Located just east of the infamous Union Cemetery is Stepney Cemetery, know for its equally as famous white lady spirit and as the final resting place for Ed Warren, the demonologist and ghost hunter.
Stepney Cemetery (also known as Birdsey’s Plain Cemetery) was created in 1794 when it was donated by Noah and James Burr Jr. At the time there was only one tombstone in the field, that of Nathaniel Knapp, a Private from the American Revolutionary War who passed away in his 30’s in 1787. Through time, over 1,400 men and woman, many of whom where early settlers filled the plots of land within the cemetery. Some stayed in their plots, while others rose and began to haunt the grounds.
As fate would have it, Nathaniel is one of the spirits who likes to play with the cemetery guests. It is said that he likes to pull the hair of young woman who come to visit. Also, if you visit his grave and say the words “nathan, nathan, come and play” you will feel his hand touch your shoulder.
The cemetery is also the home of the White Lady who travels back and forth between Stepney and Union Cemetery. She is a young woman who passed away in her mid to late 20’s during child birth. She is the most told story of the cemetery and is know to be quite the prankster as well. She has been seen by hundreds of visitors and drivers by the graveyard. She is described as having long, dark hair, wearing what looks like a white nightgown and a white bonnet. The White Lady is usually sighted in the roadway along Route 59 at night. People driving along the cemetery have reported seeing the White Lady along the edge of the graveyard, traveling through the graveyard (including cops who patrol the graveyard) and in the middle of the road. One such incident in 1993 involved an off duty firefighter who when traveling home, hit the supposed woman, leaving a large dent in the front of his car. When he got out of the car to check on her there was nobody to be found.
The last spirit is that of Edward Warren, the infamous demonolgist and ghost hunter who dedicated his life to exploring the unknown. If you enter the cemeteries main entrance, head all the way to the right to visit the grave. Ed himself even has a ghost story. If you sit by the grave and say a prayer, then touch your right hand on the cross of the grave, it will turn very warm, a sign that Ed is blessing you. We thought at first that this was a joke when we heard it from locals, but when we tried this exact calling, we were not disappointed.
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