Being from Illinois and about an hour and a half's worth of a drive south of Chicago, there's no way I'm not going to mention anything about Resurrection Mary.
Resurrection Mary is Chicago's most famous ghost, and probably one of the most famous of the "hitchiking ghosts" (which is why I'm putting her story here). In the 1930s stories began to circulate about a young woman in a white dress who would attempt to jump on the running boards of cars as they drove by Resurrection Cemetary. Eventually the ecounters with the phantom girl moved to the O Henry Ballroom. There young men would dance with her then give her a ride home, which from the vague directions the woman gave was somewhere near Archer Road. When the car reached Resurrection Cemetary, the girl would vanish. Sometimes people would report seeing her walking in the cemetary, or that they had run her over only for her to disappear when the driver got out of the car to help.
More information on Resurrection Mary can be found here, and more sightings can be read about here.
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on 2004-10-26 03:02 am (UTC)Resurrection Mary is Chicago's most famous ghost, and probably one of the most famous of the "hitchiking ghosts" (which is why I'm putting her story here). In the 1930s stories began to circulate about a young woman in a white dress who would attempt to jump on the running boards of cars as they drove by Resurrection Cemetary. Eventually the ecounters with the phantom girl moved to the O Henry Ballroom. There young men would dance with her then give her a ride home, which from the vague directions the woman gave was somewhere near Archer Road. When the car reached Resurrection Cemetary, the girl would vanish. Sometimes people would report seeing her walking in the cemetary, or that they had run her over only for her to disappear when the driver got out of the car to help.
More information on Resurrection Mary can be found here, and more sightings can be read about here.