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Dr. DeVore’s Trapdoor Grave

Edgefield, SC

The grave of Dr. William DeVore is associated with an unusual above-ground structure traditionally described as having a trapdoor or access hatch. Local stories offer competing explanations for the grave’s peculiar construction, helping turn a single burial into a longstanding Edgefield curiosity.

Filed under weird history: real events too strange to have made the textbook.

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Source: Roadside America

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