The Uneasy Dead

 

On Barbados North you can visit the Chase Family haunted graveyard. A wealthy and mean-spirited family who for generations lived in Barbados, they were particularly abusive to their servants and neighbors. For a time, and then, the bad luck began.

They chose a beautiful seaside hill to build a family crypt. After a few were interred, pandemonium broke out amongst the coffins. Heavy stones had been moved and sarcophaguses upended. Workers would straighten the crypt but at the next family death, again, it was as though the coffins had been dancing.

 

Was it retribution for lives poorly lived or the young girl Dorcas' spirit moving the stones? It remains a mystery to be solved.

The local people believe you can talk to the ancestors in this place. They sneak in at midnight looking for a few coins dropped or guidance from a crystal ball or candle. The blue lapis vault door is open through All Saints Day, when the spirits finally rest.