A short history of Suicide in Kensal Green Cemetery

Cases of suicide in cemeteries are not unknown today, but they are very rare. Though they were still unusual events cemetery suicides occurred more frequently in the 19th and early part of the 20th century. The most common reason for choosing a cemetery as a suicide site seems, unsurprisingly, to be the presence of a grave of a loved one, a partner or a parent usually. In their 2017 paper Unusual…