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Resurrection Mary is a well-known Chicago area ghost story, of the "vanishing hitchhiker" type, a type of folklore that is known in many cultures. According to the story, the ghost resides in Resurrection Cemetery in Justice, Illinois, a few miles southwest of Chicago. Resurrection Mary is considered to be Chicago's most famous ghost. [1] [2] [3]
[2] [3] In his book, Brunvand suggests that the story of The Vanishing Hitchhiker can be traced as far back as the 1870s." [4] Similar stories have been reported for centuries across the world in places like England, Ethiopia, Korea, France, South Africa, Tsarist Russia and in America among Chinese Americans, Mormons and Ozark mountaineers. [5]
Even if you are not particularly superstitious, there are certain images or places where you might always feel a little bit haunted. In the 21st century, photo manipulation technology is reaching ...
"About Boston" by Ward Just. pp. 12–39 in Legal Fictions edited by Jay Wishingrad, 1992, reprinted from 21 Selected Stories by Just (1990). The story contrasts Boston and Chicago. "Big Boy," pp. 97–99 in Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris begins "It was Easter Sunday in Chicago....", 2000; Chicago Stories: 40 Dramatic Fictions by ...
There's plenty of White House hauntings on the list -- with a few former first ladies still roaming inside America's most famous house. Former U.S. president John Adams and his wife Abigail were ...
Homey the Clown was an urban legend (specifically Chicago) surrounding a killer clown, predating the "Creepy Clown Craze" by several years, originating in Chicago, Illinois in 1991. [ 58 ] The Honey Island Swamp monster is a sasquatch-like creature that can allegedly be found living in the Honey Island Swamp of Louisiana .
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Philip, a physician, was last seen 10 September 2001 on surveillance-camera footage from a store near her Lower Manhattan apartment. Due to the proximity of the World Trade Center, and her medical training, her family believes she perished trying to help victims of the next day's terrorist attack. A court has agreed, and she is officially ...