LaBelle Cemetery Oconomowoc Ghost?

**LinksToThePast** · 01-23-2005, 04:26 PM

La Belle Cemetery located in Oconomowoc, Waukesha County is location of a granite statute of a young woman standing near a cross. The story is told that sometimes an apparition of the girl is seen walking from the statute and drowning herself in the nearby Lake Fowler. Others have said to have seen her come to life and walk into Lac LaBelle (which is some distance away). It has also been told that the hands on the statue sometimes drip blood.

When visiting the cemetery, one finds the Surname Nathusius carved on the statue. Directly in front of the statue are buried:

Father Carl (1830-1921)
Mother Louise (1832-1917)
Brother Wilhelm (1865-1945)
Daughter Carolina (1865-1952)

Anyone heard of this story?
Anyone heard any history behind the legend?

LinksToThePast

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This post is for reference purposes only. If you do decide to check out the location(s) for yourself, please make sure that you have permission and obey all applicable laws. Under most ordinances, cemeteries are only open from sunrise to sunset.

**keith** · 01-23-2005, 05:21 PM

That's eerie! I have grandparents buried in this cemetery and I recall hearing this story many, many years ago! Anyone else with info, please post! I'll subscribe to this thread!

aly · 06-19-2005, 10:34 PM

Well, i've been to it. I have a friend who hunts ghosts and well there are about 4 different stories in the graveyard but i bet there are thousands more. It's said because it's a public graveyard that it obviously has ghosts, well it does. When I'm there i always have this eerie feeling, like there are so many emotions circled around one place. At the statue of y Mary (thats the one you mentioned) you feel sort of said and out of sorts, the statue is beautiful. It's said that she jumped off the bridge at the enterance and killed herself. She is seen wandering the graves, and there hasnt been many accounts of the supposed , but in photographs and if you just notice, her eyes turn black. It becomes very cold when you are by her grave. My friend was there with his car all the way off and keys were in his pocket, his cars engine turned on and revved, the lights flashed and it was over. In the pictures there are orbs and her eyes are black.

The other story is of the "Anchor Lady". She's the one seen drowning herself in the pond dealio in the cemetery. It's said that she tied an anchor tied around her leg and she carries it to the pond and lowers herself in and eventually dies of suffocation. We could not get a clear picture at her grave, three camera's were used in case of tampering. Including a digital camera. My friend felt like a cold hand went up her leg and i felt so cold and disturbed. She is a creepy statue and ghost to tell you the truth.

There is also the moving cript and the opened cript. I'm not sure because I've never seen it, but we found the one it was supposed to be and nothing happened.

Also in the direct center there is a cript of a person with the surname Khol. I'd say that was the hardest for me to stand by. It frightened me to no end. You just felt something by it. There is no story on it, but you could tell that it was different at the grave.

At certain points in the cemetery you feel different emotions, some points i felt so sad i was nearly in tears, others i was peaceful. And like at the anchor lady and y mary i felt like i could almost relate and this sort of sad depression feeling along with amazement was sort of on me. Then there are places where its like you get really angry and testy, and i had another spot where i felt total and utter contentment.

I was hyped about going there the first time. I had no idea about the stories or anything until we got in there and they told me why they brought me. The second i drove across the bridge i got a twitchy sort of feeling like i didnt belong there.

I honestly believe it is haunted, and living near it has let me experience the stories. I highly recommend visiting it, at least either in the daytime or sundown, i do not recommend though going at night unless you are positive you want to see a ghost, since that is when it is said you see y mary and anchor lady.

215johnandniki · 07-07-2005, 02:22 PM

When I was a kid I would go to that cemetary with my friends just to see that statue. We used to put make-up on it and then next thing you know it wasn't there. There's this strange feeling you get just by looking at the statue. It is beautiful but there's something haunting about it.

sunsetsforever6386 · 08-22-2005, 11:11 PM

i went there just last weekend and it was a creepy cemetery at night. I heard that the statue has had different stances, either her head up or her feet on different steps. I grabbed a flyer from the cemetery before i left and the picture of her in the flyer was in a different position than she actually was when i was there. So that was weird. Then i went to the top of the hill where there was one of those houses where they keep the people and on the top of it was my last name.I was like OH MY GOD!!! that was so creepy. Most likely coincidental, but very weird!!! i took a digital recorder and asked questions and listened to it after and i got some kind of voices on it. I dont know if there were real but i know i didnt say anything. I definetly want to go back and stay at night for a while and see if anything happens.

dawson22 · 04-04-2008, 07:26 PM

i've heard of this story many times!! A lot of teenagers play pranks in the cemetery and end up drawing w/ markers on the statues face and hands...so it only looks like blood. Do you know of any other hauntings in Oconomowoc?

wyattmtthws · 06-13-2008, 11:42 PM

woohh...that really gave me goosebumps...

i wasnt that familiar about oconomowoc but i know some ghost hauntings in other cemeteries..