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October 3 @ 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Nightfall Chronicles: 50 Ways to Die

Oakland Cemetery 248 Oakland Avenue Southeast, Atlanta

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Nightfall Chronicles: 50 Ways to Die

October 3 @ 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Nightfall Chronicles: 50 Ways to Die

Nightfall Chronicles is a sunset tour series featuring Oakland's popular walking tours. Early Atlanta was not a sleepy southern community. it had more in common with the Wild West. Life in this railroad town often ended in violence or tragedy. Diseases spread rapidly thanks to Atlanta’s humid climate and swampy land. While advances in medicine…

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248 Oakland Ave, SE
Atlanta, GA 30312
404-549-8932
info@oaklandcemetery.com

Open dawn to dusk, year-round.

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Advance ticket sales to Capturing the Spirit of Oakland Halloween Tours
Discounted tickets for up to four people to select events like Sunday in the Park ft. Tune from the Tombs and Illumine
Free admission to any of our special topics tours for individuals listed on the membershipTwo guest tour passes to bring friends for a special topic tour
Exclusive members-only appreciation event
Member Only nights to our Spring and Fall Plant Sales
10% off purchases at our Visitor Center & Museum Store
Discounts on Scavenger Hunts, 5K races & elevated tours like Malts & Vaults, Night Fall Chronicles & Love Stories
10% off one dinner entrée at Six Feet Under Pub and Fish House (must show membership card to redeem discount)

There are two ways to search burials: mapped burials and unlocated burials. Mapped Burials have a documented lot location at Oakland. If a burial is unlocated, that may mean the individual was moved moved to another cemetery. It may also mean there are incomplete records for the burial that do not allow it to mapped.

To find the burial location and record, enter the name of the individual. The tool will locate the individual on the map with a black dot. Clicking on the black dot pulls up the burial record and section information.