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    Green-Wood Cemetery After Dark

    By Nick Neyland http://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2011/06/10/a-trip-to-green-wood-cemetery-after-dark-without-dying-to-get-in/ JUNE 10, 2011, 1:08 PM ET Benjamin Norman for The Wall Street Journal Green-Wood Cemetery’s catacombs, which date back to the early 1850s, will be open to visitors during Saturday’s moonlight tour Green-Wood Cemetery has strict rules that keep visitors out after dark, but the historic burial ground will be crawling with the curious Saturday night for a rare moonlight tour. Cemetery historian Jeff Richman leads the tour, joined by accordionists hired to provide musical accompaniment.Visitors are encouraged to bring a flashlight to navigate the nearly 200-year-old cemetery’s winding pathways under a full moon. “People obviously like the idea of a cemetery in the dark,” Richman…