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TruthInTelevision to a point: from time to time a real estate developer in America ''will'' actually be chagrined to discover that their brand new subdivision was at one time the cemetery of a local tribe or a forgotten frontier settlement. It's also worth noting that in decades past less scrupulous developers occasionally quietly disposed of such remains in the nearest empty hole, and even the more respectful tended to gather the remains and inter them en-mass in the local public cemetary with little to no effort made to identify them. This trope, however, seems be a case of a SpaceWhaleAesop resulting in positive real world changes: These days the discovery of such sites by developers not wishing to [[TemptingFate Tempt Fate]] [[note]]or at least not wishing to lose potential home buyers who don't feel like putting their own skepticism to the test...[[/note]] usually results in [[SlaveToPR very public demonstrations]] of utmost respect, proper archeological investigations, and dignified relocation or reinterring of the remains

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TruthInTelevision to a point: from time to time a real estate developer in America ''will'' actually be chagrined to discover that their brand new subdivision was at one time the cemetery of a local tribe or a forgotten frontier settlement. It's also worth noting that in decades past past, less scrupulous developers occasionally quietly disposed of such remains in the nearest empty hole, and even the more respectful tended to gather the remains and inter them en-mass in the local public cemetary cemetery with little to no effort made to identify them. This trope, however, seems to be a case of a SpaceWhaleAesop resulting in positive real world changes: These days the discovery of such sites by developers not wishing to [[TemptingFate Tempt Fate]] [[note]]or at least not wishing to lose potential home buyers who don't feel like putting their own skepticism to the test...[[/note]] usually results in [[SlaveToPR very public demonstrations]] of utmost respect, proper archeological investigations, and dignified relocation or reinterring of the remains
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A common explanation for supernatural goings-on in America, most commonly seen in movies coming in two common varieties: A HauntedHouse is built on an ancient Indian burial ground. The disturbed spirits of the ancients of the land then enact their bloody vengeance against those who wake them by turning off the lights, making hooting noises, creating flies and maybe, if they feel up to it despite being dead, killing people.

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A common explanation for supernatural goings-on in America, the UsefulNotes/UnitedStates, most commonly seen in movies coming in two common varieties: A HauntedHouse is built on an ancient Indian burial ground. The disturbed spirits of the ancients of the land then enact their bloody vengeance against those who wake them by turning off the lights, making hooting noises, creating flies and maybe, if they feel up to it despite being dead, killing people.
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* At the start of ''Film/BoneEater'', a construction crew desecrates one to build Dick Krantz's casino despite the local tribe's protests, awakening the titular monster which kills the crew employees. He eventually pays dearly for his attempt when the monster comes to kill him.

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* At the start of ''Film/BoneEater'', a construction crew desecrates one to build Dick Krantz's casino despite the local tribe's protests, awakening the titular monster which kills the crew employees. He Krantz himself eventually pays dearly for his attempt when the monster comes to kill him.
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* At the start of ''Film/BoneEater'', a construction crew desecrates one to build Dick Krantz's casino despite the local tribe's protests, awakening the titular monster which kills the crew employees. He eventually pays dearly for his attempt when the monster comes to kill him.
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* ''Film/FromDuskTillDawn'' has a variant, with the final shot revealing that the vampire-infested strip club is actually the top layer of a mostly buried {{Mayincatec}} pyramid.
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* In ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', the episode "Pangs" concern a tribal spirit that gets released when Xander excavates some land for a building site. Amongst other things, it gives him a venereal disease. Which one? ''All of them''.

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* In ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', the The ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' episode "Pangs" concern "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS4E8Pangs Pangs]]" concerns a tribal spirit that gets released when Xander excavates some land for a building site. Amongst other things, it gives him a venereal disease. Which one? ''All of them''.



* Variation: the ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' episode "Bugs" put the killer bug infestation up to the fact that the houses were built on what had once been an Indian village. After the village was destroyed by the Europeans, the village chief cursed the land so that no white man could ever live there.

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* Variation: the ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' episode "Bugs" put "[[Recap/SupernaturalS01E08Bugs Bugs]]" puts the killer bug infestation up to the fact that the houses were built on what had once been an Indian village. After the village was destroyed by the Europeans, the village chief cursed the land so that no white man could ever live there.
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* Inverted in an episode of ''Series/WellingtonParanormal'' (a New Zealand parody of the X-files and Cops) when Sergeant Maaka discovers that the police station was overrun with ghosts because it was built on the site of an old cemetery belonging to what he calls the "Pākehā" (the Maori word for Caucasians).
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* [[Wiki/SCPFoundation SCP]]-[[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-4697 4697]] is a former First Nations residential school in northern Ontario with a mass grave of deceased students on the premises, which is fittingly spectacularly haunted. The Foundation's ongoing refusal to return the remains of the deceased students to their families is clearly not helping.

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* [[Wiki/SCPFoundation [[Website/SCPFoundation SCP]]-[[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-4697 4697]] is a former First Nations residential school in northern Ontario with a mass grave of deceased students on the premises, which is fittingly spectacularly haunted. The Foundation's ongoing refusal to return the remains of the deceased students to their families is clearly not helping.

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* Creator/The1491s: Migizi is unfazed by Dallas's claim of being haunted by an Indian man in "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZJ01CAMfyc Cabin in the... Forestses]]," stating that his isolated log cabin was built on an Indian burial ground. They set out a spirit plate for the ghost, who pulls out cutlery and a napkin to eat their offering and smokes their provided cigarette before happily skipping off into the woods.



** ''Sniff'' is about a guy whose Granny's house in Glasgow is built on a collapsed mine. The story recounts how the narrator was woken up one night by the sound of sniffing. The house is haunted by one of the pit mules trapped in the accident

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** ''Sniff'' is about a guy whose Granny's house in Glasgow is built on a collapsed mine. The story recounts how the narrator was woken up one night by the sound of sniffing. The house is haunted by one of the pit mules trapped in the accidentaccident.
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* In ''Machinima/FreemansMind'', Gordon Freeman speculates early on that the Black Mesa research lab was built on an Indian burial ground, given its New Mexico location. He starts doubting it later on when finding that the entire facility is built inside a literal mesa.

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* In ''Machinima/FreemansMind'', ''WebVideo/FreemansMind'', Gordon Freeman speculates early on that the Black Mesa research lab was built on an Indian burial ground, given its New Mexico location. He starts doubting it later on when finding that the entire facility is built inside a literal mesa.
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* Inverted in ''Series/RutherfordFalls'', where some Native American characters come to believe that a cultural center located in an old colonial house is haunted by disgruntled white ghosts, and try to appease them using traditional gear such as Chardonnay, ''{{Series/Cheers}}'' [=DVDs=] and Malcolm Gladwell books.
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* [[Wiki/SCPFoundation SCP]]-[[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-4697 4697]] is a former First Nations residential school in northern Ontario with a mass grave of deceased students on the premises, which is fittingly spectacularly haunted. The Foundation's ongoing refusal to return the remains of the deceased students to their families is clearly not helping.
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** 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 (which was, for a time, the page picture). 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.

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** 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 (which was, for a time, the page picture).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.
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* In ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', the reason that the [[EldritchAbomination Angels]] always make a beeline for [[GovernmentAgencyOfFiction NERV]] HQ is because it was built on top of the remains of the [[MonsterProgenitor First Angel Adam]], which they seek to use to [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt trigger Third Impact]] [[KillAllHumans and reclaim Earth for themselves]].

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* In ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', the reason that the [[EldritchAbomination Angels]] always make a beeline for [[GovernmentAgencyOfFiction NERV]] HQ is because it was built on top of the remains of the [[MonsterProgenitor First Second Angel Adam]], Lilith]], which they seek to use to [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt trigger Third Impact]] [[KillAllHumans and reclaim Earth for themselves]].
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* In ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', the reason that the [[EldritchAbomination Angels]] always make a beeline for [[GovernmentAgencyOfFiction NERV]] HQ is because it was built on top of the remains of the [[MonsterProgenitor First Angel Adam]], which they seek to use to [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt cause Third Impact]] [[KillAllHumans and reclaim Earth for themselves]].

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* In ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', the reason that the [[EldritchAbomination Angels]] always make a beeline for [[GovernmentAgencyOfFiction NERV]] HQ is because it was built on top of the remains of the [[MonsterProgenitor First Angel Adam]], which they seek to use to [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt cause trigger Third Impact]] [[KillAllHumans and reclaim Earth for themselves]].
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* In ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', the reason that the [[EldritchAbomination Angels]] always make a beeline for [[GovernmentAgencyOfFiction NERV]] HQ is because it was built on top of the remains of the [[MonsterProgenitor First Angel Adam]], which they seek to use to [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt cause Third Impact]] [[KillAllHumans and reclaim Earth for themselves]].
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* In ''Franchise/StarWars'', it's established that part of the reason the Jedi were unable to forsee the Film/RevengeOfTheSith was because they built their Temple on top of an ancient Sith shrine after the Great Hyperspace War in an attempt to neutralize the DarkSide energies it produced.
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* Beloit College, in Beloit, Wisconsin, is built among indigenous burial mounds. In the college's early days, the Anthropology Department sometimes excavated them, though that particular practice has fallen out of favor. Woe to any unsuspecting freshman that forgets to avoid them while walking across the quad, as the student body has become very protective of the mounds' sanctity.
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* In ''Literature/HowToSurviveAHorrorMovie'', a sign your house may be haunted is Native Americans showing up to ask, "Where's our cemetary?"
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** "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."
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TruthInTelevision to a point: from time to time a real estate developer in America ''will'' actually be chagrined to discover that their brand new subdivision was at one time the cemetery of a local tribe or a forgotten frontier settlement. Its also worth noting that in decades past less scrupulous developers occasionally quietly disposed of such remains in the nearest empty hole, and even the more respectful tended to gather the remains and inter them en-mass in the local public cemetary with little to no effort made to identify them. This trope, however, seems be a case of a SpaceWhaleAesop resulting in positive real world changes: These days the discovery of such sites by developers not wishing to [[TemptingFate Tempt Fate]] [[note]]or at least not wishing to lose potential home buyers who don't feel like putting their own skepticism to the test...[[/note]] usually results in [[SlaveToPR very public demonstrations]] of utmost respect, proper archeological investigations, and dignified relocation or reinterring of the remains

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TruthInTelevision to a point: from time to time a real estate developer in America ''will'' actually be chagrined to discover that their brand new subdivision was at one time the cemetery of a local tribe or a forgotten frontier settlement. Its It's also worth noting that in decades past less scrupulous developers occasionally quietly disposed of such remains in the nearest empty hole, and even the more respectful tended to gather the remains and inter them en-mass in the local public cemetary with little to no effort made to identify them. This trope, however, seems be a case of a SpaceWhaleAesop resulting in positive real world changes: These days the discovery of such sites by developers not wishing to [[TemptingFate Tempt Fate]] [[note]]or at least not wishing to lose potential home buyers who don't feel like putting their own skepticism to the test...[[/note]] usually results in [[SlaveToPR very public demonstrations]] of utmost respect, proper archeological investigations, and dignified relocation or reinterring of the remains

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* When construction began on the Superdome in New Orleans, the graves of the victims of yellow fever turned up. Some claim this was why it took the Saints so long to have a winning season, though the Saints were a losing team before the Superdome was even conceived.
** According to Wiki/TheOtherWiki, the Saints began play in the same year that the Superdome was designed so they were not yet a losing or a winning team. League rules of the time decidedly did not favor expansion teams, an expansion team of the time would not be expected to become competitive for at least a half-decade. The Saints needed ''two'' decades to get their first winning season, and several more to get their first playoff victory, and another two decades to reach the UsefulNotes/SuperBowl. By comparison, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who initiated their franchise with an [=NFL=]-record 26-game losing streak, were in contention to reach the Super Bowl in only their fourth season. And, by the way, that Buccaneer losing streak was broken...against the Saints, in the Superdome.
* The prospective wind farm planned for a few miles offshore of Cape Cod has run into this among its many, many public relations problems. It's not so much the issue of a curse they're worried about as it is the protests of living Native Americans.
** This is not, incidentally, an example of Native Americans practicing burial at sea. The wind farm is to be built on a shoal that's all that remains of a peninsula where the Wampanoag buried their dead that began to sink beneath the waves about six thousand years ago. To the Wampanoag, this is like building a power plant on top of Stonehenge.
* In the state of Kansas, only Indians get to run true casinos, with a handful of exceptions which are mostly in DevelopmentHell. Indian casinos must be on Indian land. Kansas City, Kansas had an Indian burial ground right in the heart of downtown; once gambling became entrenched on the Missouri side of the KC metro area, the Indians who owned the burial ground built a casino right on top of it. KCK tried to shut the place down, but failed. All casinos are cursed regardless, so it doesn't matter quite as much.

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* When construction began on the Superdome in New Orleans, the graves of the victims of yellow fever turned up. Some claim this was why it took the Saints so long to have a winning season, though the Saints were a losing team before the Superdome was even conceived.
** According to Wiki/TheOtherWiki, the Saints began play in the same year that the Superdome was designed so they were not yet a losing or a winning team. League rules of the time decidedly did not favor expansion teams, an expansion team of the time would not be expected to become competitive for at least a half-decade. The Saints needed ''two''
two decades to get their first a winning season, season and several a couple more to get their first playoff victory, and another two decades to reach the UsefulNotes/SuperBowl. By comparison, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who initiated their franchise with an [=NFL=]-record 26-game losing streak, were in contention to reach the Super Bowl in only their fourth season. And, by the way, that Buccaneer losing streak was broken...against the Saints, in the Superdome.
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* The prospective wind farm planned for a few miles offshore of Cape Cod has run into this among its many, many public relations problems. It's not so much the issue of a curse they're worried about as it is the protests of living Native Americans.
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Americans. This is not, incidentally, an example of Native Americans practicing burial at sea. The wind farm is to be built on a shoal that's all that remains of a peninsula where the Wampanoag buried their dead that began to sink beneath the waves about six thousand years ago. To the Wampanoag, this is like building a power plant on top of Stonehenge.
* In the state of Kansas, only Indians get to run true casinos, with a handful of exceptions which are mostly in DevelopmentHell. Indian casinos must be on Indian land. Kansas City, Kansas had an Indian burial ground right in the heart of downtown; once gambling became entrenched on the Missouri side of the KC metro area, the Indians who owned the burial ground built a casino right on top of it. KCK tried to shut the place down, but failed. All casinos are cursed regardless, so it doesn't matter quite as much.
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* ''Series/{{CSI}}'': In the BPlot of "The Case of the Cross-Dressing Carp", a skeleton is found on the site of Sam Braun's old casino as it is being demolished. When Sara investigates, she finds Native American artifacts near the remains, she calls a halt to everything until their origins can be determined. The developers are worried that the site is a Native American burial ground; not because of any curse but beacuse if it is, the whole project will have to be shut down until a complete archaeological examination is conducted. However, the bones turn out to belong to a reporter who was murdered in 1964 while dressed in a Native American stage costume, and whose body was dumped in the casino foundation.

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* ''Series/{{CSI}}'': In the BPlot BStory of "The Case of the Cross-Dressing Carp", a skeleton is found on the site of Sam Braun's old casino as it is being demolished. When Sara investigates, she finds Native American artifacts near the remains, she calls a halt to everything until their origins can be determined. The developers are worried that the site is a Native American burial ground; not because of any curse but beacuse if it is, the whole project will have to be shut down until a complete archaeological examination is conducted. However, the bones turn out to belong to a reporter who was murdered in 1964 while dressed in a Native American stage costume, and whose body was dumped in the casino foundation.
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* Parodied in [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2008/05/24/episode-996-renovations/ this]] ''WebComic/EightBitTheater'', where a temple was built on top of the graveyard where graveyards, which had evil stuff built on them, were relocated.
* Also parodied in [[http://basicinstructions.net/basic-instructions/2011/10/13/how-to-tell-a-scary-story-rerun.html this strip]] of ''Webcomic/BasicInstructions''. And inverted in [[http://basicinstructions.net/basic-instructions/2009/8/19/how-to-create-an-original-story.html#comment6394557 this one.]]
* ''Webcomic/GoblinHollow'': [[http://www.rhjunior.com/GH/00201.html Why Beltane claimed to want to perform a rite there.]] [[spoiler: The only thing they were burying there was garbage, however. She really just wanted to harass Ben.]]
* Inverted in the HalloweenEpisode of ''Webcomic/{{Rhapsodies}}'' where the Native American resort the Circle Band is performing at is built over [[http://rhapsodies.wpmorse.com/comic/10092012/ a graveyard that used to be used by some of the old lumber camps.]]
* In ''WebComic/TheWhiteboard'' Tawny asks if the "outlaw" paintball field (where safety rules are ignored) is something like an old burial ground where [[http://the-whiteboard.com/autotwb1229.html "they only buried the really stupid ones."]]
* Played for laughs in ''WebComic/{{xkcd}}'' with [[http://xkcd.com/782/ this comic.]]
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* Parodied in [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2008/05/24/episode-996-renovations/ this]] ''WebComic/EightBitTheater'', where a temple was built on top of the graveyard where graveyards, which had evil stuff built on them, were relocated.
* ''Webcomic/GoblinHollow'': [[http://www.rhjunior.com/GH/00201.html Why Beltane claimed to want to perform a rite there.]] [[spoiler: The only thing they were burying there was garbage, however. She really just wanted to harass Ben.]]
* Played for laughs in ''WebComic/{{xkcd}}'' with [[http://xkcd.com/782/ this comic.]]
* Also parodied in [[http://basicinstructions.net/basic-instructions/2011/10/13/how-to-tell-a-scary-story-rerun.html this strip]] of ''Webcomic/BasicInstructions''. And inverted in [[http://basicinstructions.net/basic-instructions/2009/8/19/how-to-create-an-original-story.html#comment6394557 this one.]]
* In ''WebComic/TheWhiteboard'' Tawny asks if the "outlaw" paintball field (where safety rules are ignored) is something like an old burial ground where [[http://the-whiteboard.com/autotwb1229.html "they only buried the really stupid ones."]]
* Inverted in the HalloweenEpisode of ''Webcomic/{{Rhapsodies}}'' where the Native American resort the Circle Band is performing at is built over [[http://rhapsodies.wpmorse.com/comic/10092012/ a graveyard that used to be used by some of the old lumber camps.]]
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* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/BackAtTheBarnyard'' had Otis disturbing the spirits of deceased house pets when he built a shack over where they were buried.
* ''WesternAnimation/DrawnTogether'' has the episode "Ghostesses In the Slot Machines", where the cast discovers that the house was built on top of an ancient Indian burial ground during a remodeling challenge which disturbs the spirits and makes them haunt the house. To appease them, the housemates gives them a muddy patch of dirt in the backyard where the swingset used to be. The spirits wants to honor the land like their ancestors would have wanted; by building a casino on it.
-->'''Princess Clara:''' Genocide is easily rectified through inadequate compensation!



* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'':
** 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.
--->'''Kyle:''' Why!?\\
'''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.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
** 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 (which was, for a time, the page picture). 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.
--->'''Lisa:''' An ancient Indian burial ground!\\
'''Bart:''' Wow, this place has everything!
** In "Treehouse of Horror V", the first segment is a ''Film/TheShining'' parody, with the Simpson family moving into a haunted hotel.
--->'''Mr. Burns:''' This house has quite a long and colorful history. It was built on an ancient Indian burial ground and was the setting of satanic rituals, witch-burnings, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking five John Denver Christmas specials]].\\
'''Homer Simpson:''' ''[shivers in fear]'' [[FauxHorrific John Denver]]...
** 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.
* 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.

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* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'':
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The pet shop in song "Rockin' 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, Suburbs" used as the owner, one night, dug up ending song for ''WesternAnimation/OverTheHedge'' had the bodies, pissed on their bones, verse:
-->''In our house, safe
and buried them back upside down.
--->'''Kyle:''' Why!?\\
'''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.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
** In the very first "Treehouse of Horror" Halloween special, it turns out the Simpsons' new house is cursed because it was built
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When Dr. Doofensmirtz is about to get kicked out of his building in ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'', he discovers this, Homer calls the realtor who sold the house tries to him and angrily accuses him of keeping it secret. He apparently mentioned it five or six times.
--->'''Lisa:''' An ancient Indian burial ground!\\
'''Bart:''' Wow,
spread this place has everything!
** In "Treehouse of Horror V", the first segment is a ''Film/TheShining'' parody, with the Simpson family moving into a haunted hotel.
--->'''Mr. Burns:''' This house has quite a long and colorful history. It was built on an ancient Indian burial ground and was the setting of satanic rituals, witch-burnings, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking five John Denver Christmas specials]].\\
'''Homer Simpson:''' ''[shivers in fear]'' [[FauxHorrific John Denver]]...
** Mentioned in "Kamp Krusty" when Krusty the Klown reveals that the titular camp was built on an Indian burial ground. Subverted in that
rumour to make it unsellable. As all his endeavours, 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 does not outright dangerous to use.
* 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.
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* The song "Rockin' the Suburbs" used as the ending song for ''WesternAnimation/OverTheHedge'' had the verse:
-->''In our house, safe and sound--\\
Built on Indian burial grounds''



* 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.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
** 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 (which was, for a time, the page picture).
When Dr. Doofensmirtz is about he discovers this, Homer calls the realtor who sold the house to get kicked out him and angrily accuses him of his building in ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'', he tries to spread keeping it secret. He apparently mentioned it five or six times.
--->'''Lisa:''' An ancient Indian burial ground!\\
'''Bart:''' Wow,
this rumour to make it unsellable. As all his endeavours, place has everything!
** In "Treehouse of Horror V", the first segment is a ''Film/TheShining'' parody, with the Simpson family moving into a haunted hotel.
--->'''Mr. Burns:''' This house has quite a long and colorful history. It was built on an ancient Indian burial ground and was the setting of satanic rituals, witch-burnings, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking five John Denver Christmas specials]].\\
'''Homer Simpson:''' ''[shivers in fear]'' [[FauxHorrific John Denver]]...
** Mentioned in "Kamp Krusty" when Krusty the Klown reveals that the titular camp was built on an Indian burial ground. Subverted in that
this does 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 work.outright dangerous to use.
* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'':
** 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.
--->'''Kyle:''' Why!?\\
'''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.
* 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.



* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/BackAtTheBarnyard'' had Otis disturbing the spirits of deceased house pets when he built a shack over where they were buried.
* ''WesternAnimation/DrawnTogether'' has the episode "Ghostesses In the Slot Machines", where the cast discovers that the house was built on top of an ancient Indian burial ground during a remodeling challenge which disturbs the spirits and makes them haunt the house. To appease them, the housemates gives them a muddy patch of dirt in the backyard where the swingset used to be. The spirits wants to honor the land like their ancestors would have wanted; by building a casino on it.
-->'''Princess Clara:''' Genocide is easily rectified through inadequate compensation!

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* In an issue of ''Comicbook/TheIncredibleHulk'', the eponymous Hulk lands in a Wild West Ghost Town, which was 'ghosted' by the vengeful ghosts of a nearby Indian Burial Ground, who were disturbed by the greed of the gold-miners. There, he gets attacked by Pariah, an undead cowboy wielding a [[GreenRocks Glowing Green Rock]] infused with the howling souls of a thousand angry indians.
* In one Donald Duck story, Indian Ghosts suddenly appear in Donald and the boys' house (after Donald made a huge short circuit by wiring all household appliances on one plug hole). Subverted, as the boys first think it's a case of ole' Indian burial ground, but it turns out, that it's an ancient Indian relaxation spot, and they find the house comfortable.



* In the Gold Key comic ''Ripley's Believe it Or Not: True Demons and Monsters'', they had a bizarre inversion that used an ancient Celtic burial ground supposedly protected by [[OurDragonsAreDifferent draconic monsters]]. When stones from the burial ground decorated with the dragon gods were dug up and [[TooDumbToLive used to make a pool]] at an [[HauntedHouse English estate]], the pool was supposedly haunted by a murderous lizard man for decades until he was driven out by exorcism. Fun story if not exactly believable.

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* In one ''ComicBook/DonaldDuck'' story, Indian Ghosts suddenly appear in Donald and the Gold Key comic ''Ripley's Believe boys' house (after Donald made a huge short circuit by wiring all household appliances on one plug hole). Subverted, as the boys first think it's a case of ole' Indian burial ground, but it Or Not: True Demons and Monsters'', they had a bizarre inversion turns out, that used it's an ancient Celtic burial ground supposedly protected by [[OurDragonsAreDifferent draconic monsters]]. When stones from Indian relaxation spot, and they find the burial ground decorated with the dragon gods were dug up and [[TooDumbToLive used to make a pool]] at an [[HauntedHouse English estate]], the pool was supposedly haunted by a murderous lizard man for decades until he was driven out by exorcism. Fun story if not exactly believable.house comfortable.



* In an issue of ''Comicbook/TheIncredibleHulk'', the eponymous Hulk lands in a Wild West Ghost Town, which was 'ghosted' by the vengeful ghosts of a nearby Indian Burial Ground, who were disturbed by the greed of the gold-miners. There, he gets attacked by Pariah, an undead cowboy wielding a [[GreenRocks Glowing Green Rock]] infused with the howling souls of a thousand angry indians.
* In the Gold Key comic ''Ripley's Believe it Or Not: True Demons and Monsters'', they had a bizarre inversion that used an ancient Celtic burial ground supposedly protected by [[OurDragonsAreDifferent draconic monsters]]. When stones from the burial ground decorated with the dragon gods were dug up and [[TooDumbToLive used to make a pool]] at an [[HauntedHouse English estate]], the pool was supposedly haunted by a murderous lizard man for decades until he was driven out by exorcism. Fun story if not exactly believable.



* In the original film version of ''[[Film/TheAmityvilleHorror1979 The Amityville Horror]]'', the house moved into by an otherwise happy family is revealed to be built on an Indian burial ground. As in, the Indians sent their crazy people to this land to die, though they didn't bury them. The bad spirits there cause the husband/father to grow his beard, become moody, and develop a worryingly [[AxCrazy close relationship with an axe]].
* ''Film/GrimPrairieTales'': Colby tries to make up lost time by cutting a across an Indian burial ground. Had he just kept riding, he might have been fine, but he just had to stop and pay LastDisrespects to a dying Indian. He then finds himself the target of a terrible vengeance from the tribe.
* In ''Film/{{Identity}}'' after a few of the cast have been picked off by the still unknown antagonist, Clea [=DuVall=] suggests that maybe this is a result of the motel being built upon an Indian burial ground, as it is detailed in a brochure she read about the area they are in. Given the subsequent events, this would have to be considered a subversion.
* A ghostless version is used in ''Film/JeremiahJohnson''. Johnson, after spending a good chunk of the movie getting to know his family and get settled into the life of a mountain man, is recruited by soldiers to lead them through the hazardous mountains to rescue a caravan stranded in Crow territory (Crow Indians are referred to as the more dangerous of the local bands in the movie). Johnson reluctantly agrees and takes leads them. However, they come across a Crow burial ground and Johnson refuses to pass through, saying its sacred and that even Crow people don't often step foot in them. The soldiers balk at his warning and ask how long it would take to go around. Johnson says it would take days and the soldiers press Johnson to lead them through the graveyard, which he does, warning the soldiers to go slowly in single file and be absolutely silent. They make it safely through the burial ground and get to the caravan, but when Johnson goes back through the sacred grounds he notices, to his horror, that one of the skeletons is adorned with [[spoiler: his wife's blue bead jewelery. He rides home as fast as he can and finds both his wife and adopted son slaughtered]].
* The Australian film ''Film/{{Kadaicha}}'' concerns a suburb that was built on top on an Aborigine burial ground where several tribesmen were murdered by white settlers. In the present, teenage residents of the town find themselves being haunted in their dreams by an eerie medicine man who marks them for death (usually at the hands of possessed animals) by leaving "kadaichi stones" on their nightstands.
* Used by Hawkeye in ''Film/TheLastOfTheMohicans'', to hide from other Native Americans.



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



* In ''Scalps'', a group of students go digging in an Indian burial ground and have to face a restless spirit.
* A ghostless version is used in ''Film/JeremiahJohnson''. Johnson, after spending a good chunk of the movie getting to know his family and get settled into the life of a mountain man, is recruited by soldiers to lead them through the hazardous mountains to rescue a caravan stranded in Crow territory (Crow Indians are referred to as the more dangerous of the local bands in the movie). Johnson reluctantly agrees and takes leads them. However, they come across a Crow burial ground and Johnson refuses to pass through, saying its sacred and that even Crow people don't often step foot in them. The soldiers balk at his warning and ask how long it would take to go around. Johnson says it would take days and the soldiers press Johnson to lead them through the graveyard, which he does, warning the soldiers to go slowly in single file and be absolutely silent. They make it safely through the burial ground and get to the caravan, but when Johnson goes back through the sacred grounds he notices, to his horror, that one of the skeletons is adorned with [[spoiler: his wife's blue bead jewelery. He rides home as fast as he can and finds both his wife and adopted son slaughtered]].
* In ''Film/{{Identity}}'' after a few of the cast have been picked off by the still unknown antagonist, Clea [=DuVall=] suggests that maybe this is a result of the motel being built upon an Indian burial ground, as it is detailed in a brochure she read about the area they are in. Given the subsequent events, this would have to be considered a subversion.
* ''Film/WithinTheWoods'', a short film that Creator/SamRaimi made in order to secure funding for ''Film/TheEvilDead1981'', has Creator/BruceCampbell disturbing an Indian burial ground.
* In the original film version of ''[[Film/TheAmityvilleHorror1979 The Amityville Horror]]'', the house moved into by an otherwise happy family is revealed to be built on an Indian burial ground. As in, the Indians sent their crazy people to this land to die, though they didn't bury them. The bad spirits there cause the husband/father to grow his beard, become moody, and develop a worryingly [[AxCrazy close relationship with an axe]].
* According to the CrustyCaretaker in ''Twisted Nightmare'', the camp is built on one.



* Used by Hawkeye in ''Film/TheLastOfTheMohicans'', to hide from other Native Americans.

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* Used by Hawkeye In ''Film/TheShining'', it is mentioned early on that the hotel was built on an old burial site.
* In ''Film/{{Scalps}}'', a group of students go digging
in ''Film/TheLastOfTheMohicans'', an Indian burial ground and have to hide from other Native Americans.face a restless spirit.
* According to the CrustyCaretaker in ''Film/TwistedNightmare'', the camp is built on one.



* The Australian film ''Film/{{Kadaicha}}'' concerns a suburb that was built on top on an Aborigine burial ground where several tribesmen were murdered by white settlers. In the present, teenage residents of the town find themselves being haunted in their dreams by an eerie medicine man who marks them for death (usually at the hands of possessed animals) by leaving "kadaichi stones" on their nightstands.
* ''Film/GrimPrairieTales'': Colby tries to make up lost time by cutting a across an Indian burial ground. had he just kept riding, he might have been fine, but he just had to stop and pay LastDisrespects to a dying Indian. He then finds himself the target of a terrible vengeance from the tribe.

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* The Australian ''Film/WithinTheWoods'', a short film ''Film/{{Kadaicha}}'' concerns a suburb that was built on top on an Aborigine burial ground where several tribesmen were murdered by white settlers. In the present, teenage residents of the town find themselves being haunted Creator/SamRaimi made in their dreams by an eerie medicine man who marks them order to secure funding for death (usually at the hands of possessed animals) by leaving "kadaichi stones" on their nightstands.
* ''Film/GrimPrairieTales'': Colby tries to make up lost time by cutting a across
''Film/TheEvilDead1981'', has Creator/BruceCampbell disturbing an Indian burial ground. had he just kept riding, he might have been fine, but he just had to stop and pay LastDisrespects to a dying Indian. He then finds himself the target of a terrible vengeance from the tribe.ground.



* Parodied in Creator/KimNewman's short story "The Pale Spirit People", in which an Indian tribe in an AfterTheEnd setting suffer from supernatural manifestations after locating their new burial ground on the former site of a suburban housing development.

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* Parodied in Creator/KimNewman's short story "The Pale Spirit People", in which In Creator/DorothyGilman's ''Literature/TheClairvoyantCountess'', Madame Karitska warns an Indian tribe in an AfterTheEnd setting suffer from supernatural manifestations after locating their new burial ground on the former site of a suburban housing development.archeologist against digging one up.



* In the short story ''The Devil and Tom Walker'', Tom meets with {{Satan}} and makes his [[DealWithTheDevil pact]] at a site where Native Americans used to meet to [[ReligionOfEvil worship the Devil]] until they were driven from the area.
* In Tom King's short story ''A Seat in the Garden'', one suggestion one of the white folks gives for the presence of a Native ghost in his garden is that his home is on an Indian Burial Ground. However, it's much more likely to be a [[ThroughTheEyesOfMadness mutual hallucination]].
* This seems to be the explanation for quite a few of Creator/StephenKing's stories, most prominently ''Literature/PetSematary''. Though, as mentioned above, whether the [[CameBackWrong weirdness]] is due to haunting or [[{{Wendigo}} something else entirely]] is left ambiguous.

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* In the short story ''The "The Devil and Tom Walker'', Walker", Tom meets with {{Satan}} and makes his [[DealWithTheDevil pact]] at a site where Native Americans used to meet to [[ReligionOfEvil worship the Devil]] until they were driven from the area.
* In Tom King's short story ''A Seat This is inverted in the Garden'', one suggestion one of the white folks gives (supposedly) nonfiction book ''Hunt For The {{Skinwalker}}'' by Colm Kelleher and George Knapp, where a housing development for the presence Ute tribe in Utah was built over a graveyard home to mainly black Freemason soldiers.
-->The tale reeks
of a irony. After decades of spooky Hollywood stories about greedy Caucasians building housing developments over Indian burial grounds, thus unleashing hostile Native ghost in his garden American poltergeists bent on revenge, is it possible that his home is on an Indian opportunists may have disturbed the spirits of dead African-American soldiers who, in life, were steeped in mystical arts?
* In ''Literature/TheLastContinent'', Rincewind asks if the cursed beer warehouse was built on an [[LandDownUnder Aboriginal
Burial Ground. However, it's much more likely to be a [[ThroughTheEyesOfMadness mutual hallucination]].
* This seems to be
Ground]] or other sacred site. Subverted because he's told the explanation for quite a few of Creator/StephenKing's stories, most prominently ''Literature/PetSematary''. Though, as mentioned above, whether natives said the [[CameBackWrong weirdness]] is due builders were welcome to haunting or [[{{Wendigo}} something else entirely]] is left ambiguous.the land, it was completely unwanted and unsacred.
* ''Literature/MadAmosMalone'': Creator/AlanDeanFoster wrote a short story, "Ferrohippus", about MountainMan Mad Amos Malone aiding a tribe who were trying to keep railroad construction from disturbing their ancient burial site. It ended when the ancient unleashed a literal [[HellishHorse Iron Horse]] that tore up a section of the rail and chased off the foreman, causing the replacement foreman to decide that routing the line away from the site was a good idea.



* One ''[[Literature/TheNightmareRoom Nightmare Room]]'' book, called ''Camp Nowhere'' had a camp that was built on ancient Native-American ground. The camp was cursed to vanish forever, but a deal was made to let the campers return as ghosts for two days every year.
* Parodied in Creator/KimNewman's short story "The Pale Spirit People", in which an Indian tribe in an AfterTheEnd setting suffer from supernatural manifestations after locating their new burial ground on the former site of a suburban housing development.
* This seems to be the explanation for quite a few of Creator/StephenKing's stories, most prominently ''Literature/PetSematary''. Though, as mentioned above, whether the [[CameBackWrong weirdness]] is due to haunting or [[{{Wendigo}} something else entirely]] is left ambiguous.
* In Tom King's short story "A Seat in the Garden", one suggestion one of the white folks gives for the presence of a Native ghost in his garden is that his home is on an Indian Burial Ground. However, it's much more likely to be a [[ThroughTheEyesOfMadness mutual hallucination]].



* In ''Literature/TheLastContinent'', Rincewind asks if the cursed beer warehouse was built on an [[LandDownUnder Aboriginal Burial Ground]] or other sacred site. Subverted because he's told the natives said the builders were welcome to the land, it was completely unwanted and unsacred.
* In Creator/DorothyGilman's ''Literature/TheClairvoyantCountess'', Madame Karitska warns an archeologist against digging one up.
* Creator/AlanDeanFoster wrote a short story, ''Ferrohippus'', about MountainMan Mad Amos Malone aiding a tribe who were trying to keep railroad construction from disturbing their ancient burial site. It ended when the ancient unleashed a literal [[HellishHorse Iron Horse]] that tore up a section of the rail and chased off the foreman, causing the replacement foreman to decide that routing the line away from the site was a good idea.
* One ''[[Literature/TheNightmareRoom Nightmare Room]]'' book, called ''Camp Nowhere'' had a camp that was built on ancient Native-American ground. The camp was cursed to vanish forever, but a deal was made to let the campers return as ghosts for two days every year.
* This is inverted in the (supposedly) nonfiction book ''Hunt For The {{Skinwalker}}'' by Colm Kelleher and George Knapp, where a housing development for the Ute tribe in Utah was built over a graveyard home to mainly black Freemason soldiers.
-->The tale reeks of irony. After decades of spooky Hollywood stories about greedy Caucasians building housing developments over Indian burial grounds, thus unleashing hostile Native American poltergeists bent on revenge, is it possible that Indian opportunists may have disturbed the spirits of dead African-American soldiers who, in life, were steeped in mystical arts?



* ''Series/PetticoatJunction'': In ''Hooterville Valley Project'', Uncle Joe briefly tricks a state official into believing that the Shady Rest Hotel is the site of an Indian Burial Ground. Not to scare him off, but to set up a archeological dig that would derail Mr. Bedloe's plans to flood the area with a dam.

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* ''Series/PetticoatJunction'': In ''Hooterville Valley Project'', Uncle Joe briefly tricks a state official into believing that the Shady Rest Hotel is the site premiere of ''Series/{{Boss}}'' some workers discover an Indian Burial Ground. Not to scare him off, but to set up burial ground while moving a archeological dig that would derail Mr. Bedloe's Christian cemetery located on top of it. This severely derails the mayor's plans to flood for extending the area with airport onto that site and threatens to put a dam. stop to a massive 20-year redevelopment plan for the area. The man who failed to keep the discovery from the media [[spoiler: gets his ears cut off]] as punishment.
* The Hawaii ''Series/TheBradyBunch'' episode has the boys returning a taboo statue to the burial ground of the first kings to stop the bad luck they think it's causing. They end up running into an old archaeologist, played by Vincent Price, who's desperate to protect his find, ties them up for a while and talks to the big statue there.



* Variation: the ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' episode "Bugs" put the killer bug infestation up to the fact that the houses were built on what had once been an Indian village. After the village was destroyed by the Europeans, the village chief cursed the land so that no white man could ever live there.
* In an episode of ''Series/ParkerLewisCantLose'', Jerry has to go to the basement of the Atlas Dinner and discovers a stone plate stating it was built on such ground.



* In an episode of ''Series/ParkerLewisCantLose'', Jerry has to go to the basement of the Atlas Dinner and discovers a stone plate stating it was built on such ground.



* In the premiere of ''Series/{{Boss}}'' some workers discover an Indian burial ground while moving a Christian cemetery located on top of it. This severely derails the mayor's plans for extending the airport onto that site and threatens to put a stop to a massive 20-year redevelopment plan for the area. The man who failed to keep the discovery from the media [[spoiler: gets his ears cut off]] as punishment.
* In ''Series/TheWaltons'' season 6 episode "The Warrior", the Walton's barn is revealed to have been built on an Indian burial ground, and an old Cherokee man who wishes to be buried there demands they tear it down and purify the land, because they are desecrating it, which Pa Walton is dead set against. Things come to a head when the Cherokee man sets fire to the barn and insists he will continue trying after he is arrested. Grandpa Walton confirms that the burial ground is there by digging up the floor, shattering their original beliefs in "morally righteous white settlers versus savage Indians". The old Cherokee man dies from the stress in his holding cell, and the Waltons agree to let his son bury him on another part of their land, surrounded by nature.

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* ''Series/PetticoatJunction'': In "Hooterville Valley Project", Uncle Joe briefly tricks a state official into believing that the premiere Shady Rest Hotel is the site of ''Series/{{Boss}}'' some workers discover an Indian burial ground while moving Burial Ground. Not to scare him off, but to set up a Christian cemetery located on top of it. This severely derails the mayor's archeological dig that would derail Mr. Bedloe's plans for extending to flood the airport onto that site and threatens to put area with a stop to a massive 20-year redevelopment plan for the area. The man who failed to keep the discovery from the media [[spoiler: gets his ears cut off]] as punishment.
* In ''Series/TheWaltons'' season 6 episode "The Warrior", the Walton's barn is revealed to have been built on an Indian burial ground, and an old Cherokee man who wishes to be buried there demands they tear it down and purify the land, because they are desecrating it, which Pa Walton is dead set against. Things come to a head when the Cherokee man sets fire to the barn and insists he will continue trying after he is arrested. Grandpa Walton confirms that the burial ground is there by digging up the floor, shattering their original beliefs in "morally righteous white settlers versus savage Indians". The old Cherokee man dies from the stress in his holding cell, and the Waltons agree to let his son bury him on another part of their land, surrounded by nature.
dam.



* The Hawaii ''Series/TheBradyBunch'' episode has the boys returning a taboo statue to the burial ground of the first kings to stop the bad luck they think it's causing. They end up running into an old archaeologist, played by Vincent Price, who's desperate to protect his find, ties them up for a while and talks to the big statue there.

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* The Hawaii ''Series/TheBradyBunch'' Variation: the ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' episode has "Bugs" put the boys returning a taboo statue killer bug infestation up to the fact that the houses were built on what had once been an Indian village. After the village was destroyed by the Europeans, the village chief cursed the land so that no white man could ever live there.
* In ''Series/TheWaltons'' season 6 episode "The Warrior", the Walton's barn is revealed to have been built on an Indian burial ground, and an old Cherokee man who wishes to be buried there demands they tear it down and purify the land, because they are desecrating it, which Pa Walton is dead set against. Things come to a head when the Cherokee man sets fire to the barn and insists he will continue trying after he is arrested. Grandpa Walton confirms that
the burial ground of is there by digging up the first kings to stop floor, shattering their original beliefs in "morally righteous white settlers versus savage Indians". The old Cherokee man dies from the bad luck they think it's causing. They end up running into an old archaeologist, played by Vincent Price, who's desperate to protect stress in his find, ties them up for a while holding cell, and talks to the big statue there.Waltons agree to let his son bury him on another part of their land, surrounded by nature.



* Inverted in an episode of James Lileks's radio show ''Radio/TheDiner''. In the episode, James visits the Haunted Diner, which is haunted because they built an Indian burial ground ''on top'' of it.



* Inverted in an episode of James Lileks's radio show ''The Diner''. In the episode, James visits the Haunted Diner, which is haunted because they built an Indian burial ground ''on top'' of it.



* In ''Videogame/BeyondTwoSouls'', Jodie stays in a ranch owned by a Navajo family, which happens to be haunted by a restless spirit summoned by their ancestors.
* 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/TheDarksideDetective'', the gate attendant at the camp ground claims it was built on the site of a massacre, and is haunted by the unquiet spririts of the Indians who died there.
* ''VideoGame/GhostMaster'' has an Indian ghost with a shed built on top of his grave.
* The eponymous ''VideoGame/JoesDiner'' was built on top of one. As a result, the place is haunted by the ghosts of two Native American cheiftans currently buried there.
* In the Arena of the Citadel DLC for ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', when you're helping debug the program the guy you're helping will joke that they've been having so many problems with their equipment that it's been speculated that the Arena was built over an old [[BenevolentPrecursors Prothean]] burial ground.
* In the second ''VideoGame/{{Oddworld}}'' game, ''Abe's Exoddus'' the Glukkons are making their Soulstorm Brew from the bones of ancient Mudukons buried in their ancient burial ground, the Necrum. To add further insult, the miners are blinded Mudokon slaves who aren't aware that they're desecrating their own ancestors. The game starts with the spirits of those ancient bones contacting Abe to shut down the brewery like he did Rupture Farms.



* ''VideoGame/GhostMaster'' has an Indian ghost with a shed built on top of his grave.

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* ''VideoGame/GhostMaster'' has an 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.
* In ''Videogame/SouthParkTheFracturedButWhole'',
Indian ghost Burial Grounds are a terrain type in the "Bring the Crunch" DLC where if characters die on certain tiles they'll be revived with buffs and have the Confused status, which causes them to attack both friends and allies. In the story, after encountering a shed built on top dying camp counselor the kids decide to use the dirt of his grave.said burial grounds to try and save him. It promptly fails and the CreepyGasStationAttendant constantly following you tells you that the revival aspect was just a gameplay mechanic.



* In the Arena of the Citadel DLC for ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', when you're helping debug the program the guy you're helping will joke that they've been having so many problems with their equipment that it's been speculated that the Arena was built over an old [[BenevolentPrecursors Prothean]] burial ground.
* In ''Videogame/BeyondTwoSouls'', Jodie stays in a ranch owned by a Navajo family, which happens to be haunted by a restless spirit summoned by their ancestors.
* In ''VideoGame/TheDarksideDetective'', the gate attendant at the camp ground claims it was built on the site of a massacre, and is haunted by the unquiet spririts of the Indians who died there.
* 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.



* The titular ''VideoGame/JoesDiner'' was built on top of one. As a result, the place is haunted by the ghosts of two Native American cheiftans currently buried there.
* In ''Videogame/SouthParkTheFracturedButWhole'', Indian Burial Grounds are a terrain type in the "Bring the Crunch" DLC where if characters die on certain tiles they'll be revived with buffs and have the Confused status, which causes them to attack both friends and allies. In the story, after encountering a dying camp counselor the kids decide to use the dirt of said burial grounds to try and save him. It promptly fails and the CreepyGasStationAttendant constantly following you tells you that the revival aspect was just a gameplay mechanic.
* 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 the second ''VideoGame/{{Oddworld}}'' game, ''Abe's Exoddus'' the Glukkons are making their Soulstorm Brew from the bones of ancient Mudukons buried in their ancient burial ground, the Necrum. To add further insult, the miners are blinded Mudokon slaves who aren't aware that they're desecrating their own ancestors. The game starts with the spirits of those ancient bones contacting Abe to shut down the brewery like he did Rupture Farms.



* Lampshaded in ''WebVideo/ZombieRoadkill''. Witches came in and burned the Indians' virgins, then cannibals ate the witches, then the government built a lab and experimented on murderers and child molesters. Then they built a cursed highway over it.



* Marik in ''LetsPlay/MarikPlaysBloodlines'' searches a hotel haunted by Creator/MelGibson:
-->''"Ironically, there was an Indian burial ground built on top of the hotel!"''
* A variation in ''WebVideo/DoomHouse'', the house turns out to be built on [[spoiler: a "terrorist burial camp"]].
* Website/TheOnion: [[http://www.theonion.com/video/report-economy-failing-because-us-built-on-ancient,20638/ Report: Economy Failing Because U.S. Built on Ancient Indian Burial Ground"]]
* In ''Machinima/FreemansMind'', Gordon Freeman speculates early on that the Black Mesa research lab was built on an Indian burial ground, given its New Mexico location. He starts doubting it later on when finding that the entire facility is built inside a literal mesa.


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* A variation in ''WebVideo/DoomHouse'', the house turns out to be built on [[spoiler: a "terrorist burial camp"]].
* In ''Machinima/FreemansMind'', Gordon Freeman speculates early on that the Black Mesa research lab was built on an Indian burial ground, given its New Mexico location. He starts doubting it later on when finding that the entire facility is built inside a literal mesa.
* Marik in ''LetsPlay/MarikPlaysBloodlines'' searches a hotel haunted by Creator/MelGibson:
-->''"Ironically, there was an Indian burial ground built on top of the hotel!"''
* Website/TheOnion: [[http://www.theonion.com/video/report-economy-failing-because-us-built-on-ancient,20638/ Report: Economy Failing Because U.S. Built on Ancient Indian Burial Ground"]]
* Lampshaded in ''WebVideo/ZombieRoadkill''. Witches came in and burned the Indians' virgins, then cannibals ate the witches, then the government built a lab and experimented on murderers and child molesters. Then they built a cursed highway over it.
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* In one DonaldDuck story, Indian Ghosts suddenly appear in Donald and the boys' house (after Donald made a huge short circuit by wiring all household appliances on one plug hole). Subverted, as the boys first think it's a case of ole' Indian burial ground, but it turns out, that it's an ancient Indian relaxation spot, and they find the house comfortable.

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* In one DonaldDuck Donald Duck story, Indian Ghosts suddenly appear in Donald and the boys' house (after Donald made a huge short circuit by wiring all household appliances on one plug hole). Subverted, as the boys first think it's a case of ole' Indian burial ground, but it turns out, that it's an ancient Indian relaxation spot, and they find the house comfortable.
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Ethnicity of the perpetrator in a Vengeance plotline does not "anvilicious" a story made.


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 an {{Anvilicious}} 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]].

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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 an {{Anvilicious}} 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]].
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* In ''VideoGame/TheDarksideDetective'', the gate attendant at the camp ground claims it was built on the site of a massacre, and is haunted by the unquiet spririts of thDarksideDetective Indians who died there.

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* In ''VideoGame/TheDarksideDetective'', the gate attendant at the camp ground claims it was built on the site of a massacre, and is haunted by the unquiet spririts of thDarksideDetective the Indians who died there.
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