Established in 1808, this is the oldest British burial ground in Delhi and serves as a massive “residual record” of the 1857 Indian Rebellion. The site is anchored by a mass grave of British soldiers and civilians killed during the siege of the nearby Kashmiri Gate. The energy here is famously concentrated around the tomb of Sir Nicholas Campbell, which is the site of the most documented phenomenon: a headless apparition of a British officer. According to local history, Campbell committed suicide by shooting himself in the head after a failed romance, and witnesses today report a tall, uniform-clad figure walking the narrow paths near his monument, often seen carrying a phantom officer’s cap.

The atmosphere inside the cemetery is noted for its “acoustic isolation”—where the heavy traffic noise of Old Delhi abruptly vanishes as you walk deeper into the overgrown graves. A secondary hotspot is the northeast corner near the perimeter wall, where visitors report the disembodied sound of a child crying and the sudden, heavy scent of decaying flowers when no blossoms are nearby. Modern documentation includes EVPs of rhythmic marching and the “clicking” of boot heels on stone paths that have long been covered by grass. Unlike many sites in Delhi, the activity here is reported to be aggressive; investigators have documented localized “pressure drops” that cause intense nausea and a persistent feeling of being physically crowded in the open areas between the larger obelisks.