THE STORY
Reported Haunting
Albany Rural Cemetery has accumulated numerous ghost stories, including reports of a mysterious woman in dark clothing and a ghostly funeral procession near the pond. Other legends describe a girl in a formal gown, strange figures among the graves, and unexplained lights throughout the sprawling cemetery.
At Albany Rural Cemetery, locals say many ghosts walk. Some include a hitchhiker ghost in a prom gown, a phantom mad horse who died when from hitting its head on a monument while running away, and a sad apparition of a gray-haired woman whose body was found after dragging the lake. There is also Mrs. Mary Douglas Scott, who killed herself by drinking arsenic at the cemetery, and Mrs. Anna T. Osterhoudt, who shot herself to death at her husband’s grave. But folks say many more colorful characters have met their ends here, and there’s no telling whom or what visitors may meet up with.