During a recent trip to Costa Rica, I passed a few cemeteries. Like in New Orleans, Costa Rican cemeteries feature above-ground crypts, often covered in white ceramic tiles.
The ghost stories of this region are much like those everywhere: haunted prisons, hospitals, and cemeteries.
One legend stands out. La Llorona is the specter of a woman searching for her lost child, whom she threw in a river before killing herself, despairing over an affair. Similar versions have been repeated in other countries. This legend reminds me of the legend of the woman in white supposedly haunting Cabrini College, near where I grew up. That ghost makes a brief appearance in SENSING THINGS.