Tombstone Shadows

In episode #13 of Tombstone Shadows we're going be in Southern California, visiting two lives. Both were murdered. One in San Pedro, and the other in Alhambra.

• Rudy Ernst Mejia III Born: January 29, 1955 Died: July 21, 1990 Burial place unknown.Late one evening, Rudy left his home in Pico Rivera on a warm evening for San Pedro's Cabrillo Beach. Perhaps unknown to Rudy, was that Cabrillo Beach at night was not a safe place to be—especially alone.

• Elmer Hearn Griffin Born: 1904 Died: February 7, 1926 Buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Pasadena, California Elmer Griffin had been a motorcycle officer for the San Gabriel Police Department for less than one year, when he had a violent run-in with "booze runners."

In episode #12 of Tombstone Shadows we're going to visit Harbor City, California for the tragic end to the lives of two young navy-men in 1965; and then head back east to Boston, and hear about a life that started at 4-years-old as very bad, but ended up doing a lot good later in life; in a related life, you'll hear about the sordid life of a spiritualist named Oscar Concannon who lived a short life that included being sent to a mental institution in the late 1890s.

• Dudley G. Kimball Born: July 31, 1872 Died: 16 Oct 1969 Buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts

• Oscar L. Concannon Born: March 21, 1869 Died: July 11, 1904 Buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts

• Dennis Gerald BensonBorn: July 15, 1944Died: July 25, 1965

In episode #11 of Tombstone Shadows we'll reconstruct three lives from Southern California: Ocean Beach in 1938, Los Angeles in 1938, and Orange in 1989.

Tombstone Shadows Investigations:

1. Florilla Lee-Crolic Born: April 1869 Died: 25 March 1938
2. Jeanne M. Kelly Born: June 24, 1917 Died: January 28, 2019
3. JacalynBorn: July 14, 1977 Died: December 18, 1989

In episode #10 of Tombstone Shadows we will visit the Calvary Cemetery in South Portland, Maine.

History: The Calvary Cemetery was established in 1858 as a resting place for those who followed Catholicism (all denominations were welcome, though).

Tombstone Shadows Investigations:

1. Lillian I. MacDonald (Born: June 1, 1910; died July 12, 1930). Calvary Cemetery
2. James M. Mitchell (Born: May 27, 1909; Died: March 20, 1982?) Hillside Cemetery, Libson Falls, Maine (?)

In episode #9 of Tombstone Shadows we will visit two cemeteries that are both in Lobelia, West Virginia: the

History: The first cemetery we visit is the Emanuel Cemetery. It sits to the left of an old presbyterian church. The second is the Richard Hill Cemetery. It was a an overgrown cemetery with some graves sinking into the ground, but recently had renovation by volunteers.

Tombstone Shadows Investigations in Episode #9:

1. Warwick B. Scott (Born: April 21, 1889; died October 24, 1945). Emanuel Cemetery
2. John Robert Bruffey (Born: 1849; Died: March 1879) Richard Hill Cemetery
3. PFC Harlan Ellsworth Dean (Born: November 16, 1921; Died: March 3, 1944) Richard Hill Cemetery
4. Samuel Wesley Hodges (Born: October 16, 1874; Died: February 28, 1896) Richard Hill Cemetery
5. Merritt Brook Hill (Born: October 16, 1915; Died: May 28, 1938) Richard Hill Cemetery
6. Henry C Spinks (Born: April 7, 1901; Died: July 11, 1922) Richard Hill Cemetery

In episode #8 of Tombstone Shadows we will visit the Greenlawn Cemetery in West Long Branch, New Jersey.

History: We'll hear a story about huge gatherings at the cemetery in 1930: everyone came to see a ghost.

Tombstone Shadows Investigations in Episode #8:

1. "Billie" Blanchard (Born: March 31, 1910; death not investigated): Along with Al Hakem, was the first to see the "ghost" at Greenlawn Cemetery.
2. Emma B. Smith (Born: 1898; Died: December 9, 1935): Left behind a husband and five children when she died the week after Thanksgiving.

In episode #7 of Tombstone Shadows we will visit two cemeteries in the state of North Carolina.

History: You'll hear a short history about the city of Crab Orchard; and some history about the cemetery in Monroe—as well as a step back in time to look at how weather forecasts came about.

Tombstone Shadows Investigations in Episode #7:

1. Bertha E. Watkins (January 10, 1891 to December 25, 1935)
2. Johnny Carter Helms (October 4, 1931 to May 17, 1957)

In episode #6 of Tombstone Shadows we'll visit the Manomet Cemetery in Plymouth, Massachusetts.

History: You'll hear a short history of the Manomet Cemetery—which include the cemetery's beginning and information about a ghost that haunts the church that sits on the cemetery grounds.

Tombstone Shadows Investigations in Episode #6:

1. Bob William Dean (October 31, 1931 to October 13, 2004)
2. Irving Leon Wood (1908 to November 10, 1936)

Episode #5 of Tombstone Shadows is a Special Halloween Episode.

Stop by and hear stories of ghosts in cemeteries from various states in the U.S.

1. Minnie Brooks - Baltimore Maryland (1926)
2. Raymond Soukuop - Fulton, Missouri (1939)
3. The Ghost Girl of Crown Hill Cemetery - Indianapolis, Indiana, (1932)
4. The Ghost of Bent Creek Cemetery - Bent Creek Cemetery, Whitesburg, Tennessee (1953)
5. The Singing Ghost of Old Joliet Prison Cemetery - Joliet, Illinois (1932)
6. More Ghosts in Cemeteries from news articles: • Monroe, Michigan - Aug 21, 1911 • Baltimore, Maryland - November 28, 1911 • Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania - March 21, 1905 • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Aug 10, 1911

In episode #4 of Tombstone Shadows we'll visit the Laurel Hill Cemetery in Saco, Maine.

History: You'll hear a short history of the Laurel Hill Cemetery, which include several crimes committed there through the decades.

Ghost Experiences: There are no ghost experiences to share regarding this cemetery.

Tombstone Shadows Investigations in Episode #4:(grave locations follow name)

1. Jeannette Anne Haynes (July 11, 1944 to September 19, 1976)
2. Lawrence W. Walls (July 17,1914 to September 28, 1966)