Grave Concerns

My mother went to great lengths to ensure her wishes were met after she died. My parents had two concrete crypts built in the cemetery. The top slab was tiled and the headstone prepared, ready for the appropriate lettering. As my father had died before Mum, his was already in place.

After Mum’s death in 1996, my daughter and her husband moved into her house in Proserpine, Queensland.

Months passed, and the undertaker still hadn’t finished the lettering and photo for Mum’s headstone. As time went by, strange things began to happen at her house. A broken wall clock in the kitchen began telling the right time without anyone touching it. A shower was inexplicably turned on in the middle of the night.

Sheer curtains would blow even when there was no breeze. Late one night, the brass handles on a sideboard in the dining room began to rattle. Odd things happened over and over again.

After 18 months we went to another undertaker, who quickly completed the headstone. Almost immediately, the unexplained happenings stopped. Clearly, Mum was now resting in peace. BY OLGA DUFTY