Creeepy Stuff!

Many people know that I currently reside in Kingston Ontario, near the NY border. From Kingston to Albany is only 4 to 4.5 hour drive.

When we moved in I thought the converted Victorian home was creepy enough. I honestly have no idea how old the building really is, but it could easily over 100 years. It's big, old and grey. Sometimes it reminds me of an entry to a mental hospital (Perfect place for me, I know).

Not far from where we live is a park. It's proper name is McBurney Park. Locally, though, it's called Skeleton Park.

At the moment the park has a couple of picnic talbes, some play ground equipment, a cannon facing south, a mound of rocks cemented together in the center and a monument at the north end.

On a bright sunny day it is a nice place to visit and play with your kids, or sit and haev a coffee and enjoy the sun. It is, in fact a nice place.

"If it's so nice then why is it called Skelton Park", right?
Well. I wondered that too. asking people got the basic they found remains there. Some would go so far as to add human remains to make it seem more ominous. The reasons and numbers varried from 1 due to murder, up to a 100 due to mass murder.

But I wanted to kow the truth behind the name. The truth is creepy.

Back in 1825, three different churches useed the plot of land as a burial grounds. Over the years as the city grew, the churches got their own seperate cemetaries, and McBurney park was more or less forgotten. Houses grew up beside the disused land, and of course vandals and hobos were in there. People started to complain.

the churches didn't want to pay to tidy the place up, so they gave the land to the city. The city thought that was fine since they could put in a park. they were just going to bury the headstones and keep it simple, but of course people want their loved ones to be moved.

So the city bowed to the public pressure and started to dig them up around 1893.

In 5 days 400 bodies were found. They came across signs of grave robbery, casket staking, and multiple bodies in a single casket.

The other day my son and I were walking around in the park and I noticed some stones in the ground that seemed out of place. Remains of head stone? Most likely.

If you want to read all the details read Is it any wonder that Kingston is considered one of the most haunted cities in Canada?
Now who wants to go for a picnic with me?