Union Cemetery and Spook Hill in Burkittsville Maryland by Beverly Litsinger
This article examines the eerie folklore and supernatural tales surrounding Union Cemetery and Spook Hill in Burkittsville, Maryland. Beverly Litsinger investigates the history of the cemetery, a serene yet mysterious resting place, and recounts local legends of ghostly apparitions and unexplained phenomena. Spook Hill, famous for its optical illusion of cars appearing to roll uphill, is explored as both a scientific curiosity and a hub of ghost stories tied to Civil War history and the surrounding area’s lore. The article intertwines historical facts, personal accounts, and paranormal theories to paint a vivid picture of these enigmatic sites.
We went to Union Cemetery in Burkittsville to investigate. We got excellent readings on our EMF detector and our Infra Red Thermal Scanner. We captured an orb in the pictures taken during the daylight hours. Before we left, the spirits gave us a show of vortices flashing through the air. They were very bright and traveled at great speeds.
The graveyard is on top of a large hill in the middle of Burkittsville. The soldiers who died there were buried in Union Cemetery until 1868, at which time some of them were removed for re-interment in Washington Confederate Cemetery in Hagerstown.
This graveyard is known to be haunted by the soldiers who died here in battle. We were disturbed to find the graveyard had been vandalized by disrespectful idiots. We understand that this happened after the movie Blair Witch Project.
Later, we went to Burkittsville and had some fun on “spook hill.” All the investigators got a chance to have their car pushed up the hill. Some of the investigators put baby powder on the back of their car so that they could get the ghost’s finger prints.
SOURCE: v1 MGSA Oct 2002
