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directions

Take I-75 North to I-275 West. From I-275 take the Hamilton Ave/SR-127 exit (exit 36) and turn right on Hamilton Ave/SR-127. Hamilton Avenue changes its name to Pleasant Avenue. Follow this road for about five miles until you cross Hill Avenue. Just past Hill Avenue on Pleasant, Beth Israel Cemetery will be on your left. There is a Catholic cemetery across the street on your right.

history

This cemetery was built in response to the need for more Jewish cemeteries throughout the Cincinnati area. In 1849 when the cholera epidemic hit Cincinnati, there was just one Jewish cemetery in the city. Cholera quickly filled this cemetery so the Jewish community built several others in the Greater Cincinnati area to fulfill the need for consecrated Jewish burial grounds. Today it is still in operation, and it is well kept.

ghost story

This cemetery is supposedly a hotbed for EVP activity. I have not run across any stories of figures or even ghostly, disembodied sounds coming at any time of the day or night, but I have heard about people recording a strange voice they didn’t hear at the time they were there. Many times the recordings feature human whispers, but some include a barking dog or a ringing church bell that wasn’t heard when the recording was made.

visiting

As far as I can tell, this cemetery is open throughout the night. There are no signs on the gates advertising any hours of operation, and the gates are always open. I have come to this cemetery many times during the late hours of the night and have never been approached or questioned as to my intentions there.

At the same time, I can’t stress enough how important it is that you stay respectful within the cemetery, especially if you are there late at night. If people are running around, yelling, and screaming, someone is sure to call the police, and although it doesn’t close at night, I would be on the side of any police officer who arrests someone being disrespectful in a cemetery. If you go there late at night, quietly make a recording and ask respectful questions to those who are there—those who seem so anxious to speak with the living.