The Weeping Arch

Cedar Grove Cemetery in New Bern contains an impressive stone entrance. Funeral processions passing beneath the arch have long suffered the unexplained dripping of water from the shell-stone archway. Local legend has it that whomever is struck by these "tears" will be the next unfortunate soul to perish.To

Learn more about this spooky site, read Pirates, Ghosts, and Coastal Lore by Charles Harry Whedbee.


There's a grim legend associated with this historic structure--which is never good when you're talking about cemeteries . . .