“Blood Cemetery” is the local name for Pine Hill Cemetery in Hollis, near Nashua, NH. That nickname refers to the ghost of Abel Blood, who supposedly haunts the graveyard.

Urban legends claim occult connections to Abel Blood. However, history portrays him as a solid, very Christian and philanthropic member of the [...]

In an earlier post about Blood Cemetery, we displayed an unusual daytime photo with a ‘ghost orb’ in it.
On that same day, at least one of the other photos was odd.

The black-and-white photo above looks like it was taken on a dreary, misty New England day. However, our photographer shot it at [...]

Sometimes, people ask about the sensations we experience when capturing anomalies on film. These are one investigator’s notes from Pine Hill Cemetery (aka Blood cemetery) in October 2001:

“On this evening, I felt far more confident that I would capture something, if only because I was using more sensitive film than previously. However, I [...]

Headstones at Pine Hill/Blood Cemetery, Hollis, NHHere are just a few of the very Gothic inscriptions on headstones at the Blood Cemetery (aka Pine Hill Cemetery) on Nartoff Road in Hollis, NH:

From the headstone of Mrs. Rebecca Alexanders, died 24 Nov 1799:

Behold my friends as you pass by
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This is silly. It’s embarrassing even to tell this story, because there are probably very logical reasons for what happened. But, it’s an odd story, so I’m sharing it… if only for a laugh.

On Thursday, 14 Oct 1999, my kids and I brought a friend to visit haunted “Blood Cemetery” (aka Pine Hill [...]

On November 1, 1999, I returned to Blood Cemetery in Hollis. I planned to take a few more photos, although I hadn’t captured any anomalies since my earliest visits to the cemetery.

While I was at the cemetery, I checked the name on the short headstone that [...]

The mysterious story of Abel Blood’s ghost

Abel Blood was buried at Pine Hill Road Cemetery in Hollis, New Hampshire, in 1867. His wife Betsy is with him. I’ve researched his personal history and found no obvious reason for him to haunt the cemetery. In the history books, there are no references that suggest the [...]