History Main / IndianBurialGround

* In ''Film/TheShining'', it is mentioned early on that the hotel was built on an old burial site.

* Played with in ''VideoGame/DarkFall : Ghost Vigil''. Investigating the haunting at Harwood House, you discover that a (British) burial site had been bulldozed and the bones, dumped in a hole by some would-be renovators in the 90s. The twist is, Harwood House was '''already''' so intensely haunted, by ghosts from the 18th century, the 1920s, and TheEighties, that a few additional spirits riled over the recent disturbance of their graves would just be more faces in a ''very'' large crowd.

* In ''VideoGame/TheSims3'',moving into a new house can trigger the "Indian Burial Ground" opportunity, summoning a few ghosts into the property. The player can choose to keep them or ask the repoman for help.

-->'''Phineas''': Actually, this is our backyard.
-->''({{Beat}})''
-->'''Old Coot''': If ya find any gold, it's mine!

* When Dr. Doofensmirtz is about to get kicked out of his building in ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'', he tries to spread this rumour to make it unsellable. As all his endeavours, this does not work.

** The fifth Scream Fortress event takes place around a portal to Hell the Mann brothers’ companies dug. Apparently Hell is pretty mundane, because the reason there’s possessed books and skeletons running around has nothing to do with that - it’s because they dug through an Indian burial ground to get there.

** In the fifth Scream Fortress event, the Mann brothers have died and the mercs job is to push the other brother's corpse into a portal to Hell. Said portal was discovered by a mining operation taking place in an Indian Burial Ground, which the Mann brothers {{facepalm}} over and ask why they didn't move the operation to a less haunted place. Said discovery also caused an army of skeletons to rise, acting as the neutral enemies for the map.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'', the Venture compound was built over an Apache burial ground. Their ghosts rise from the dead and wreak havoc every year on "the anniversary," to the point that bodyguard Brock Samson considers it more of an annoyance than anything. Usually Dr. Orpheus, necromancer extraordinaire, takes care of it.

* Marik in ''LetsPlay/MarikPlaysBloodlines'' searches a hotel haunted by Creator/MelGibson:

The reasons for the ancient Indian burial ground are plenty. Burial sites are often connected with [[EldritchAbomination Ancient Elder Evil]], and, in the USA, unless your definition of "ancient" is pretty flexible, that means Native Americans. Some tribes didn't give their burial grounds signs that they were graveyards, such as tombstones, memorials or rolling clouds of OminousFog. Native Americans are stereotypically assumed to be more [[MagicalNativeAmerican magical]], and hence will have niftier ghosts. The plotline can play off the concept of TheSavageIndian of TheWestern, or be used as a message about the [[NobleSavage compassionate native who got the shaft from settlers]] ''and then'' got an affordable three-bedroom home [[GreenAesop dumped on top of him by the evil real estate developer]].

The reasons for the ancient Indian burial ground are plenty. Burial sites are often connected with [[EldritchAbomination Ancient Elder Evil]], and, in the USA, unless your definition of "ancient" is pretty flexible, that means Native Americans. Some tribes didn't give their burial grounds signs that they were graveyards, such as tombstones, memorials or rolling clouds of OminousFog. Native Americans are stereotypically assumed to be more [[MagicalNativeAmerican magical]], and hence will have niftier ghosts. The plotline can play off the concept of TheSavageIndian of TheWestern, or be used as a message about the [[NobleSavage Compassionate Native Who Got the Shaft from Settlers]] ''and then'' got an affordable three-bedroom home [[GreenAesop dumped on top of him by the evil real estate developer]].

* Mentioned on ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' when the Carmichaels move in across the street from the Pickles. At the end of the episode, Randy Carmichael jokingly wonders if "that ancient Indian curse" their realtor warned them about has manifested in their next door neighbor Stu.

* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' ("Petergeist") parodied the film ''Film/{{Poltergeist|1982}}'' ([[ShallowParody despite it being a regular cemetery in the film]]). Peter builds a multiplex in the back yard, then discovers that underneath is an Indian burial ground. He then finds an ancient Indian skull and uses it as codpiece. And then uses it to pee in. You'd think building a multiplex over an Indian burial ground would be enough to get him haunted for life, but noooo...

** In the very first "Treehouse of Horror" Halloween special, it turns out the Simpsons' new house is cursed because it was built on Indian burial grounds. When he discovers this, Homer calls the realtor who sold the house to him and angrily accuses him of keeping it secret. He apparently mentioned it five or six times.

** In "Treehouse of Horror V", the first segment is a ''Film/TheShining'' parody, with the Simpson family moving into a haunted hotel.

** Mentioned in "Kamp Krusty" when Krusty the Klown reveals that the titular camp was built on an Indian burial ground. Subverted in that this fact is actually a sign of the camp's dismal quality, rather than actually affecting it. In the Simpsons' world, Krusty merchandise tends to be extremely shoddy and poor quality, if not outright dangerous to use.

** The pet shop in the episode with the {{evil twin}}s from the MirrorUniverse was built on an Indian cemetery. Though, that wasn't enough to anger the spirits, as the owner, one night, dug up the bodies, pissed on their bones, and buried them back upside down.

'''Store owner:''' Why? I don't know. [[AlcoholInducedIdiocy I was drunk.]]
** "Margorine" parodies ''Film/PetSematary1989'' when Butters' dad buries a dead pig (who he thinks is the dead Butters) in an ancient Indian burial ground to resurrect him. When Butters (who was FakingTheDead the whole time) returns, his dad assumes he CameBackWrong and locks him in the basement.
** "Asspen" has a character note that, among other things, K-13 was used as a burial ground by "a tribe of vampire Wichita Indians who ate the flesh of children with no eyes."