There are plenty of haunted places in New Mexico if you are daring enough to check them out (like this haunted road trip). Cemeteries, in particular, are among the creepiest. In case you don’t know about New Mexico’s haunted cemeteries, we’ve rounded up a few for you to explore.
- Kelly Ghost Town (Magdalena)
SeasonofShadows/YouTube Shadow figures wander among the ruins of this old mining ghost town. Even by day, their disembodied footsteps can be heard walking through the mine ruins and cemetery. At night, the lights come out; single bright lights, like miners’ headlamps, move from the cemetery to the mine ruins.
- Georgetown (Hanover)
C. Fahey/Find A Grave After dark visitors to this cemetery are greeted with shrieks, screams and ghostly blurs. Some say the shrieks come from the parliament of owls that hunts in the cemetery. Others are sure that the screams are a clear warning from the departed – stay out!
- Madrid Cemetery (Madrid)
Seth M. Greenfield/Facebook Ghosts haunt the quirky Madrid cemetery, but in reality, the entire town is haunted. Ghosts inhabit old homes and the church. Some even believe that the specters patronize the Mine Shaft Tavern. If you wander into the nearby arroyos on your ghost hunt, or just on a hike, be on the lookout for La Llorona. This legendary weeping woman has been seen wandering the area too.
- Monte Vista (Alamogordo)
Paul Chez Sanches/Facebook Ghostly orbs float around the Monte Vista Cemetery. People report strange noises here too, especially in the area near where the babies are buried. One ghost, however, takes shape and wanders the grounds – the woman in white.
- Kit Carson Cemetery (Taos)
Dutchkathy/TripAdvisor Three unmarked graves here are rumored to belong to the brujas, or witches, of Taos. Their graves are set apart from the others and blacktop covers the site so the witches or their lingering powers stay sealed in.
For more haunted graveyards, see 5 Disturbing Cemeteries In New Mexico That Will Give You Goosebumps.
SeasonofShadows/YouTube
Shadow figures wander among the ruins of this old mining ghost town. Even by day, their disembodied footsteps can be heard walking through the mine ruins and cemetery. At night, the lights come out; single bright lights, like miners’ headlamps, move from the cemetery to the mine ruins.
C. Fahey/Find A Grave
After dark visitors to this cemetery are greeted with shrieks, screams and ghostly blurs. Some say the shrieks come from the parliament of owls that hunts in the cemetery. Others are sure that the screams are a clear warning from the departed – stay out!
Seth M. Greenfield/Facebook
Ghosts haunt the quirky Madrid cemetery, but in reality, the entire town is haunted. Ghosts inhabit old homes and the church. Some even believe that the specters patronize the Mine Shaft Tavern. If you wander into the nearby arroyos on your ghost hunt, or just on a hike, be on the lookout for La Llorona. This legendary weeping woman has been seen wandering the area too.
Paul Chez Sanches/Facebook
Ghostly orbs float around the Monte Vista Cemetery. People report strange noises here too, especially in the area near where the babies are buried. One ghost, however, takes shape and wanders the grounds – the woman in white.
Dutchkathy/TripAdvisor
Three unmarked graves here are rumored to belong to the brujas, or witches, of Taos. Their graves are set apart from the others and blacktop covers the site so the witches or their lingering powers stay sealed in.
Have you been to a haunted cemetery? If you experienced any creepiness there, be sure to share in the comments.
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