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Podcast: Cemeteries, graveyards in metro Atlanta

This week on accessAtlanta, burial places of the famous, infamous — and everything in between — in time for Halloween
Oakland Cemetery, shown with Atlanta's skyline as its backdrop, is one of 36 destinations participating in the metro area's inaugural Museum Week, April 25 to May 1. CONTRIBUTED BY REN AND HELEN DAVIS

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Oakland Cemetery, shown with Atlanta's skyline as its backdrop, is one of 36 destinations participating in the metro area's inaugural Museum Week, April 25 to May 1. CONTRIBUTED BY REN AND HELEN DAVIS
By Bria Felicien
Oct 28, 2020

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This Halloween, Atlantans can make their way to burial places of the famous, infamous — and everything in between. As Halloween and the Day of the Dead approach, freelance writer Mary Welch offers an overview of our area’s cemeteries and their residents.

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Bria Felicien is a published author and staff writer at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. She produces podcasts for the AJC.

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