Tragedy, Terror & True Crime Cemetery Tour

Historian Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. observes that "cemeteries are archives of human experience." Some of those experiences are devastating... Digging deep in Grand Rapids' history, this tour shares about some of the more horrific experiences of the Grand Rapids' residents buried at Oakhill. From salacious headlines that gripped the city's attention to tragic events that took the lives of the young, participants in this tour will hear stories about fractured relationships and fallen lives, but also about strength, resilience, and hope. As this tour illustrates, death is not the end of the story.