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Churchill Tunnel collapse tour
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点评：Rumors of a vampire lurking in the shadows of Hollywood Cemetery have circulated since the 1920s. The urban legend began with the Church Hill train tunnel collapse of 1925, when an apparent fanged creature was reported escaping into bookkeeper William Wortham Pool's grave. My guided tour began with this story.
Fact is always stranger than fiction! Pool, who in life resided in Woodland Heights, had died three years prior. His initials, "W.W. Pool," are engraved into stone; some say resembling a vampire's fangs. His full name however was William Wortham Pool. He was born in Mississippi in 1847, married his wife Alice in 1866 and they would go on to have four children.
The year 1913 was when W. W. Pool acquired the mausoleum for the first interment. It was originally built late in the 1850's when it was known as Dunnavant's vault. Despite no markings for him on the mausoleum, he died in 1922 of pneumonia and joined his wife and daughter at Section D Lot 26.
Not far from the graveyard is an old blocked railway known as The Church Hill Tunnel - built in 1873 - by the C & O, notoriously prone to problems. It had been closed for 20 year when a decision was made to renovate it and on October 2, 1925, a disastrous cave-in occurred, trapping, wounding and killing several labourers.
Shortly after, eyewitnesses saw a horrific creature running from the tunnel's end - with fanglike teeth and rolls of decomposing flesh hanging from its body. The creature is said to have sprinted into Richmond's Hollywood Cemetery and disappeared into the Pool mausoleum...In actuality, the 'vampire' is believed to have been Benjamin Mosby.
When the tunnel collapsed, the train's steam tank exploded. Mosby was struck making his skin peel off in rolls while flinging him back, smashing his teeth. He managed to escape crawling beneath the railcars and stumble out of the tunnel. He was rushed to Grace Hospital, where he died within 24 hours, but not before the legend was made.
Mosby also is laid to rest in Hollywood Cemetery. Among Richmond working men at the time, a slang for dying was 'going to Hollywood'. If vaults could only talk.
Fact is always stranger than fiction! Pool, who in life resided in Woodland Heights, had died three years prior. His initials, "W.W. Pool," are engraved into stone; some say resembling a vampire's fangs. His full name however was William Wortham Pool. He was born in Mississippi in 1847, married his wife Alice in 1866 and they would go on to have four children.
The year 1913 was when W. W. Pool acquired the mausoleum for the first interment. It was originally built late in the 1850's when it was known as Dunnavant's vault. Despite no markings for him on the mausoleum, he died in 1922 of pneumonia and joined his wife and daughter at Section D Lot 26.
Not far from the graveyard is an old blocked railway known as The Church Hill Tunnel - built in 1873 - by the C & O, notoriously prone to problems. It had been closed for 20 year when a decision was made to renovate it and on October 2, 1925, a disastrous cave-in occurred, trapping, wounding and killing several labourers.
Shortly after, eyewitnesses saw a horrific creature running from the tunnel's end - with fanglike teeth and rolls of decomposing flesh hanging from its body. The creature is said to have sprinted into Richmond's Hollywood Cemetery and disappeared into the Pool mausoleum...In actuality, the 'vampire' is believed to have been Benjamin Mosby.
When the tunnel collapsed, the train's steam tank exploded. Mosby was struck making his skin peel off in rolls while flinging him back, smashing his teeth. He managed to escape crawling beneath the railcars and stumble out of the tunnel. He was rushed to Grace Hospital, where he died within 24 hours, but not before the legend was made.
Mosby also is laid to rest in Hollywood Cemetery. Among Richmond working men at the time, a slang for dying was 'going to Hollywood'. If vaults could only talk.
翻译：自20世纪20年代起，就有关于吸血鬼潜伏在好莱坞公墓阴影中的传言流传开来。这一都市传说源于1925年丘奇希尔火车隧道坍塌事件——当时有人声称看到一只长着獠牙的怪物逃进了记账员威廉·沃瑟姆·普尔的墓穴中。我的导览之旅便是从这个故事开始的。
现实往往比虚构更离奇！生前住在伍德兰高地的普尔其实已于三年前去世。他的名字缩写为“W.W. Pool”。这些文字被刻在石头上；有人说它们看起来像吸血鬼的獠牙。不过他的全名是威廉·沃瑟姆·普尔。他于1847年出生于密西西比州，1866年与妻子艾丽斯成婚，两人后来育有四个孩子。
1913年，W.W.普尔购得了这座陵墓用于首次安葬。该陵墓最初建于19世纪50年代末，当时被称为“邓纳万特陵墓”。尽管陵墓上没有任何关于他的标记。他于1922年因肺炎去世，随后被安葬在D区26号墓地，与妻子和女儿合葬。
墓地不远处有一条早已废弃的铁路，被称为“教堂山隧道”——该隧道由C&O铁路公司于1873年修建，以问题频发而臭名昭著。这条隧道已关闭20年，后来决定对其进行修复。1925年10月2日，隧道发生了一场灾难性的坍塌，导致多名工人被困、受伤甚至丧生。
不久之后。目击者们看到一个恐怖的怪物从隧道尽头跑出来——它长着獠牙般的牙齿，身上还挂着一团团正在腐烂的肉块。据说那只怪物飞奔进了里士满的好莱坞公墓，随后消失在“泳池陵墓”中……实际上，这个“吸血鬼”据信就是本杰明·莫斯比。
隧道坍塌时，火车上的蒸汽罐发生了爆炸。莫斯比被冲击波击中，皮肤成块剥落，整个人也被震得向后飞了出去，牙齿也全部碎裂。他设法从火车车厢下方爬了出来，踉跄着逃出了隧道。他被紧急送往格雷斯医院，虽在24小时内便去世，但传奇故事已然诞生。
莫斯比也安葬在好莱坞公墓。在当时的里士满劳工群体中，“去好莱坞”是“死亡”的俚语说法。那些墓穴要是能说话就好了。
现实往往比虚构更离奇！生前住在伍德兰高地的普尔其实已于三年前去世。他的名字缩写为“W.W. Pool”。这些文字被刻在石头上；有人说它们看起来像吸血鬼的獠牙。不过他的全名是威廉·沃瑟姆·普尔。他于1847年出生于密西西比州，1866年与妻子艾丽斯成婚，两人后来育有四个孩子。
1913年，W.W.普尔购得了这座陵墓用于首次安葬。该陵墓最初建于19世纪50年代末，当时被称为“邓纳万特陵墓”。尽管陵墓上没有任何关于他的标记。他于1922年因肺炎去世，随后被安葬在D区26号墓地，与妻子和女儿合葬。
墓地不远处有一条早已废弃的铁路，被称为“教堂山隧道”——该隧道由C&O铁路公司于1873年修建，以问题频发而臭名昭著。这条隧道已关闭20年，后来决定对其进行修复。1925年10月2日，隧道发生了一场灾难性的坍塌，导致多名工人被困、受伤甚至丧生。
不久之后。目击者们看到一个恐怖的怪物从隧道尽头跑出来——它长着獠牙般的牙齿，身上还挂着一团团正在腐烂的肉块。据说那只怪物飞奔进了里士满的好莱坞公墓，随后消失在“泳池陵墓”中……实际上，这个“吸血鬼”据信就是本杰明·莫斯比。
隧道坍塌时，火车上的蒸汽罐发生了爆炸。莫斯比被冲击波击中，皮肤成块剥落，整个人也被震得向后飞了出去，牙齿也全部碎裂。他设法从火车车厢下方爬了出来，踉跄着逃出了隧道。他被紧急送往格雷斯医院，虽在24小时内便去世，但传奇故事已然诞生。
莫斯比也安葬在好莱坞公墓。在当时的里士满劳工群体中，“去好莱坞”是“死亡”的俚语说法。那些墓穴要是能说话就好了。
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