Seventh Day Baptist Cemetery — Burlington, Connecticut (known locally as Green Lady Cemetery).
History
The burying ground on Upson Road served the Seventh Day Baptist community; stones and use date to the late 18th century. It has been mislabeled “Burlington Center Cemetery” in some maps. Vandalism in the 1970s and again around 2010, plus weather, left few fully standing markers. Ownership and access have shifted; the site has been described as private property with police and neighbors watching for night trespass—always verify current access before any visit.
Local ghost lore — the Green Lady
Since at least the mid-20th century (stories intensified in the 1960s), locals have told of a woman in a green dress or green mist on damp or foggy nights. Many accounts name her Elisabeth (Elizabeth) Palmiter, a 19th-century woman of the Baptist community; versions differ on whether she searches for a child, a husband, or simply wanders the broken stones. Fox61 and regional podcasts still retell the legend each Halloween season. The “green fog taking feminine shape” motif is classic New England cemetery folklore—powerful as story, unproven as physics.
Ghosthound evidence
Three 1998 field plates from the production album.
Source: Green Lady Cemetery ’98.
Visit ethically: respect private property, daylight rules, and the fact that this is still a cemetery—not a playground.
