06/13/2026
Riverview Cemetery in Kewaunee, Wisconsin. The legend that has existed for decades surrounds the grave of a suspected witch, who was buried standing, to prevent her from escaping. It is said that anyone who defaces her grave will suffer an awful curse. Her name is Martha Jane Copland, who was buried in 1861. The inscription on her gravestone reads “cursed be the man who disrupts this grave”. While urban legends surround the graves about the early 1800-1900’s, inscriptions of this nature were made to ward off grave robbers!