about supernatural.
   paranormal is something your generation forgot about world just it is!you must believe many strange things but is there anything stranger than your life at all?no
   anyway as a 44 years old persian doctor i can say you that not only it is real that things you mentioned paranormal but also its a common experience in my country..albeit these experiences were more in past days probably because more wide and clean eyes!
   anyway i can see you american were neglecting GOD as the main axis of your lifes and it is the main cause of your agitation skeptic position matraialistic point of view and other spiritual problems
   with a great religion as chiristianity that you have im surprised with your neglecting status of trust to LORD

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4. taylor trimm

   October 8, 2012 at 6:50 pm

   i am soooo up for it. this shit looks amazing!!! me and my mom are watching it right now and were all like ohhh hellll nahhhhh!(; lol

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5. ann peckham

   September 28, 2012 at 12:08 pm

   sumtime i would like to drive up there during the day an see what happen in the cemetery

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   • SUE

     January 2, 2013 at 4:35 pm

     Probably nothing would happen during day. Night time is dead time

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6. ann peckham

   September 28, 2012 at 12:06 pm

   looks scary to me on tv.

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7. David Mashburn

   July 25, 2012 at 8:27 pm

   Yes its haunded by imprints in time frams as well as a few fallen

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8. lee

   March 27, 2012 at 11:20 pm

   i was watching a haunting on tv and it looked pretty real to me but thats tv i wood like to travel to dartford cemetery and check it out for my self to see if its real or fake.

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   • ann peckham

     September 28, 2012 at 12:02 pm

     im an watching that right now on tv !!!!,an it does pretty spookie sum man said on tv her heard childen on tv. an yes it does look real . makes me sick to my stomache.

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9. Beth

   January 29, 2012 at 12:35 am

   My son went to school with the boys that were interviewed and they told him that the whole thing was scripted. I don’t know if it is really haunted or not, I lived in Green Lake and have been to that cemmetary and never had anything happen to me.

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   • Matthew Kerby

     December 15, 2012 at 10:01 am

     @ Beth, I don’t think Dartford Cemetery is haunted and i don’t know or have heard anyone that has had any real or genune experiences there to be honest but A Haunting is a TV show so i think its just made up.

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10. amy parker

    October 7, 2011 at 10:03 pm

    this really doesnt scare me. but i want to travel to Wisconsin to check it out for myself!

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    • phillip bicknell

      October 8, 2011 at 12:56 pm

      hell yea but i want to go there for the experaiances

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    • lee

      March 27, 2012 at 11:25 pm

      if you ever want to go send a comment i will travel to wisconsin and see if its scary or not

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      • elizabeth lewis

        June 29, 2012 at 7:03 pm

        I would love to go see it for myself if so if somebody go i want to go

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        • ann peckham

          September 28, 2012 at 12:05 pm

          ware in the heck do you live ? i live in mad wis. if truth to be know.

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          • Adam Jensen

            October 8, 2012 at 6:20 pm

            I live in Madison, WI and I am thinking about taking the trip…are you up for it.
11. Fellipe

    April 24, 2011 at 9:17 pm

    Cara,é sinistro!!!

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