I recently visited the Legare mausoleum where a Julia Legare was buried alive on Edisto island in SC. It's said she succumbed to an illness that made her appear as if she was dead. But after being entombed she woke up, and finding herself trapped in the mausoleum, tried to escape to no avail. Several years later they opened the family tomb to bury her brother only to find her corpse right at the door. Scratches were found on the door where she tried to escape. Over the years the church had problems with the mausoleum door coming open no matter what they did to keep it closed so in the end they decided to remove the door so that her spirit could finally be free.
While standing before the door of the mausoleum I felt a sense of heaviness. You could feel the sadness in the air.











