Explore the snow-covered grounds of Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Concord, Massachusetts, where America's greatest literary minds rest among the pines. Host Kristin guides listeners through the historic 119-acre rural cemetery, uncovering the winter connections between graveyards, ghosts, and the holiday season.

Featured Historical Figures:

Henry David Thoreau – Discover the Walden author's winter experiments, his work with the Underground Railroad, and the rainstorm that ultimately led to his death from tuberculosis in 1862. Learn why visitors leave pencils on his grave at Author's Ridge.

Louisa May Alcott – The Little Women author's life was shaped by brutal New England winters and mercury poisoning from Civil War nursing. Born on her father's birthday, she died just two days after him in 1888, fulfilling her wish to "support them in death and life."

Nathaniel Hawthorne – The Scarlet Letter author carried the weight of his Salem witch trial ancestry throughout his haunted, guilt-laden works before dying mysteriously in his sleep in 1864.

Ralph Waldo Emerson – The Transcendentalist philosopher who designed Sleepy Hollow Cemetery as "a garden of the living," where nature and mortality intertwine beneath his massive rose quartz gravestone.

Also Featured:

Daniel Chester French's Melvin Memorial sculpture, Katherine Kennicott Davis (composer of "The Little Drummer Boy"), Victorian Christmas cemetery traditions, and over 600 notable burials, including Civil War heroes, suffragists, and cultural pioneers.

Perfect for: History enthusiasts, literature lovers, cemetery tourists, and anyone fascinated by the intersection of death, memory, and American cultural heritage.

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