E05 Visit to Willard Asylum Cemetery w/ Seriah Azkath (Part 1)

For this episode, we go on location at Willard Cemetery with Seriah Azkath, host of the “Where Did the Road Go?” podcast, for the first of two parts of our conversation from a June evening at one of Seneca Lake's most mysterious spots.

First, we dive into the history of the Willard State Psychiatric Hospital, from its inception in 1869 as the Willard Asylum for the Chronic Insane through its current status as a mostly abandoned property soon be repurposed.

Next up, we discuss Willard Cemetery, where 5,776 former patients are buried in mostly unmarked graves. We remember Lawrence Mocha, "The Grave Digger." Seriah, who spent much of his teenage years hanging around the cemetery with friends, goes in-depth with memories of the site and how it's changed since the 1980s. Seriah then shares his own strange stories from Willard Cemetery, including whistles echoing in the wind, a mysterious moving tombstone, shaking trees, the “Oz effect,” something in the treetops, and much more.

Plus, three surprise guests (one guy on a lawnmower and two white-tailed deer)!

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