Episode 1: The Spookiest Statue in the Cemetery…and the Smithsonian

A suicide brought it into existence. A copy of it turned evil. You can find a version of it in a graveyard, at the Smithsonian, at an artist's studio in New England...and outside, just around the corner from the White House. Come with me, J.W. Ocker, as we visit the Adams Memorial and its Mr. Hyde, the Black Aggie, and learn the strange story that entwines them.

Photos on OddThingsIveSeen.com of the funerary sculptures.

Sites you can visit:

• Rock Creek Cemetery (Adams Memorial): 201 Allison St NW, Washington, DC
• Druid Ridge Cemetery (Black Aggie pedestal): 7900 Park Heights Ave, Pikesville, MD
• Howard T. Markey National Courts Building (Black Aggie): 717 Madison Pl NW, Washington, DC
• Hay-Adams Hotel (Site of Clover Adams' suicide): 800 16th St NW, Washington, DC
• Saint-Gauden's National Historic Site (Home of sculptor, with a casting of the statue): 139 St Gaudens Rd, Cornish, NH
• Smithsonian American Art Museum (Site of a casting of the statue): F St NW &, 8th St NW, Washington, DC

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