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The Mysterious Crying Angel

Why would an angel cry?

The Haserot Angel, who guards the grave of Frances Haserot in Lake View Cemetery near Cleveland Ohio, has permanent tears. Haunting, yet beautiful, the Angel mourns and holds his quiet keep, revering the dead for 80 plus years now. Thousands visit the cemetery to see this famous monument. His expression: solemn, steadfast, honorable.... never changes, though covered perhaps in snow or fallen leaves, his tears continue to fall.

There are no words to describe the feeling that came over me the first time I viewed him. I wanted to comfort him. I wanted to embrace him. He seemed so real....so emotional.

There are many images on the web of him. Very few are available for use. I share here as many as I can, and point you to even more.

I hope your introduction to this mysterious angel is as powerful as mine!

The Angel of Death

Haserot's Angel

The famous, infamous and angels in between

He sits at the grave with an overturned Torch....Wings spread....Guardian of the Dead 

About the Haserot Angel

And Lakeview Cemetery

Some say the cemetery is haunted. There are many famous people buried there. There is one thing I can say without a doubt. The statues are phenomenal!
Famous Residents at Lake View Cemetery
James Abram Garfield
John Davison Rockefeller
Eliot Ness
and more.....
Lakeview Cemetery - The Haserot Angel
Lake View's most famous piece of graveside sculpture stands atop the grave of Francis Haserot and his family, near the Mark Hanna mausoleum at the edge of the cemetery proper
The sculptur's paradise at Lake View Cemetery
One of the most appealing features of Lake View Cemetery is its large collection of cemetery sculptures. It is truly a goth paradise, replete with classic tear-streaked angels and tragic women. The images featured below do not account for even half of the amazing sculptures to be found at the cemetery

Lakeview Cemetary

It's all beautiful

President James A. Garfield rests here.... as well as John Rockefeller and Elliot Ness - they get more credit than the Haserot Angel... what a shame!
Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, OH - Fall Foliage Driving Tour - October 28, 2011
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Art and Cemeteries

Comforting those who mourn

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How I Discovered Him

In Second Life at an Art Show

My friend in Second Life, Bittermuppet, took the photo that absolutely took my breath away.

This is the original blog post about it.
Haserot Angel

Angels and Ghost Stories

The stories they might tell

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A Poem on the Haserot Angel

Beautifully Read by the Author

Thanks to Steve Rudd for an awesome work of art on art...
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The Angel of Death

Tearful views

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One other tearful Angel

At the grave of the same Family?

By a different artist, in a different time, nearly 50 years before the famous Haserot Angel, in the same cemetery.....

Another Haserot headstone depicts a different angel. The only other crying angel I have ever seen.

Is it a coincidence?

Comforting, Beautiful, Inspiring Angels

Sure to spark conversation

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What Haunts or Inspires You?

Tell your Angel stories!

  • Tipi Oct 17, 2011 @ 7:57 pm | delete
    Oh my, I feel so blessed by this story. I love the pictures of the angel statue, its awesome. Very cool! ~ Blessed!
  • COUNTRYLUTHIER Sep 16, 2011 @ 8:00 pm | delete
    Very Interesting lens. I cannot say I have ever come across anything so unique. Thanks for inviting us into that very interesting cemetery scene.
  • JoshK47 Jun 14, 2011 @ 3:23 pm | delete
    Extremely haunting! Beautiful, but a little eerie...
  • mukunda22 Aug 4, 2009 @ 8:17 pm | delete
    This is unusual and makes me want to go to that cemetary.

    Maybe a pilgramage is in order!!

    Excellent work!! Bravo!!
  • Steve Rudd Aug 4, 2009 @ 4:46 pm | delete
    More on Angels

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBOan91aV9g
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