The Choir That Sang Their Own Death Hymn – St. Cecilia’s School (New Jersey, 1873)
Details
| Title | The Choir That Sang Their Own Death Hymn – St. Cecilia’s School (New Jersey, 1873) |
| Author | The Holloway Archives |
| Duration | 1:25:50 |
| File Format | MP3 / MP4 |
| Original URL | https://youtube.com/watch?v=MKiP5OIeF1Y |
Description
In the winter of 1873, something unspeakable happened at St. Cecilia’s School for Girls in rural New Jersey.
The children of the boarding school’s choir sang a final hymn—and were never heard from again.
This long-form horror documentary from The Holloway Archives reconstructs this forgotten mystery through historical records, recovered testimonies, and chilling folklore that still echoes through the ruins of the chapel.
Was it mass hysteria? A religious ritual gone wrong? Or did something older and darker awaken that day?
🎓 Institution: St. Cecilia’s Catholic School
🕯️ Year: 1873
📍 Location: New Jersey, United States
Explore the archives:
19th-century witness letters
Archival photographs & eerie dramatizations
The reconstructed “death hymn”
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00:00 – Introduction: What Happened to St. Cecilia’s Choir?
04:02 – Founding of the School & Choir
10:15 – The Strange Winter of 1873
16:42 – A Final Hymn
24:30 – The Disappearance
31:00 – Eyewitness Accounts
38:44 – The Church’s Investigation
46:03 – Theories: Madness, Illness, or Ritual?
54:17 – The Legacy of St. Cecilia’s
1:01:50 – Archive Reflections
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