Minturn Cemetery

Chowchilla, CA · Cemeteries

Witnesses say apparitions chase cars down the dirt road past the cemetery; some have seen a woman screaming, children crying or laughing, and a man picking up trash around the graves. The cemetery is on private property, so please use common sense and courtesy.

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Address
Off Avenue 27
Chowchilla, CA
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GPS
37.14416396, -120.30117434
County
Madera County County, California
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Is Minturn Cemetery really haunted?
Visitors rate Minturn Cemetery at 76.9 out of 100 on our EHP (Estimated Haunted Probability) scale. So far 8 people have shared firsthand experiences from this location in the comments.
Where is Minturn Cemetery located?
The address is Off Avenue 27, Chowchilla, CA. GPS coordinates: 37.14416396, -120.30117434.
What kind of haunted place is Minturn Cemetery?
Minturn Cemetery is listed under Cemeteries in our California section.
What is the nearest town to Minturn Cemetery?
Chowchilla, CA is the closest town, about 2.7 miles away, with Le Grand (6.5 mi.) and Fairmead (7.6 mi.) also nearby.

Please note: It is your responsibility to acquire appropriate permissions before investigating any location listed on this site. Private property should be respected at all times, as should all posted signs concerning trespassing, hours of operation and other regulations.

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Comments (8)

  • Austin |

    I have a 2 hrs story that started with Minturn graves and turned into something much worse for 2 +months. It took a local preacher and 4 church members to cleanse my house to get demonic presence to leave!! Austinml1@yahoo.com to contact for full story...I have witnesses

    • Mike T. |

      Go ahead and tell the story here! I grew up in Chowchilla, and never went out there. Would love to hear what happened.

      • Noah DiBella |

        I would love to hear this story.

  • Julia |

    I too lived in Dos Palos in 2000. My family lived there until mid 2004. We moved 3 times in that town. We experienced so many things. One incident on Valeria St my neighbors house was haunted and the pastor from our church had to cleanse the house along with other members as well. I was 9 at the time. My friend saw a white face and figure in the kitchen. After I noticed the lights flickering from outside the back door by the kitchen. Nobody could have been there because they were out of town. I was riding my bike as the down went down . it was dark because these tall trees covered a part of the sky and I could see the moon bright.

  • Cherie Courtney |

    Myself and 3 others had an experience coming back from partying out there in 1986-87 at the railroad crossing Avenue 26 and the Road 15 offramp frontage road. Avenue 26 didnt use to be paved , the house was still standing then. A fence as been put around the graves to protect them by the current landf owner and no trace of the house is left....

  • anthony dimaggio |

    I really did visit the site, Halloween Night, 10/31/1980. The ol' Scored was 16 then. I wrote my original recollection of Minturn visit, on Weird Haunted Fresno Site. I went there with the Aquino sisters, and a vet named Rupiper. Who was at CHS as a junior, like myself. I was invited to go with the older sister, and ended up as the boyfriend of the younger sister, after that night! For 9 more years. The peeps that tell this story usually say there was no mention of children at the small grave site. WRONG. On Mama Minturn's epitaph, it reads something like, "....And my children shall rise...." That night, we were all creeped out. I stepped through the floor of the house. There were still furniture and belongings in the broken down house back then. We head a women sobbing, and kids screaming. I would not make that up. I was fucking terrified. I admit it. We got the heck out of there. About 4 months later, spring 1981, I took A.A. back out there with me, brand new battery, about a month old. We parked behind the minturn house. It was pitch black. After about a half hour of me landing on third base, finally, we were going to head back. Battery dead. We walked to the road, no cell phone then, and by complete chance some farm workers her dad hired were coming down the old road. I went back with her, and called her dad from a payphone to apologize for my car "breaking down at the movie theater". HAHAHA. wink wink. I got a tow truck to jump me out there. Never been back. Anthony Dimaggio Class of '82 Chowchilla Redskins

  • Amanda |

    I've been there many times as a teen...my grandfather heard me talking about it and asked if I was talking about the old dolbie house (spelling off lol) anyhow he said when my uncle was little before my mom was born they lived there and he worked the farm... he said granny claimed once something touched her... he's skeptical on ghosts but says she believed it was a ghost.. she always kept it up...I always think the odds that the dark weird girl in town lol and my papa and granny lived in the towns haunted house their name is Cox... I'm Amanda...

    • Anthony |

      That’s really interesting Amanda. I’m the dude that wrote about visiting the site. I didn’t know the house I stepped through was lived in by another family. I am still haunted by being disrespectful at the gravesite. I was 16 and stupid. Something attached to me from my first visit there.

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