In the 19th Century, many cities like Sandusky, Ohio were faced with devastating health crisis caused by rapid population growth which overwhelmed infrastructures not designed to accomodate rapid growth. Sanitation was a huge problem and easy access to clean water was sometimes non existent. So when the Cholera epidemics swept the country, cities like Sandusky were devastated and ill-prepared to effectively combat this monster before them. Between 1849 and 1854 the city suffered the greatest.

The absolute worst time was in 1849 and Sandusky was home to @5,000 people. Once the disease was introduced to the public, it swept through the city ultimately killing 400 people and burying people became a problem.
Sandusky became a ghost town and people fled the city in droves. Panic set in and maintaining the city became difficult. Doctors and nurses often had to travel in from outside he city.

There would be three more Cholera epidemics in Sandusky in 1850, 1852, and 1854, but they could not top the loss of life of the 1849 outbreak. This devastating catastrophy forever changed the city which decades to recover from.

Many of the dead were buried in mass graves at the Harrison Street cemetery which is known as the Cholera cemetery. In 1849, another cemetery opened nearby and the Harrison Street cemetery was forgotten and lost to time. Many of the headstones were lost to time and vandals.
An historical marker was placed at the sight honoring the brave people lost to the disease.

It is claimed that you can still hear whispered voices, the feeling of being watched and glimpses of dark shadows and forms moving around at night. Ive been there a number of times and Ive yet to experience anything super unusual but have yet to go at night. If you do visit, please be aware it is not in the best of neighborhoods. In the video, you can hear gunshots.