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Some of the items inside one of the crypts at Riverside Cemetery during the “Twisted Tales and Tragic Deaths” event at the Lewiston cemetery.
Sam Howes, right, leads a tour Thursday night at Riverside Cemetery during the “Twisted Tales and Tragic Deaths” fundraising event at the Lewiston cemetery.
Some of the items inside one of the crypts at Riverside Cemetery during the “Twisted Tales and Tragic Deaths” fundraising event at the Lewiston cemetery.
Christine Holden, from Lewiston, peeks into the crypt of the mausoleum at Riverside Cemetery on Thursday during the “Twisted Tales and Tragic Deaths” fundraising event at the Lewiston cemetery.
A plastic bat hangs from a tree Thursday night at Riverside Cemetery during the “Twisted Tales and Tragic Deaths” event at the Lewiston cemetery.
Kevin Kilcline, dressed as the Grim Reaper, stands atop the mausoleum Thursday night at Riverside Cemetery during the “Twisted Tales and Tragic Deaths” event at the Lewiston cemetery. He and his wife and another employee of The Fortin & Pinette Group dressed up in ghoulish outfits to add a spooky touch to the event.
Riverside Cemetery board of trustees president Joan Macri looks up at the entrance of the mausoleum Thursday night at the cemetery on Summer Street in Lewiston. She and other board members organized a fundraiser to help raise money for monument repairs and groundskeeping. Guided tours took guests through the cemetery during the “Twisted Tales and Tragic Deaths” event where stories, legends and spooky tales were told. Several ghoulish volunteers were roaming through the grounds.
Kevin Kilcline, dressed as the Grim Reaper, stands atop the mausoleum Thursday night at Riverside Cemetery during the “Twisted Tales and Tragic Deaths” event at the Lewiston cemetery. He and his wife and another employee of The Fortin & Pinette Group dressed up in ghoulish outfits to add a spooky touch to the event.

A lifelong resident of Lewiston, Russ stumbled into photography as a college student working toward a career in psychology. His great-grandfather Louis B. Costello was the publisher of the Lewiston Daily...