Old Olalla Cemetery

Old Olalla Cemetery is located in the Puget Sound region of Washington State. Established in 1901, the 1.5 acre burial ground contains victims of serial killer physician Linda Burfield Hazzard.
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As a self-described “fasting specialist,” Hazzard believed food was the source of all ailments. Patients who visited the “Institute of Natural Therapeutics” were exposed to food depravation, enemas, and violent massages designed to rid the body of toxins. After dozens went missing at “Starvation Heights,” it is believed the physician used Spiritualism to “lock patients up and starve ’em to skin ‘n bone”.

Hazzard secretly disposed of victims at Old Olalla Cemetery. Reports of “bodies buried all over” and “a kid finding human skulls” gave the site a haunted reputation. According to local lore, “no one but the very stupid or very brave” visit and “many who pass by…remark how air seems colder”.
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A few headstones and small post marker on the road shoulder are all that remain of the cemetery.

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Address: 13191 Olalla Valley Road SE, Olalla, WA.
​Sources: Fasting for Cure of Disease, Hazzard, (1908). Hazzard, Washington State Archives, (1913).