Alexander GillisCharlottetown, Prince Edward Island1885 Finding a dead body in a cemetery shouldn’t be that remarkable an event. However, on Sunday, May 24, 1885, John Longworth found it to be one of the strangest experiences he’d lived through—and it took him three whole days to find that dead body in the first place. It began when John Longworth noticed that James Callaghan, the ancient groundskeeper of the Sherwood Cemetery located just outside of Charlottetown, had left a basket and garden tools outside his cottage home. “Those tools will rust in the rain,” Longworth said to himself. “Perhaps the old man forgot them outside. I’ll put them inside the door of his cottage where they’ll be safe. No doubt he’ll thank me for it.” He knocked on the door. No answer. He turned the knob and opened the door. “The place was a mess,” he later testified. Potato sets were laid out in a wicker basket in the porch, ready for planting.
