Asbury Cemetery

Mississippi · United States · Execution site

A pretty Mississippi burial ground down a dirt road, where a group of ten stopped talking at the same moment and ran for their cars.

Asbury Cemetery sits well back along a dirt road outside Houston, Mississippi, down in a valley between hills. It is a working burial ground and a genuinely pretty spot, which is why people also use it to park and look at stars.

What gets reported there arrives suddenly. A low voice speaking. Or, more often, an overwhelming sense of being watched or pursued, described by more than one witness as physically sickening. It has produced real consequences: several serious accidents have happened to people driving away from the cemetery at night as fast as they could.

One witness involved in a crash gave an account that has stayed with the story. A group of about ten were there together when everyone in the group stopped talking mid sentence at the same moment and felt the same dread. They ran for their vehicles. Whatever else is going on at Asbury, the collective and simultaneous nature of that experience is what makes it stand out from the usual single witness cemetery report.

FAQ

Where is Asbury Cemetery located?

Asbury Cemetery is in Mississippi, United States.