What The Ghost? - Highgate Cemetary
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The History of Highgate Cemetery
For decades, Highgate Cemetery was a sought after burial ground for those souls who were either too fashionable or too scandalous for Westminster Abbey. It wasn't until the 1940s when the Blitz hit London that Highgate started to change. Though it was never bombed itself, the previously sought after and well-kept graveyard became all but abandoned and overgrown. We can't possibly guess what may have happened there in that time. In 1968, on Halloween night, something happened that would shock the local community and change the graveyards history forever. A group of teens apparently obsessed with the occult broke into Highgate Cemetery and turned their fascination with the supernatural into bizarre action.
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