Ghost Stories - Salem Cemetery

There have been many reports over the years of hauntings taking place in Salem Cemetery. Most people growing up in the area of the Durham Region have heard the tales of this site. There is a story of a grounds keeper who watches over the cemetery as a guardian. Others have seen shadows, apparitions and other strange activity. Here is an email we received from one of our readers:

I was looking at your sight when I saw the Salem Cemetery. I read the second paragraph then called my husband in to see it. It describes exactly what I saw when I was there with a friend of mine. We are both "ghost hunters" and Salem is a hot spot. As I read further I two know of this man you speak of and of the wolves. My experience with the man and lady were quite extensive. They are not friendly spirits and do not like you being there. I have had conversations with them, mostly the woman. She doesn't like the intrusions into the site. The man is also not friendly all the time. When we were there we were sitting on a patch of grass by the cemented tomb stones that had fallen over. Around 11:00pm that night the whole cemetery was buzzing with ghosts. I looked over to my right and there was a little boy sitting two feet away from me watching me. He was sitting cross legged and resting his elbows on his legs holding up his chin. He just sat and stared. He was wearing brown pants with suspenders the pants only came to mid-calf and were tightly cuffed. He had on a white blouse-like shirt and no shoes. His hair was short dirty blonde.

My friend that was sitting beside me started to feel anxious and said that who ever was on her side of the cemetery was angry, almost irate. We then shortly heard a howl, it was not exactly animals but it wasn't the wind either. We then heard twigs breaking in the woods that separate the cemetery from the golf course. I knew that it wasn't of this world. I was not nervous but we packed it in anyway.

As we were walking out of the cemetery and past the last row of stones closest to the road there was this big loud howl coming from inside the cemetery and I felt a push. I promptly turned and spoke to the man and lady telling them that it wasn't nice and that they should be more hospitable to company. As I walked out the howling started again and the push was from behind me.

DIRECTIONS
Take the Hwy 401, get off at Salem Road in Ajax. Then drive north on Salem up past Taunton Road. The Cemetery is on both sides of the road.