KEY WEST CEMETARY

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Haunted Site

Key West, Florida USA

The Key West Cemetery was established in 1847 after a hurricane hit the area in 1846. The hurricane destroyed several of the older burial grounds creating the need for a new city cemetery.

There are nearly two dozen US Navy sailors buried here after the disastrous explosion of the USS Maine in Havana Harbor in 1898. This cemetery has Bahamian mariners, Cuban cigar makers, Spanish-American War veterans, soldiers, civilians, millionaires, paupers, whites, blacks, Catholics, Protestants and Jews—all resting side-by-side completing Key West’s diverse heritage.

The cemetery is said to be haunted by the ghost of Elena who is buried in a secret grave. Ghostly whispers are heard as you walk down the paths. A mysterious ghost of a concerned Bahamian woman has been seen wandering through the quaint cemetery in search of disrespectful intruders.