TOURS

    SINNERS, SCANDALS, and SUICIDES

    SINNERS, SCANDALS, and SUICIDES

    Presented by Laurel Hill Cemetery at Laurel Hill Cemetery

    October 16, 2011


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    Laurel Hill has its brave military heroes like George Gordon Meade, its uplifting reformers like Sarah Josepha Hale, and selfless philanthropists like Robert Carson. But what about the less than pure spirits?

     

    …The South Philly gangster who got whacked when he tried to infiltrate the Schuylkill County numbers racket? The Civil War hero who made his fortune from white lightning and who, because of his many illicit affairs, was referred to by the local press as "a slayer of innocence and a robber of chastity"? The chemical heiress who lost her money in an infamous Broadway bomb starring the producer's talentless girlfriend? The noted artist who committed suicide during the Depression when his priceless book and art collections were sold at auction for a few thousand dollars? The final resting places of these troubled souls will be among the many stops on our walking tour of Laurel Hill's scandalous, sinful and sordid side.

     


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        Laurel Hill Cemetery

        3822 Ridge Avenue
        Philadelphia, PA 19132

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      • Admission Info

        Tickets:

        Cost is $15/person; $12/members; $10/students and seniors

        Info Phone: (215) 228-8200

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      • Dates & Times

        Dates:
        October 16, 2011

        Times:

        2:00 PM

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