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Steve Martinez sent me the following information about Evergreen Cemetery:

Evergreen Cemetery was started in 1903 in Oakland, California, and is still in use today. It is well taken care of, however it is in a very bad neighborhood. I'm not sure if it's haunted or not.

This cemetery became well known after November 18th, 1978. It is the burial site for 409 unclaimed or unidentified Jonestown victims – including many children (some 227 children, including babies all buried together in a mass grave on the far side of the cemetery). Aside from the main marker stone for the grave, there is also one more flat stone marker, a family member of one of the victims placed there.

The mausoleum is two levels, and the first level (which is inaccessible to the second level) is one hall of crypts. The second is the main chapel and various halls, which can be accessed on the other side of the building. In the chapel, a large stained glass window is where the main entrance used to be.

Regardless of the neighborhood, it is a quiet place and no tombstone I can tell was vandalized.

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