History: You’ll hear a short history of the Manomet Cemetery—which include the cemetery’s beginning and information about a ghost that haunts the church that sits on the cemetery grounds.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle visiting his son's grave. After Sir Arthur Doyles' death—and his claim that he would come back after death—rumors spread that the twenty-foot ghost was his spirit.
July 1930. Crowds gathering to catch a glimpse of the twenty-foot ghost. The crowd got so large, vendors were selling hot dogs, and police had to post temporary "no parking" signs.
One newspaper's article on the ghost, with a comical photo.
Bob William Dean: Born October 31, 1931 – Died: October 13, 2004 A famous newspaper photographer, who sped to the scene of an accident one evening, and got some horrific news after taking photos of the scene.
Dean took a daring photo of police and fire rescuing a man from a crane.
Dean rushed to the scene of this cross country balloon attempt, as the pilot was coming down. Dean's rental car got stuck, so he ran miles to catch the shot.
Dean caught the first photo of the balloon pilot after his balloon came down in the woods.
Dean rushed to catch a photo of a car accident, but didn't realize until later it was his own son.
Photo of Dean's son who died in the car accident.
Irving Leon Wood: Born: 1908 – Died: November 10, 1936 One of the heroes in the 1928 Robert E. Lee shipwreck. Irving and several other coastguards risked their lives in a blizzard, to rescue those on board the stranded ship. Only die himself, in a related car wreck a few years later.
The Coast Guard heading out to the stranded ship.
The capsized rescue boats. Three coastguard men drowned when one of the boats was hit by three big waves.
This is the stranded Robert E. Lee with rescuers in tow.
The Coast Guard team who made trip after trip to rescue the stranded passengers. I pointed out Irving Wood.
A commemoration was held, and a memorial erected for the drowned coastguard in May of 1928.
Irving Wood's memorial marker. He died at 28 in a snow-related solo automobile accident.
