Imagine visiting an old cemetery where victims of smallpox were dumped into one large grave. In 1890, in the northeast part of Sedalia, Missouri, there was an old, forgotten cemetery that was becoming the center of ghostly and gruesome attention. According to one article published at that time, there was a trench where, years ago, around fifty bodies were dumped after having died of the deadly smallpox. It was said that if one stood on the mound covering the bodies, that person would be able to smell the decay coming out of the ground. This was no doubt a great place for haunts.
According to the superstitious people who lived in the area, the old graveyard was overrun by the ghosts of men, women, children, and animals. These ghosts were different than the normal run of the mill ghosts because they appeared in the daylight as well as the night. There was even a headless white horse that would charge through the old gravestones. It would remain in sight, in broad daylight, for ten to fifteen minutes before disappearing. [1]
