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Stoneking Cemetery

Stoneking Cemetery, East of Williamson
Russell, IA 50238

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This cemetery is rumored to be quite haunted and is located on a family plot that used to have an abandoned house. Some believe the trees in the back of the cemetery are dangerous and that anyone who walks behind them can see the Stone King sitting on his grave, and then they soon die. Others believe Joseph Stoneking was featured in the original "Children of the Corn" movie. Words on the headstone threaten the reader will soon join Joseph: “As you are now, I once was. As I am now, you soon will be. So, come face death and follow me.” Rumors state that no one can climb the stairs of the abandoned home, those who have tried have always stopped. There have also been reports of apparitions with missing hands and horrible burns.

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Tonight……

Tonight as the sun was setting and the full moon was rising we read the Stoneking grave stone. Seconds later we see a dollar bill on the ground both eerily look at each other thinking do not pick it up. It had been windy and it should not have not been there. Our soles may have a price but it’s not a dollar Lol. We won’t go to Stoneking again!

November 2025

Would Recommend Unsure
It's been decades since I've been there

I went alone just after my 18th birthday (I'm a couple months away from turning 48) I saw a few things that I can't explain, haunted? Possibly, either way it was an awesome experience. I need to go back. I also need to get back to Edinburgh Manor... It's worth looking up as well.

June 2025

Would Recommend Yes
High School and 10 years later

I visited Stoneking the first time with my girlfriend, friend, and friends little brother. The trip at night is sketchy since it is a level B in the middle of a forest with many turns. The only thing that happened while out there was getting out of the car I noticed the moon was a blood red color. Only my friends little brother (15 at the time) and myself noticed this detail. We did all the rituals involved with the graves in order to see the "floating orb" that was rumored. Nothing.

When I was visiting the town after years, my good buddy took me and my wife who is rather goth and hispanic. This is very dangerous to visit this place if you are a PoC as there is known Klan activity in the forest. There is also many rumors of cult activity regarding animal sacrifice. Aside from being eerie, this was a relatively calm trip but it did make us anxious as you can only see 20 yards ahead at any moment due to the road shifting.

July 2024

Would Recommend Yes
The cult

First off I live super close to stoneking and it’s horrific because you pass 1000 acres and The lords. My mom and some of her friends had similar experiences as people have like hearing things behind the trees and stuff. My sister as well took a picture at the front gate, it was not foggy or windy and she looked back at the photo and there was this figure behind her and it was just weird. I have went with a group at night and nothing happened but I went today with a friend and before we got there we turned around cause were obviously scared of what might happen and because The Lords houses. If you don’t know what they are it’s seen as an incest “cult” who are “cannibals”. They have no connection to us but they have had run in to people and they have helped. But that’s not the point, we turned around near a hunting ground and everything was off about things like the cattle and the wild life so we head back and we past this red truck and later my friend goes home and on the way back she sees the same red truck on the etchers side so that’s like south of my house so obviously she’s freaked out then a couple other trucks come out of no where and like it felt like we were followed home and like they waited. It was just a feeling of course. I know it sounds super fake but there is something wrong with the woods in the area of Weller and Russel.

June 2024

Would Recommend No
Stone King Cemetery

Me and my dad went there at night and we got EMF reading on our EMF reader it was mostly by the old old Graves we got a EMF to Orange by Lewis L Clark grave it is haunted We Believe something please don't go out there though we did this for a dare I talked to my friend on it and she started bleeding heavily and then it stopped after we stop talking about the ghosts that place is very haunted We Believe

February 2024

Would Recommend Yes
Go with a group

Heard stories/tales about this place growing up. Went with my girlfriend and her friend years ago in high school at night week of Halloween. Didn't get to see the cemetery that night as we pulled up, there were a group of older guys hanging there with a couple of cars. Turned back around but they started to follow us. Not sure what their intentions would have been had they stopped us but wasn't looking to find out. Scariest part was at times they would follow us with their headlights out. Took a couple wrong turns and they tried to block us off the road. Got to the point where I wouldn't have cared about causing any damage to our friends car just to ram them off the road. Still unsure how we didn't get in an accident to this day but finally lost them going back to town. Unsure about any spiritual things that go on out there but there are weird people/cults that hang around there.

October 2023

Would Recommend No
Spooky but not dangerous

Went as a teen with a friend and her parents. When we got there, my 35mm would not turn on. New batteries, new film, no damage or any previous issues. Even replaced the batteries and film just to be sure and it just would not turn on. I ended up giving up and using my digital camera which didn’t show anything out of the ordinary that I can recall. The photos are long gone by now unfortunately. Her parents went back into the trees but they saw nothing at Joseph’s stone. Both are alive and well today. Strangest thing was, after we left and drove off, I checked my 35mm again and it turned on as usual. Nothing wrong with it at all.

March 2022

Would Recommend Yes
Gravestone Headstone

What you say his headstone says is incorrect it actually says “ Dear children as you pass by, as you are now, so once was I, as I am now, so soon you’ll be, prepare for death and follow me my grandfather has known that since he’s was about 13 and he is 57.

December 2020

Would Recommend Unsure
Not haunted

I've camped out there! Theres nothing haunted about anything! I would recommend going to see a part of the old coal mining towns of the area which is rich in history! One of my favorite places to go be outdoors not just there but the area!

November 2020

Would Recommend Yes
Not haunted

I highly doubt it's haunted lol whoever thinks this is crazy

October 2020

Would Recommend Yes

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