
Where They Stood
A podcast dedicated to Michigan history and morbidly amazing stories buried deep (and not so deep) in our family trees.
Where They Stood
7: Potter's Field
Maple Hill Cemetery in Charlotte, MI has a mystery. There are 37 unmarked graves buried SOMEWHERE inside its gates. This is the story of how these resting places were discovered on paper and one man's efforts to find them. Bonus Material: all you wanted to know about decomposition, cadaver dogs and my favorite park as a child that was once a cemetery.
CALL TO ACTION: Please, contact me on the Where They Stood Facebook page or contact the Maple Hill Cemetery in Charlotte, MI if you can help with a Ground Penetrating Radar machine or a cadaver dog. Please, help!
SOURCES:
Interview with Chuck Brandon
www.inverse.com
"What Cadaver Dogs Really Sniff For In The Hunt For The Dead" by Lucy Huang, July 27, 2017
Maplehillcemeterycharlottemi.com
Wikipedia--Potter's Field
"An inside look at the 6 most haunted places in the Lansing area," Rachel Greco, Lansing State Journal, October 25, 2019
How Stuff Works: State Funded Funerals: What Happens to the Unclaimed Dead by Adina Soloman
Music: Saint Kilda Wedding by Harpo Marks