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we love to tour old cemeteries and read the hauntingly poetic inscriptions on the gravestones
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In June 2000, Gein’s 150-pound gravestone vanished from Plainfield Cemetery.
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Aya Al-Hakim, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
Chilling Chambers is little more than half-hearted fan service that name-checks every maze in Scary Farm history on a crypt or gravestone.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
My mother-in-law placed a speaker on the gravestone to play the Mourner’s Kaddish.
—Sarah Adler
september 8, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
In the vision, Wednesday sees the bird Xavier painted on a gravestone with an inscription of Enid’s name on it.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2025
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Aya Al-Hakim, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
Chilling Chambers is little more than half-hearted fan service that name-checks every maze in Scary Farm history on a crypt or gravestone.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
My mother-in-law placed a speaker on the gravestone to play the Mourner’s Kaddish.
—Sarah Adler
september 8, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
In the vision, Wednesday sees the bird Xavier painted on a gravestone with an inscription of Enid’s name on it.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2025
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“Gravestone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gravestone. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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gravestone
noun
grave·stone
ˈgrāv-ˌstōn 
: a burial monument
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