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Inez Clarke – The Haunted Statue of Graceland Cemetery

Legend has it that a six-year-old girl, Inez Clarke, was struck by lightning in the late 1800s. A terrible thunderstorm had broken out while she was on a picnic with her parents, and she died before their eyes. They had a life-size statue built in memory of her.

Some say that when there is a thunderstorm the statue’s glass case will be found empty because Inez is still afraid of thunderstorms.

“According to local legend, a night watchman, making his rounds during a storm, came across Inez’s grave and saw that the box was empty. He fled, never to return. The next morning, the statue of the little girl was back in its usual place. Others have claimed to have briefly glimpsed a small child in 19th-century dress wandering through the cemetery.”