An account of a mysterious skeleton in the cupboard of George Washington’s ancestral home, Sulgrave Manor.
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Chris Woodyard
on
February 18, 2014
in Fortean Mysteries , Grim and Grewsome , News , Social History , Strange Bodies , Strange Deaths , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged George Washington , mysterious skeleton , Sulgrave Manor , walled up alive
Tales from the Presidential Crypts A look at some strange incidents at presidential tombs: the skull of Washington, a guard driven mad by standing watch at Garfield’s grave, shots fired and intruders at McKinley’s tomb, and poltergeist-like activities at the Harding holding vault.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
February 15, 2014
in Body Snatching , Crime , Fortean Mysteries , Ghosts , Grim and Grewsome , News , Panics , Social History
and tagged bodysnatching , dead presidents , Garfield Monument , George Washington , grave desecration , graveyard ghouls , Harding holding vault , James A. Garfield , Lake View Cemetery , Marion Ohio , McKinley Tomb , Mount Vernon , presidential ghosts , presidential grave desecration , presidential graves , presidential tombs , Tales from the Presidential Crypts , Warren G Harding , Washington Tomb , William McKinley